January 31, 2012

Remains from a Siberian cave and faster, cheaper technology are helping scientists draw a complex new picture of human origins.

Asset Acceptance, which buys old debts and tries to collect on them, has settled a Federal Trade Commission case charging that it deceived consumers.

The Treasury Department is investigating whether Freddie Mac bet against refinancings by homeowners while at the same time, making refinancings difficult to obtain.

A coalition of union leaders and trade advocates accuse Beijing of unfairly subsidizing Chinese auto parts makers.

A blasphemy trial in Tunis symbolizes an emotional struggle, with implications for the Arab world, playing out with the rise of Islamists after the end of a secular dictatorship.