June 1, 2012

Many companies pay Facebook to generate ads when users click to “like” their brands or reference them in some other way.

The Wisconsin vote pitting Gov. Scott Walker against Tom Barrett will send a message about Americans’ attitudes toward candidates who cut collective bargaining rights.

High-end properties in Miami-Dade County are breaking records, with the wealthy enclave Indian Creek Island leading the way.

Even after the Stuxnet computer worm became public, President Obama accelerated cyberattacks against Iran that had begun in the Bush administration, temporarily disabling 1,000 centrifuges.

The British oil company said it had been approached by potential buyers for the venture, which has provided steady income but also been a source of conflict with its Russian partners.

A report that showed rising American unemployment in May added to the global pall that has deepened with Europe’s escalating debt crisis and slowing growth in China and India.

Thousands of miles from home at a training compound in Senegal, the 400-meter world champion Amantle Montsho of Botswana is pursuing her Olympic dream.

Stocks on Wall Street closed sharply lower and benchmark bond prices marched higher as the latest jobs data in the United States provided evidence that the economy was still struggling.

This spring, the American Queen welcomed its first passengers in years. As it cruised the Mississippi, things seemed fine until a “wreck” threatened to do the unthinkable: disrupt dinner.

Brownstones in Brooklyn are in demand, as buyers come out of economic hibernation.

Some people in London are not enamored of the ArcelorMittal Orbit, a centerpiece of the city’s Olympic Park.

Buying an individual company’s stock is a wager on an unknowable future, as Facebook investors will tell you, and it can take decades before you know if you have a winner.