Mark Brooks

Federal prosecutors say the deal will allow for the distribution of $41.8 million of Skilling's assets in restitution to victims of Enron's 2001 collapse.

Hershey Canada received leniency under a Competition Bureau program designed to encourage companies to report wrongdoing.

The latest auction at Christie's, "First Bytes: Iconic Technology from the Twentieth Century," is being conducted online only from June 24 to July 9.

Trans-Niger pipeline will be re-routed in some areas so that it runs through swampy areas or underwater, which will make it more difficult for thieves to reach.

Starbucks says coffee represents just one of its many costs and historically has accounted for less than 10% of overall store expenses.

He's been with the company 12 years.

The blueprint was decided despite the opposition of four nations that are more lenient toward smoking: Poland, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Romania.

Oil had its biggest one-day price drop since November. U.S. benchmark oil for July delivery sank $2.84, or 2.9 percent, to finish at $95.40 a barrel in New York. Gasoline futures fell more than 3 percent.

U.S. Ambassador to the EU William E. Kennard also said Thursday that his country has not tried to keep any sector out of the negotiations with the 27-nation EU, countering French claims that Washington would exclude financial services.

The French agency that regulates information technology says that five other European countries are taking similar steps in a staggered offensive against Google's privacy policy between now and the end of July.

Bernanke set the record straight Wednesday about the Fed's bond-buying program.

Britain's Sun and Financial Times newspapers reported Thursday that Obama repeatedly referred to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as "Jeffrey" -- and later apologized, saying he had been thinking of soul singer Jeffrey Osborne.

In a letter obtained by the Associated Press Wednesday, Nicos Anastasiades told the heads of the European Commission, the European Central bank and the International Monetary Fund -- collectively known as the troika -- that the Bank of Cyprus is facing a cash crunch.

Cold, wet weather has forced farmers to delay their soybean planting this spring, keeping prices for the crop higher over the past two months.

A decade back when Croatia started negotiating EU entry, the once war-torn country was overjoyed at the prospect of becoming a member of the European elite.

Forty-five percent of the 515 owners who took part in the advocacy group's survey said access to loans and credit at reasonable rates is a problem for their businesses.

Benchmark oil for July delivery was up 37 cents to $98.22 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange in afternoon trading.

Oil finished the week with a gain of $1.82 a barrel, or 1.9 percent.

Affected employees will be shifted to a defined contribution plan.

The IMF's annual report on the U.S. economy says the underlying fundamentals are gradually improving: Home prices and construction are rising, household finances have strengthened and employers are steadily adding jobs.