NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The federal government's rescue of American International Group gave the insurance titan something even more important than access to $85 billion ... it gave AIG time.

General Electric has been a piston of the American economic engine for 125 years. It pioneered the light bulb and the jet engine. It survived the Great Depression, the dot-com crash and the 2008 ...

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The former porn star known as Farrah was busted at a Washington Mutual branch in Emerson, N.J., after allegedly scamming $40,000 from six other New Jersey banks, according ...

Government agencies across the country are hiring private debt collectors to go after millions of Americans over unpaid taxes, ancient parking tickets and even $1 tolls. It’s a good deal for ...

KFC has issued a high-profile, humorous apology for its chicken shortages in the UK. The fast-food chain used a full-page ad in British newspapers to apologize for shutting down hundreds of ...

Just this June, Fortune Magazine announced a new milestone in its list of Fortune 500 female CEOs. The number of women CEOs listed had reached an all–time high: 32 in a single year. The ...

A Chicago judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by United Airlines against a 22-year-old. United Airlines (UAL) and Orbitz (OWW) had filed a civil lawsuit in November against Aktarer Zaman, a young ...

While the tens of millions of Target shoppers who had their credit and debit card information stolen likely won't be on the hook for any fraudulent transactions that may occur, debit card users ...

FORTUNE -- 3M is everywhere. That's the point George Buckley, the chairman and CEO of 3M, is trying to make as he talks about his favorite subject, inventing things. Last year, he says, "even in ...

No company in the world spends as much money on sports sponsorships as Nike, which has spent a staggering total of $8 billion since 2002 alone, according to a CNNMoney analysis. Now its status as ...

BP will pay a record fine to settle criminal claims arising from the 2010 spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP will plead guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon ...

What's the best position for staring at a glowing rectangle and frantically moving your fingers for eight hours straight? Sitting is killing us. Standing desks are better but have their own issues ...