Chip Ganassi shocked the NASCAR industry when he shut down Dario Franchitti's unsponsored race team, putting last year's IndyCar Series champion and 71 other employees out of work. That it happened to Ganassi, a multi-car owner who six weeks ago won the Indianapolis 500, was a wake-up call to every team owner not named Childress, Gibbs, Hendrick or Roush. ...more

July 16, 2008

When her husband lost his battle with cancer 15 years ago, Bella Canasi threw herself into community service. ...more

July 15, 2008

Investors bailed out of investment bank stocks Monday as concerns about the credit crisis prompted one analyst to call for Lehman Brothers Holdings to go private. ...more

July 15, 2008

Kim had finished his rookie year on the PGA Tour with only a reputation, and not the kind a 22-year-old needed. No one questioned his talent, only his temper. He often spoke without thinking, and he spent more time soaking up the night life than working on his day job. ...more

July 10, 2008

General Motors Corp. may get rid of some brands, speed the introduction of small cars from other markets and make further white-collar job cuts as it tries to deal with a shrinking U.S. auto market. ...more

July 8, 2008

NEW YORK - Just as Americans grow more reliant on credit cards to help pay monthly bills, they're being hit with a one-two punch: Card companies are reducing borrowing limits for tens of thousands of consumers, which then can lead to lower credit scores. ...more

June 29, 2008

Just as Americans grow more reliant on credit cards to help pay monthly bills, they're being hit with a one-two punch: Card companies are reducing borrowing limits for tens of thousands of consumers, and that can lead to lower credit scores. ...more

June 28, 2008

For 15 years, Sharon Kearney O'Loughlin traveled into Manhattan every day from her Long Island, N.Y., home. The commute, door to door, was 21/2 hours each way. ...more

June 21, 2008

Lehman Bros. Chief Executive Richard Fuld on Monday took the blame for the company's staggering second-quarter loss and said the investment bank was too slow in reacting to the credit crisis. ...more

June 17, 2008

As the American economy slowed to a crawl and stockholders watched their money evaporate, chief executives' pay still chugged to yet more dizzying heights last year, an Associated Press analysis shows. ...more

June 17, 2008