The boards of directors of Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. were expected to vote today on a combination provided their pilot unions can reach their own integration deal by then, people briefed on the discussions said Tuesday. ...more

February 20, 2008

A controversial but popular health care plan that came under state scrutiny last year has received clearance to begin marketing for new members again. Nearly a year after being placed under state supervision, Universal Health Care Insurance Co. of St. Petersburg said Friday that it has received the green light from state and federal regulators to resume marketing its Any, Any, Any insurance plan, a Medicare program. ...more

February 8, 2008

Regarding "Allstate Defends Rising Rates" (Business, Feb. 5): The recent hearings in Tallahassee to find out why we were lied to by "big insurance" remind me of the thousands of wasted hearings - at much cost to the taxpayers - in Washington, D.C. over the past 40 years: much ado about nothing because nothing is ever accomplished. These hearings are designed to provide cover for feckless legislators and regulators who never seem to ask the "right" questions. ...more

February 6, 2008

In a bid to halt Google's growing dominance online, Microsoft has offered to buy struggling Internet giant Yahoo for $44.6 billion, an acquisition that would unite the world's most influential software company with the Web's most-trafficked site. ...more

February 2, 2008

Federal regulators on Thursday approved the first cybersecurity standards for the nation's electric industry, following growing concerns about the power grid's vulnerabilities. ...more

January 18, 2008

In a career defined by blockbuster deals, Bank of America chief executive Ken Lewis has taken his biggest gamble yet with an attempt to rescue the country's biggest mortgage lender, Countrywide Financial. ...more

January 12, 2008

Companies will be able to scuttle investor attempts to nominate board members under a plan adopted Wednesday by a bitterly divided Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

November 28, 2007

sort of. Airlines are improving their on-time arrival rates, largely because the weather has improved. However, the airline industry's on-time performance so far in 2007 remained the worst in 12 years, according to government data released Monday. ...more

November 6, 2007