Pax World Management Corp. has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine because it failed to follow its own socially responsible investing criteria over a five-year period, when two of its mutual funds invested in off-limits industries such as gambling and liquor, and oil and gas exploration. ...more

July 31, 2008

As the purchase of XM Satellite Radio by larger rival Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. closed Tuesday, questions remained over whether the combined company can handle its $3.4 billion in debt, including $1.1 billion due next year. ...more

July 30, 2008

A bride-to-be says her dream honeymoon is tainted because a Tampa-based travel agency took her money but didn't pay for the reservations at a Jamaican resort. ...more

July 24, 2008

TAMPA - A bride-to-be says her dream honeymoon is tainted because a Tampa-based travel agency took her money but didn't pay for the reservations at a Jamaican resort. ...more

July 23, 2008

Securities regulators from several U.S. states on Thursday raided the St. Louis headquarters of Wachovia Securities, seeking documents and records on the company's sales practices. ...more

July 18, 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

After weeks of public bickering, Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s board is likely to accept a sweetened buyout offer from the Belgian-based brewer InBev SA as early as this weekend, published reports say. ...more

July 12, 2008

They have to get in. Sometimes it's an Ivy League link they covet. Other times it is that slot at a college that people talk about at church. Either way, college and grad-school applicants clearly believe that a lifelong benefit derives from admission to a certain school. ...more

July 12, 2008