London -- Queen Elizabeth and Britain's next prime minister are joining forces to bind the union between Scotland and England.

Cambridge -- Alfred D. Chandler Jr., an economic historian who pioneered the study of organizational structure, has died at 88 in Cambridge, Mass.

The billionaire financier Carl Icahn lost his battle for a seat in the board of the world’s no. 2 cell phone company, Motorola Inc., although it may seem a disappointment to others, Icahn’s still

New York -- JetBlue Airways, which cancelled almost 1,700 flights and left more than 130,000 passengers stranded because of winter storms, Thursday conducted spring cleaning in its executive suites in New York.

Washington -- Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick is being touted as a possible replacement for Paul Wolfowitz, the embattled World Bank president.

New York -- A New York appellate court Tuesday dismissed four of six claims against ex-New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso's $187.5 million pay package.

Queen Elizabeth II marked the final day of her six-day tour of the eastern US with a visit to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and a trip to the National World War II Memorial to pay tribute to Amer

El Paso, Texas -- A federal judge in Texas dismissed charges Tuesday against Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban exile suspected of a 1976 airliner bombing.

Chicago -- U.S. chief executive departures jumped 22 percent to 126 in April, from a 12-month low of 103 in March, an outplacement consulting firm said Monday.

Washington -- A World Bank panel found Paul Wolfowitz guilty of ethics breaches in arranging his girlfriend's pay raise and promotion, U.S. published reports said Monday.