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Northwest Airlines confirmed that it would add fuel surcharges of up to $80 for many domestic round-trip tickets.

Eastman Kodak posted lower-than-expected quarterly results as higher raw material and development costs trimmed margins.

The Altria Group posted a second-quarter profit that slightly beat Wall Street estimates, but the number of cigarettes shipped by its Philip Morris USA unit fell more than some analysts expected.

Wall Street sank after weak readings on economic growth and the job market touched off renewed concerns about the financial health of businesses and consumers.

Japan has lifted a ban on imports of North American lobster that had been linked to a misunderstanding over safety.

Goldcorp has agreed to buy a rival Canadian gold mining company, Gold Eagle Mines, to pick up an exploration project.

MasterCard posted a second-quarter loss because of a charge related to a settlement with a rival, American Express.

The bill aims to improve consumer product safety after millions of Chinese-made toys were recalled last summer.

Cablevision Systems posted stronger-than-expected earnings for the second quarter, handily beating back competition for customers, especially telephone company competition.

Blog: The former Fed chairman sends stocks reeling late in the day after warning that home prices are “nowhere near the bottom”

Where will Alan D. Schwartz go next, now that the former Bear Stearns chief executive is leaving JPMorgan Chase?

WASHINGTON — The government bungled the salmonella outbreak probe so badly, a House committee chairman said today, that federal investigators reminded him of Keystone Kops. A colleague hoped the maligned tomato can get its good name back.

The settlement is part of an agreement to settle the state’s investigation into the bank’s sale of auction-rate securities to 17 cities and towns.

TRENTON, N.J. — Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. today offered $4.5 billion in cash for its cancer drug partner, biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc., saying the two are “a natural fit.”

ST. LOUIS — Rising costs for fuel, feed and fertilizer propelled grain prices to all-time highs in June, raising the overall price of crops and livestock by 16 percent this year compared to last year.

NEW YORK — Wall Street sank today, after weak readings on economic growth and the job market touched off renewed concerns about the financial health of businesses and consumers. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points.

Blog: Employers’ compensation costs rose just 0.7% in the second quarter, flat with the first quarter and down from a year earlier

GMAC posted a $2.48 billion loss, as rising gas prices forced write-downs of truck and SUV leases, and losses in its mortgage lending unit soared.

The House overwhelmingly approved legislation that would give the F.D.A. new power to regulate tobacco products.

HOUSTON (AP) — Marathon Oil Corp. said Thursday it may split itself into two separate companies, one focused primarily on exploration and production and the other on refining and marketing.

NEW YORK — Stocks mostly declined today after a weaker-than-expected reading on the nation’s economy and troubling news on jobs touched off renewed concerns about businesses and consumers.

The Star-Ledger in Newark, and its sister paper The Trenton Times, are “on life support” and could be sold if fewer than 225 workers fail to accept voluntary buyouts, their publishers warned. The paper’s owners, the Newhouse family, has already…

Buoyed by soaring oil prices, Exxon Mobil Corp. reported $11.7 billion in second-quarter profits, breaking its own record for the highest quarterly earnings in U.S. corporate history.

The U.S. economy grew at a solid pace in the second quarter, the government said today, despite being buffeted by a financial crisis, a deep housing slump, high fuel prices and a weak job market.

Blog: The addictive online game is back, but with a new name and a different look.

FORD DOWNGRADES FUEL STANDARD

Ford Motor Co. thinks running on regular is a good deal, especially with premium gas prices running well above $4 a gallon.

After watching the price of her favorite bread rising too quickly, Michele Shores decided it was time for a fresh approach.

The prospects for a quick economic recovery dimmed Thursday, with new data showing the economy grew at a slower-than-expected rate this spring despite some oomph from tax rebate checks - and actually shrank late last year.

MasterCard said it posted a second-quarter loss because of a charge related to a settlement with rival American Express.

Earnings reports from three major media companies - CBS Corp., The Walt Disney Co. and Viacom Inc. - this week show the malaise in local ad markets beginning to spread to national cable and broadcast networks.