Business

eHarmony cries foul as a rival's commercials advertise that the agency rejected one million lonely hearts. Almost a third of those applicants were married, protests eHarmony.

Executives from The Purdue Frederick Co., maker of the painkiller OxyContin, have admitted that the company’s sales staff told doctors, despite knowledge to the contrary, that the drug was hard to abuse and less addictive than other pain medications.

BP CEO John Browne resigns in response to a ruling from the highest U.K. legal authority that he cannot prevent a British newspaper from publishing details of his private life.

Venezuela has officially assumed control over the country’s last remaining privately run oil field in a May Day takeover that saw the holdings of six major oil companies appropriated by the government.

A new report shows U.S. capital markets lagging behind their transatlantic counterparts, as  the euro booms and the dollar declines. But how accurate is this data?

A struggling U.S. auto industry and the recent subprime mortgage crisis have made it the top U.S. city for foreclosure filings.

With more businesses making money in the virtual reality world of Second Life, many say it’s the next generation of Internet commerce.