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A prosecutor on Monday asked that Bernard Madoff be jailed pending trial, saying the disgraced financier violated an agreement with the court by mailing watches, jewelry, cufflinks and mittens worth more than $1 million to relatives and friends. "The defendant's...

There are no free lunches in life, but one could always count on free beer samples at Anheuser-Busch theme parks...The brewer has put the kibosh on the free beer samples at hospitality centers at its SeaWorld theme parks in Orlando,...

The figures in the report, prepared by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’s (CMS) Office of the Actuary and published in the journal Health Affairs, paint a clear picture of the underlying problem they must resolve. Despite a slight...

Que.–Her voice was not weak, as might be expected, as it came through the speakerphone in the courtroom. On the line from her hospital bed, she coughed twice and simply said "yes," she could hear the judge well and, "yes,"...

30:00 AM MST the state of corporate earnings and consumers' willingness to spend during a recession. Prices fluctuated throughout the session, but some analysts found signs that the market's improving tone from December was carrying over to the new year....

In a surprise move, Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. has agreed to acquire TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com for $255 million, torpedoing a deal announced just over two weeks ago with media entrepreneur Allen Shapiro. TV Guide Network owner Macrovision Solutions Corp....

Residential real estate sales ended with a sputter in December, with a 19.2 percent drop in home sales compared with last year, although there was a slightly higher median price of $626,500. Condo sales fared no better and were down...

Endo Pharmaceuticals said Monday it has reached an agreement to buy a smaller pharmaceutical company in a deal that would bolster Endo's pipeline of treatment candidates and expand its business beyond pain medications. Chadds Ford, Pa.-based Endo plans to buy...

Dismal market performance in 2008 has many investors thinking about a new investment strategy for the coming year — a key element of which should be to slash investment fees. Here are some fees and expenses you'll want to examine...