Women business owners most vulnerable in tough times

Some women business owners are laying off staff. Others are turning away unprofitable client work. While yet another is taking clients that only pay only in a timely fashion. Entrepreneurs, the backbone of our economy, realize that these tough economic times take strategy to survive. 1227044413

FPL Energy hopes to expand wind farm

(AP) -- FPL Energy is looking to expand a wind farm north of Helix, Ore., and increase its energy-generating capacity by 100 megawatts. 1227032355
Yahoo's Jerry Yang to resign as CEO

Yahoo founder Jerry Yang has never concealed how much he cares about his Internet company. His emotional attachment is one of the reasons he balked at a $47.5 billion takeover offer from Microsoft Corp. six months ago. The same devotion finally led Yang to conclude he should step aside as chief executive, as the company seeks to bolster its depressed stock price and sagging earnings in an economic downturn that might prove even more wrenching than the dot-com bust of eight years ago.
Flying high: Miami airport named best by TSA

The Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that it named Miami International Airport as its Airport of the Year at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. 1227044712
China denies trying to obtain US space technology

China on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that it is seeking to illegally obtain U.S. space technology after a scientist in the United States was convicted of violating the U.S. arms embargo on China. 1227031252
Carrefour ousts CEO Duran

Carrefour SA said Tuesday it will replace its chief executive with a former top manager at Switzerland's Nestle SA, the culmination of long-simmering tensions over the French retail giant's performance and strategy.
HP shares soar after solid 4Q outlook

Hewlett-Packard Co. surprised Wall Street on Tuesday by saying its earnings will be slightly above analysts' expectations, going against the grain as other technology bellwethers have slashed forecasts and posted weak results in the sagging economy. 1227044780
Saks posts bigger-than-expected 3Q loss

Saks Inc. reported a wider-than-expected loss for the third quarter Tuesday, as the company resorted to deep discounts in an attempt to pull in affluent customers spooked by massive job losses on Wall Street and shrinking stock portfolios. 1227032123
Darling warns against bank bailout renegotiation

British Treasury chief Alistair Darling warned on Tuesday that any attempts to renegotiate the government's 37 billion pound ($55 billion) bailout of several banks hit by the financial crisis could prove even more costly for shareholders than the current deal. 1227032728
Court issues injunction against United pilot union

United Airlines said on Tuesday that a federal judge has barred its pilot union and four pilots from activities that disrupt the airline's activities. 1227031254
Crisis could reverse decades of falling subsidies

The financial crisis is forcing European Union nations to reverse two decades of declining state subsidies for companies, the European Commission said Tuesday. 1227033628
France calls for EU to ease up on bailout rules

France, the current holder of the European Union presidency, called Tuesday on EU regulators to show flexibility in applying state subsidy rules so governments could help out their struggling carmakers. 1227031521
Medicare prescriptions and the doughnut hole

Facts about Medicare Part D prescription coverage: 1227040287
Belgian court rejects appeal against Fortis sale

A Belgian commercial court on Tuesday threw out a shareholder challenge to the fire sale of troubled bank Fortis to France's BNP Paribas. 1227033019
Study puts a total on diabetes cost: $218 billion

Diabetes is a disorder in which the body either does not produce enough insulin or does not use the hormone properly to move sugar from the bloodstream into cells to be converted to energy. 1227035486
Oil prices fall again as demand for fuel withers

Oil prices continued to fall Tuesday as a government report showed that gasoline prices in October plunged further than they ever have and home heating oil, natural gas, and liquefied petroleum gas fell substantially. 1227042981
Trek introduces chainless bicycles

Pedalers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains. 1227037574
Medtronic 2Q profit sinks on hefty legal charge

Medtronic Inc., the world's largest medical device maker, said Tuesday that legal expenses and declining foreign exchange rates weighed down its fiscal 2009 second-quarter profit. 1227031259
France plans new conference on financial crisis

France will host a January meeting of world leaders and experts to look for ways out of the global financial crisis, the president's office said Tuesday. 1227036076
Mass. regulator accuses Oppenheimer & Co. of fraud

Massachusetts' top securities regulator on Tuesday accused Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. of fraud over the investment bank's sales of auction-rate securities to customers who couldn't access their money after the market for the risky investments froze. 1227031260