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British authorities arrested five employees of News Corp.'s tabloid The Sun and said they are now probing suspected payments not just to police but to other public officials.

When Chinese investors bought its largest remaining industrial employer, Saginaw, Mich., went from being an exhibit of decline to a case study in the impact of Chinese money on U.S. communities.

Federal regulators are examining how private-equity firms value their investments as part of a wide-ranging inquiry.

The Obama administration is touting the tax benefits in a push for corporate investment in renewable energy, an effort to help the industry after a government grant program expired.

Suzlon Energy said its net loss for the fiscal third quarter widened from a year earlier, weighed by higher interest costs and an increase in tax.

Tata Power, India's largest private power producer, posted a wider-than-estimated decline in its fiscal third quarter net profit after it took charges related to higher fuel costs for its 4,000 megawatt power project and due to a change in accounting standards.

DLF, India's largest property developer by sales, said profit for the fiscal third quarter fell 45% from a year earlier, hurt by lower sales as demand for new homes and offices remained subdued due to slowing economic growth and as interest payments on outstanding loans increased.

The top executive of NYSE Euronext sought to play down near-term threats to the exchange company's business and direct attention toward renewed growth plans.

A California hedge-fund manager was charged with making a series of improper trades in Google and other tech companies based on inside information.

A $1.36 billion government-backed deal for a Southern California solar farm has hit a snag and could be days from unraveling, all due to a local construction permit.

Allstate warned its insurance agents Friday that it had discovered separate errors in their tax documents and the year-end reports that show data used to calculate their annual bonuses.

Regulators closed a bank in Illinois and another one in Indiana, bringing the nationwide tally of bank failures to nine for the year.

Indonesian investors behind London-listed mining company Bumi said they may reconsider their attempt to oust financier Nat Rothschild from the company's board.

Demand for diamonds will be lower this year due to the dismal global economic climate, De Beers said. The diamond miner reported a rise in its full year 2011 earnings despite a difficult second half.

Oracle agreed to acquire online-software maker Taleo for $1.9 billion, in the latest sign that the software industry's old guard is embracing a newer model.

Apple sued Motorola Mobility on Friday in the latest legal maneuver involving alleged patent infringement.

Soda sales are flat and the beverage industry is looking for its next big thing. Increasingly, it is turning to the coconut.

Google plans to make a branded home-entertainment system, moving toward control of both the software and hardware process, a formula used by rival Apple.

Rivals in the world of online videogames, Hasbro and Zynga are becoming partners in the physical realm of toys and board games.

LinkedIn's profit jumped 30% and its revenue more than doubled, providing a lift to the young social-networking industry ahead of Facebook's IPO later this year.