By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington-- The business community likes President Obama's proposal to accelerate tax write-offs for companies buying equipment and other big-ticket items.

By Colin Ng and Leslie Shaffer SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Asian stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday after Wall Street declined amid concerns over the health of European banks, with the region's financial stocks getting hit, while exporter shares ...

By MATTHEW TRESAUGUE Bacteria feeding on oil leaked from BP's ill-fated well have not sapped oxygen levels in the Gulf of Mexico, a new federal study concluded Tuesday.

AP By AP Writer Oil prices skidded below $74 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as crude traders followed regional stocks down on reports European banks may be saddled with more debt than previously estimated.

By Matt Whittaker Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Gold futures finished at a record settlement, driven by similar factors--worries over Europe's banking system and the global recovery--that brought the yellow metal to all-time highs in ...