[AP] - World stock markets fell Tuesday, particularly in Europe, where concerns about the health of banks resurfaced and EU finance ministers met to consider a new levy on lenders.

[AP] - World stock markets fell Tuesday, particularly in Europe, where concerns about the health of banks resurfaced and EU finance ministers met to consider a new levy on lenders.

[AP] - Some years back, investment banker Carter Pilcher stumbled across some really good short movies made by a few talented friends, and the money-making and artistic sides of his brain suddenly clicked.

[AP] - Oracle Corp. has hired former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd to help lead the database software maker in a pivotal moment in its 33-year history as it tries to muscle in on more of HP's turf.

[AP] - ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year.

[AP] - ABC News President David Westin, the longest-reigning network news division chief, with more than 13 tumultuous years on the job, told his staff Monday that he is resigning and will leave by the end of the year.

[AP] - Oracle Corp. has announced former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is joining the database software maker as co-president.

[AP] - Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said Monday it has boosted its offer to buy rival Airgas Inc. to $65.50 per share, but said it will walk away if Airgas shareholders don't elect its board slate and approve its bylaw proposals.

[AP] - Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said Monday it has boosted its offer to buy rival Airgas Inc. to $65.50 per share, but said it will walk away if Airgas shareholders don't elect its board slate and approve its bylaw proposals.

[AP] - Air Products and Chemicals is boosting its offer to buy rival Airgas to $65.50 per share, and now wants shareholder approval.

[AP] - Federal regulators have backed off a plan to remove a Shire PLC low blood-pressure treatment from the market after warning in August that the drug has not been proven effective.

[AP] - Some years back, investment banker Carter Pilcher stumbled across some really good short movies made by a few talented friends, and the money-making and artistic sides of his brain suddenly clicked.

[AP] - Former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is in talks to take a top executive job at Oracle Corp., the database software maker run by his friend Larry Ellison, a person with direct knowledge of the discussions said Sunday.

[AP] - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.

[AP] - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well -- even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

[AP] - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well -- even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

[AP] - How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money. Demand is rising for kitchen and bath gadgets that squeeze out that last blob of toothpaste and help get the suds out of tiny slivers of soap.

[AP] - A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency chute resigned from his job last week and wasn't fired, his lawyer said Sunday.

[AP] - Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay -- or none at all.

[AP] - Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay -- or none at all.