But instead of getting an apartment in the city, she chose to become a first-time buyer in a second-home market. While keeping the one-bedroom rental she shares with her boyfriend in Park Slope, she mov... more

WASHINGTON - Reacting to swings in oil prices in recent months, federal regulators announced on Tuesday that they were considering trading restrictions on hedge funds and other "speculative" traders in m... more

Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2009. The son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas, he is the first African-American to ascend to the h... more

Argentina striker Carlos Tevez signed for Manchester City on Tuesday and used his first news conference at the big-spending Premier Leagueclub to criticise Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.The 25-year-old,... more

From the start, the government's emergency $700 billion program to bolster financial institutions prompted a virtual stampede by members of Congress to get a piece of the action for their local banks. This is hard... more

In a different economy, Billy Mitchell and Nicole Drucker of San Francisco might have splurged on a $10,000 engagement ring. But Ms. Drucker is out of work and they need to save for a house. So in April, Mr. Mitch... more

Despite the best efforts of Universal Pictures and Sacha Baron Cohen to will their gay-themed "Brüno" into a cultural and financial juggernaut akin to Mr. Baron Cohen's "Borat," the new f... more

SEOUL, South Korea - Cyberattacks that have crippled the Web sites of several major American and South Korean government agencies since the July 4th holiday weekend appear to have been launched by a hostile group ... more

PARIS - You're an investment bank in Iceland with a complaint about a tabloid newspaper in Denmark that published critical articles in Danish. Whom do you call? A pricey London libel lawyer.   That is called... more