Appeals court hears BP challenge on spill claims

NEW ORLEANS — BP PLC is suffering financial harm because of the way a court-appointed administrator is making payments from a settlement of claims from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an attorney for the oil giant said Monday. Ted Olson made...

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Al-Jazeera kicked out of Egypt news conference

CAIRO — Journalists for the pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera have been kicked out of a news conference being held by Egypt's military on the killing of at least 54 people, most of them supporters of Egypt's ousted president, outside an army facility....

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Thomson Reuters suspends early data access

Thomson Reuters will suspend its practice of distributing results from consumer surveys a couple seconds early to clients who pay the news and business information provider for advance access. A company spokeswoman said Monday that Thomson Reuters will...

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Fiat exercises option to buy more Chrysler stock

DETROIT — Italian automaker Fiat has exercised a third option to buy a small amount of Chrysler stock, but the sale won't go through until a U.S. court settles a dispute over the price. Fiat said Monday that it offered $254.7 million for another 3.3...

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Medicare won't pay for Eli Lilly Alzheimer's agent

WASHINGTON — Eli Lilly & Co. says it will push ahead with a first-of-a-kind imaging chemical designed to help screen for Alzheimer's disease, despite a negative ruling by Medicare officials. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said last...

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Shaw’s fined for item-pricing violations

Shaw's Supermarkets has been fined $8,000 for item-pricing violations at a few of its stores, according to the state Division of Standards. Officials report finding three of four Shaw's supermarkets visited last month failed to individually price a...

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Senate immigration bill would remake economy

WASHINGTON — Landmark immigration legislation passed by the Senate would remake America's workforce from the highest rungs to the lowest, bringing more immigrants into numerous sectors of the economy, from elite technology companies to restaurant kitchens...

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Markets outside of Asia recover their poise

LONDON — Aside from a big sell-off in Asia, markets generally recovered their poise Monday, as investors shrugged off fears of an imminent scaling-back of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary stimulus. Investors in Europe, in particular, regained their...

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ISS recommends vote for Dell founder's offer

NEW YORK — A top proxy advisory firm is recommending that Dell shareholders vote in favor of a deal that would allow the company's founder and an investment firm to buy the computer maker and take it private. Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners have...

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UK to charge 3 more journalists in bribery probe

LONDON — British officials are charging three more journalists and a prison officer in an ongoing investigation into bribery of public officials. The Crown Prosecution Service said Monday that two journalists — Lucy Panton, former crime editor at the...

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