It wasn't a desire for lavish homes, exotic cars, the friendship of powerful politicians or acclaim as an openhanded philanthropist that motivated Scott Rothstein to mount what prosecutors call a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Read More
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Oil prices dipped below $76 a barrel Monday as lingering doubts over the global economic recovery and its effects on demand trumped bullish factors like the weaker U.S. dollar and the hijacking of an oil tanker off the coast of Somalia. Read More
Factory gate prices in Dutch manufacturing were nearly 9 percent lower in October 2009 than in October 2008. Read More