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Byline: Heidi N. Moore Morality is easy when it costs nothing. That is a good principle to keep in mind as nearly two dozen companies bathe in the glow of [...]

Byline: Heidi N. Moore The American woman, if you go by commercials, is a bizarre creature. To write, she wants pink pens; to choose a soft drink, she wants to [...]

Byline: Heidi N. Moore When the credit-reporting agency Equifax announced this month that hackers had accessed the accounts of 143 million of its customers -- over 40 percent of the [...]

Byline: Heidi N. Moore When Anthony Scaramucci took over as White House communications director, prompting the resignation of press secretary Sean Spicer, the initial reaction from Washington journalists was warily [...]

Byline: Heidi N. Moore If the economy is ever going to improve, President Trump is just going to have to do it himself. That, at least, seems to be Trump's [...]

Byline: Heidi N. Moore The American woman, if you go by commercials, is a bizarre creature. To write, she wants pink pens; to choose a soft drink, she wants to [...]

Byline: Heidi N. Moore New York loves nostalgia, which is why so many of the most popular Broadway shows are revivals or histories. (Hello, Hamilton.) Like some strange time-traveling Broadway [...]

Byline: HEIDI N. MOORE Money. The Unauthorized Biography. By Felix Martin. Illustrated. 320 pages. Alfred A. Knopf. $27.95. Most people are used to owing money to others, but few think [...]

Art aficionados have long held themselves to be in a more elite class than Wall Street speculators. Now, their worlds are colliding as a new crop of financial firms move [...]

As president, Theodore Roosevelt was fond of the African proverb that advised leaders to ''speak softly and carry a big stick,'' particularly for foreign policy. His great-grandson, Theodore Roosevelt IV, [...]

The Federal Reserve's data dump of more than 21,000 loan documents from the financial crisis provides a vivid reminder of how ugly it can get when the credit markets freeze [...]

Once again, what's good for banks -- and their shareholders -- may not be so great for consumers. The Federal Reserve's new stress tests, along with the new Basel III [...]

As long as the Beatles and Apple have co-existed, fans of both have wondered: when are these crazy kids finally going to get together? It has finally happened, but it [...]

John Marshall Mantel for The New York TimesKeith M. Moore, a managing director at MKM Partners in Stamford, Conn.The business of betting on mergers and acquisitions is coming back from [...]

Byline: WILLIAM M. BULKELEY AND HEIDI N. MOORE; WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF TECHNOLOGY IBM inching closer to Sun takeover International Business Machines Corp. IBM-N and Sun Microsystems Corp. JAVA-Q are [...]

Chrysler L.L.C.'s owner, Cerberus Capital Management L.P., has restarted talks for a possible merger between Chrysler and General Motors Corp. It is speculated that Cerberus is trying to satisfy the U.S. government's demand that it inject fresh capital into Chrysler by giving up part of its ownership instead. Article discusses Chrysler's liquidity, debt, share value, possible bankruptcy, and negotiations to obtain emergency funding from the U.S. government.

Byline: HEIDI N. MOORE AND JEFFREY McCRACKEN; WALL STREET JOURNAL STAFF General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC have reopened merger talks, as Chrysler owner Cerberus Capital Management LP has signalled [...]

Electricite de France S.A. (EDF) and private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) are planning to issue a new bid for U.S. company Constellation Energy Group Inc. Constellation has already accepted a lower $26.50-per-share offer from Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s unit MidAmerican Energy Holding Co. EDF and KKR's $35-per-share bid was rejected on account of Constellation's need to close the deal promptly and liquidity shortage. Article discusses MidAmerican's compensation if Constellation should sell itself to EDF and KKR.

Byline: RANDALL SMITH, DIYA GULLAPALLI AND JEFFREY McCRACKEN; Susanne Craig, Matthew Karnitschnig and Heidi N. Moore contributed to this article. Resigned just hours before to losing their jobs and salaries, [...]

Byline: MATTHEW KARNITSCHNIG, HEIDI N. MOORE AND SARAH MCBRIDE The $19-billion (U.S.) privatization of Clear Channel Communications Inc., the nation's largest owner of radio stations, was near collapse yesterday as [...]

Byron Trott, a banker with The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., is to leave the company and form his own merchant banking company, which will receive an investment from Berkshire Hathaway Inc.. billionaire Warren Buffett's company. Trott is raising a fund that will invest in and give advice to family-owned businesses and entrepreneurial companies.

Dow Chemical Co., dealing with a lawsuit by Rohm & Haas Co. over Dow's halted acquisition of Rohm, is trying to have Rohm's bankers, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., barred from seeing business intelligence, fearing a loss of company trade secrets.