BY EDMUND L. ANDREWS
New York Times

WASHINGTON — Concluding that some of the nation’s biggest banks are in good enough shape to raise capital from private investors, senior Treasury officials would like more of them to repay billions of dollars in…

BY STEPHEN LABATON
New York Times

WASHINGTON — Kicking off the latest chapter of this year’s Full Employment Act for K Street Lobbyists, representatives from a surfeit of industries descended on an influential congressional committee on Wednesday as it began writing a…

BY JIM MOTAVALLI
New York Times

For decades, automakers have been on a quest to make cars quieter. An auto that purrs, and glides almost silently in traffic.

They have finally succeeded. Plug-in hybrid and electric cars, it turns out, not only reduce…

MINNEAPOLIS — To any parent who’s argued with a child over shutting off a video game, John Morrissey’s Game Doctor Video Game Timer may sound like salvation.

Parents can set the $30 timer to limit game play to a specified number…

After running up every day for nearly two straight months, gasoline prices have fallen this week — as they typically do a little before or after the Fourth of July holiday.

With the economy weak, analysts say prices should remain stable…

WASHINGTON — Is the historic U.S. housing market crash close to being over, or is the end still far, far away?

While sales finally seem to be stabilizing, prices are still are likely to keep sinking well into next year and…