LyondellBasell Industries said Saturday Reliance Industries offered to acquire a controlling interest in the beleaguered chemical company, which is under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Democrats called a revamp of the nation's health care system long overdue as historic legislation advanced toward a Saturday night Senate showdown, an early test of party unity on President Barack Obama's top domestic initiative

Hewlett-Packard Co. is scheduled to report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Monday after the market closes. Below is a summary of key developments and analyst commentary related to the period.

Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care -- and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Several thousand farmers protested the low prices Saturday they receive for their products, saying that commercial middlemen take too high a cut.

A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia must modernize its economy and reduce its dependence on raw materials exports.

Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

Dany Heatley scored a hat trick as the San Jose Sharks thumped the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 in the NHL on Friday. Heatley notched his second hat trick of the season, and the ninth of his career. Manny Malhotra, Ryane Clowe and Patrick Marleau also scored for the Sharks, who are 7-0-2 at home. Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL assist and four overall to match his franchise record, and has 30 ...

Dany Heatley scored three times, Joe Thornton recorded his 600th NHL assist, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Philadelphia Flyers 6-3 on Friday night. Heatley notched his second hat trick of the season, and the ninth of his career. Manny Malhotra, Ryane Clowe and Patrick Marleau also scored for the Sharks, who are 7-0-2 at home.

South Korea's foreign minister ruled out Friday additional negotiations with the United States over a free trade agreement, a day after presidents of the two countries vowed cooperation to push the stalled deal forward.

Japan's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 0.1 percent Friday and upgraded its assessment of the world's second largest economy because of an improvement in exports.

For Citibank credit card holders, there is one way to escape the bank's rate hikes currently under way: Meet a monthly spending requirement.

Some of the computer-industry's biggest players -- such as IBM Corp., Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. -- have wowed Wall Street this fall with stronger-than-expected profits.

Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats' newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-ridden states.

"The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night.

After coming within one game of setting an NHL record for road wins to start the season, the New Jersey Devils have dropped two consecutive games away from the Garden State. Mike Santorelli and Martin Erat scored shootout goals, and Jason Arnott had two goals in regulation in the Nashville Predators' 3-2 victory over the Devils on Thursday night.

"The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air, Winfrey's production company said Thursday night. Winfrey plans to announce the final date for her show during a live broadcast on Friday, Harpo Productions Inc. said, bringing ...

Two-year-old airline Virgin America touched down Wednesday in Florida, marking one of its most ambitious expansion moves yet with a lavish welcoming ceremony that included Virgin Group Ltd. founder and billionaire Richard Branson.

A senior Afghan official allegedly took a $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company, a glaring example of the claims of corruption clouding the Obama administration's deliberations over expanding the U.S. commitment in Afghanistan.