The fall of one of Russia’s most prominent foreign investors points to the official corruption that afflicts the country.

Based on sales for the first half of 2008, Toyota appears to be on its way to surpassing G.M. as the largest automaker.

Lawyers for Jérôme Kerviel say other traders at the bank were involved in unauthorized deals and assert that the practices were tolerated as long as they were profitable.

The New York Times said William Schmidt, an assistant managing editor at The Times, has been appointed the top editor at The International Herald Tribune.

With large price increases for commonly used commodities, countries like India and Vietnam are already having to deal with double-digit inflation.

BP is fending off a corporate raid by its Russian partners backed by Russian regulatory authorities, part of the strategy of which is to expel expatriate staff members from their joint venture.

In global trade talks, the United States offered to cut $1.4 billion more in subsidies to American farmers than in its previous offer.

India’s finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, said speculation in the market was a greater factor in rising oil prices than offer and demand alone.

Vodafone, the world’s largest cellphone operator, said it was cutting its revenue forecast for the year to around $79.6 billion, the lower end of its previous estimate.

General Electric said it would partner with Mubadala Development Company, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, to create an $8 billion commercial finance fund.

The Swiss drug maker Roche Holding said it was offering about $43.7 billion to acquire the 44 percent of Genentech that it did not already own.

The Czech Republic’s flow of oil from Russia was reduced after the Czechs signed an agreement with the U.S. to base a missile defense radar on their territory.

Russia’s immigration service denied Robert Dudley, chief executive of TNK-BP, BP’s Russian venture, permission to work in the country, increasing the chances of his ouster.

As travel costs rise and airlines cut back service, companies large and small are rethinking the face-to-face meeting -- and business travel as well.

Amid global food shortages, the region is choosing between growing more crops or preserving a scant supply of water.

The government rescue of the housing giants will test the world’s faith in U.S. markets, as about one-fifth of the lenders’ securities are held by foreign investors.

A plan for 3,600 hours of coverage may collide with efforts to stifle news.

Through a project called Read & Go (yes, in English), a new device allows users to download the contents of the newspapers over France Télécom’s wireless network.

Global corporations are appealing to nationalism in an advertising blitz the likes of which China has never seen.

A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. But some people in Nairobi, Kenya, are hoping to change that.

Critics say that Russian shareholders have enlisted an improbable ally in their attempt to force BP to fire the chief executive of TNK-BP.

If negotiations fail at the Doha round of trade talks, one casualty will be the credibility of the World Trade Organization itself.

China violates global trade rules by requiring automakers operating there to buy components from local suppliers or face penalties, the World Trade Organization ruled on Friday.

The American market, traditionally the world’s biggest for business jets, has slipped amid worries about the U.S. economy, while other markets, like Russia, South Asia and the Mideast, are growing.

Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications equipment maker, posted a 70 percent decline in second-quarter profit, citing recent acquisitions and high development and revamping costs.

The Canadian Pacific Railway said second-quarter profit fell 40 percent and cut its full-year profit forecast as fuel costs rose and a slumping economy reduced traffic.

United Steelworkers locals representing workers at three Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan mines have voted about 98 percent in favor of striking, the union said.