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Accounting firm Arthur Andersen says it's firing its lead Enron auditor and putting three other auditors on leave.

Atlanta-based InterContinental Exchange has reported significant gains in trading volume since Enron's demise. Intercontinental Exchange is off to a great start in 2002

Beginning March 1, low-income seniors will be able to buy a 30-day supply of a Pfizer prescription medicine for $15, the company announced Tuesday.

A federal anti-discrimination agency may step in to win back pay or other help for workers who have signed away the right to sue their employers.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, one of Hollywood's most venerable movie studios, may be up for sale for $7 billion.

A Swiss investment bank won't pay anything to acquire Enron Corp.'s energy trading business.

Retail sales edged down by a smaller-than-expected 0.1 percent in December as consumers showed resilience in the face of the recession and rising unemployment.

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Compaq Computer Corp. would pay out an extra $634 million to key employees as an incentive to stay on if their merger goes through, both companies disclosed Monday.

Samsonite Corp. has been removed from the Nasdaq Stock Market because of declining market capitalization, the company said Monday.

The federal government announced Monday a program that encourages construction contractors to exceed federal workplace safety requirements at temporary work sites.