When the U.S. Congress recently was in a frenzy trying to pass the $700 billion bailout bill, a group of CEOs who founded successful Internet businesses, including many Internet retailer leaders, were meeting to discuss online business issues and trends.

The ever-growing Internet economy should be less susceptible to a U.S. economic downturn than many other industries, with more and more people shopping and doing business online, a group of commentators and businesspeople said Friday. Although many

Great strides are being made in strengthening the Qatari economy, Khalifa Al Sowaidi, Managing Director, Qatar Fertilizer Company (QAFCO), said in an exclusive interview in The Report: Qatar 2008, the latest of the annual business publications from Oxford

FRESNO, Calif. -- The faltering economy, tanking retail sales and a real-estate market rife with foreclosures didn't keep Ritsuko Miyazaki from launching a ceramic art store.

NEW YORK — A private U.S. business group said Thursday its measure of the economy's health fell more than expected in July, pushed lower by declines in the stock market, drops in new building permits and rising unemployment.