(Adds Marcegaglia, Berlusconi remarks and background.) ROME -(Dow Jones)- Steel magnate Emma Marcegaglia, the new head of Italy's powerful Confindustria business association, Thursday said although the Italian economy was in trouble, she was optimistic t

MONTESANO — A law school graduate turned small business owner has joined the scrum of candidates hoping to succeed retiring County Commissioner Bob Beerbower of Elma.

The crisis in the global economy could turn out to be an opportunity for India. The chaos in the US economy has affected investor confidence in developed economies. The impact has been relatively less in countries like India and China.

Business leaders in the Magnolia area say increasing fuel and energy costs are changing the way they do business and the services they can provide. They voiced their concerns at a roundtable discussion called by U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlan

PARIS, April 24, 2008 (AFP) - French industrialists turned gloomy about business prospects in April, data showed on Thursday, matching deepening consumer angst as President Nicholas Sarkzoy was to make a televised bid to boost his reform drive.