IF TONGAN officials thought they were on their own in considering themselves second-class citizens in the World Cup, consider this: The Irish team are officially a second-class team. Or an economy-class team.

Shares of Acorda Therapeutics Inc. soared 31 percent yesterday after the Hawthorne-based biotech company reported a promising trial of its multiple sclerosis drug.

In China, skyscrapers are designed to conform to the principles of feng shui. In India, companies spend millions on new offices that sit empty for months while the chief executive waits for the local hindu priest to anoint them. But who'd have thought th

SAN FRANCISCO ( Map , News ) - As The City prepares to kick off the 45th annual Small Business Week today, generalizations about how local small businesses are faring in the face of the national economic downturn are tough to make.

A shift in spending habits — to say nothing of consumer appetite — is nibbling away at the bottom line of sit-down restaurants across Nassau as Bahamians increasingly opt to take away their meals.