Mitsubishi Corp.'s U.S. auto and electronic arms have entered into an unusual pact with environmental critics to curb corporate pollution and waste and otherwise lessen their environmental impact.

U.S. regulators, alarmed about bombing sales of cigars and their sudden popularity among teenagers, are about to end decades of leniency toward the industry. The Federal Trade Commission is moving

International Business Machines Corp. has built and tested a superfast computer chip that indicates chip makers won't hit a technological brick wall anytime soon when it comes to

A conflict over fishing rights between South Korea and Japan threatens to escalate even as cooperation between the two countries is becoming crucial to solving Korea's financial crisis. Eight South

Microsoft Corp. agreed to offer the latest version of its Windows 95 operating system without requiring easy access to its Internet Explorer software, avoiding contempt of court. The offer by

The red, white and blue of US flags will be flying in Hong Kong's wet markets this weekend as US poultry producers try to persuade consumers it's safe to eat American

A federal appeals court in the U.S. has dealt a setback to the government's crackdown on allegedly substandard semiconductors supplied to dozens of military and space programs over the years. Citing

As health workers clean up the last, decaying remains of 1.4 million chickens slaughtered to halt the spread of a new flu strain, a troubling question remains : Has the feared virus infected southern

Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Quaker Oats Co. has agreed to pay a $1.85 million settlement to people who as children were fed radioactive cereal in the 1940s and 1950s as part of a

International Business Machines Corp. said its researchers have developed a hard disk that can hold 11.6 billion bits of data per square inch of disk space, more than double the previous highest