Georgetown, Cornell and thousands of other colleges are handing their badly strained e-mail systems over to the tech giants

GM’s astounding claim of 230 miles per gallon shows that we need a new measure of car performance. Have you heard of MPGGE?

Former Morgan Stanley investment guru and now hedge-fund manager Barton Biggs says the world economy is about to take off

A glimmer of light broke through Europe’s economic gloom on Thursday with the news that France and Germany have pulled themselves out of recession, while the euro zone as a whole showed better than expected growth

In a bid to keep their planes full, major carriers are morphing into budget airlines — but that may not be enough to save them

Feel like your company has been particularly stingy on the raises this year? You’re not imagining it

Rupert Murdoch’s empire is under siege. The media mogul’s latest move — announcing that he will charge for online news content by July 2010 — is either visionary or suicidal

With homeowners struggling to sell, and foreclosures rising, why are homebuilders picking up their hammers?

Despite warnings of a long summer of strikes and industrial action across Europe, the number of days lost to striking workers is actually way down. When workers do go out, though, they’re making it count

Oil is now above $70 per barrel, meaning huge profits for some speculators. But before you take the plunge, know how treacherous a game this can be