It has taken 88 months, or nearly three-quarters of the decade, but the American stock market is finally back to where it ended the last decade. Read more..

By FLOYD NORRIS - The New York Times

If you are going to invest extra money in a greener lifestyle, there are plenty of ways to do so that don’t necessarily involve going to the mall. Read more..

By M. P. DUNLEAVEY - The New York Times

Two private equity groups have made a bid for Altadis, the maker of Gauloises cigarettes, setting the stage for a bidding war. Read more..

By VICTORIA BURNETT - The New York Times

An investment currently being marketed to the rich is trying in essence to hedge a hedge fund, and the approach is bound to be offered to the rest of us soon. Read more..

By PAUL B. BROWN - The New York Times

Reports of carbon credit fraud and abuse are piling up. Read more..

By DAN MITCHELL - The New York Times

Businesses added the fewest positions in more than two years, and the jobless rate edged up to 4.5 percent. Read more..

By JEREMY W. PETERS - The New York Times

Born during the dot-com boom, beliefnet is a company that by all rights should have died with all the other failed ventures when the bubble burst. Read more..

By JOE NOCERA - The New York Times

The future of financial news may lie in its global reach, supplied by media giants and distributed digitally. Read more..

By STEVE LOHR - The New York Times

Microsoft and Yahoo are discussing a business partnership in their effort to compete with Google. Read more..

By JOHN MARKOFF and ANDREW ROSS SORKIN - The New York Times

Small businesses may become a central issue in the debate over the problem of Americans without health insurance. Read more..

By MILT FREUDENHEIM - The New York Times