A team discovered that winemaking at a Sicilian winery was wasteful and needlessly polluting, and the winery has made changes. Read more..

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL - The New York Times

The British Energy Group, producer of about 20 percent of Britain’s electricity, said nuclear reactors at two plants would be shut because of cracks in boilers, setting off a 24 percent decline in the company’s share price. The reactors, at the Hi... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

In a rare demonstration, more than 100 Wal-Mart employees rallied at a store in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., a Miami suburb. Read more..

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE - The New York Times

Gap, the clothing chain, named a former department store executive, Dawn Robertson, as head of its biggest division, Old Navy. Read more..

By Bloomberg News - The New York Times

Rampant crime is robbing Latin America of up to 8 percent from national economic growth, economists and World Bank officials say. Read more..

By JENS ERIK GOULD - The New York Times

Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara agreed to buy Banca Popolare Italiana for 8.2 billion euros ($10.3 billion) to create one of the five largest banks in Italy, with more than 2,100 branches extending from Milan to Sicily. The offer valued Popolare... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Former PayPal employees have gone on to start or join a new generation of Internet companies and other ventures, including YouTube. Read more..

By MIGUEL HELFT - The New York Times

An options grant made years ago to the new chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, Stephen J. Hemsley, is raising questions. Read more..

By ERIC DASH - The New York Times

In a sign of continuing turmoil in the Russian oil industry, the government threatened to revoke oil field licenses held by Lukoil. Read more..

By ANDREW E. KRAMER - The New York Times