The Career Education Corporation said that the Education Department lifted a ban imposed in June 2005 that limited acquisitions and expansion. Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Greenlight Capital, the hedge fund, asked the Allied Capital Corporation in a letter yesterday to replace senior managers after the indictment of an executive at an affiliated company. Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Sure, Americans traveling abroad expect to be treated like pariahs these days. But I get more than my fair share because I’m the ultimate outsider: a Yankee who prepares Mexican food. Read more..

By SCOTT LINDQUIST, as told to Christopher Elliott - The New York Times

A commitment by European governments to help out “clean energy” entrepreneurs is creating a more welcoming environment than America. Read more..

By JAMES KANTER - The New York Times

Crédit Agricole, the French bank, sold a 3.6 percent stake in Intesa Sanpaolo for 2.51 billion euros ($3.23 billion), complying with a requirement by Italy’s antitrust authority. After the sale, Crédit Agricole, which is based in Paris, still has ... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Small publishers left reeling by the major book wholesaler Advanced Marketing Services’ bankruptcy filing last month received a rare bit of good news yesterday. Read more..

By JULIE BOSMAN - The New York Times

Take-Two Interactive Software, maker of the Grand Theft Auto video games, said yesterday that it let its former chief executive, Ryan A. Brant, “control and dominate” improper options backdating that began when the company went public ... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

Pfizer is phasing out its manufacturing plant in Brooklyn, on the same Flushing Avenue site where the company was founded in 1849. Read more..

By ANN FARMER and NICK BUNKLEY - The New York Times

The Credit Suisse Group, the Swiss bank, will use proceeds from the sale of its Winterthur insurance unit to buy back a record amount of stock and make money-management acquisitions. The bank plans to repurchase as much as 8 billion francs ($6.4 b... Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - The New York Times

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and its TV partner, ABC, are scheduled to start their annual campaigns to encourage viewers to watch the Oscars. Read more..

By STUART ELLIOTT - The New York Times