Major League Baseball won't change its schedule to boost the sport's chances of getting back into the Olympics. "Look, we can't stop our season in August. We just can't," baseball Commissioner Bud Selig told the Associated Press Sports Editors on...

Sprint Nextel has formed a committee of independent directors to review a $25.5 billion buyout offer from Dish Network.

A U.N. nuclear watchdog team said Japan may need longer than the projected 40 years to decommission its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant and urged its operator to improve plant stability.

Six days after bombs exploded near the Boston finish line, the London Marathon sent out a powerful message of solidarity with the U.S. city and its victims Sunday and put the spotlight back on the sport and away from terrorist fears.

Global and Chinese automakers showcased family-friendly sedans and SUVs targeting coveted urban buyers at China's biggest auto show Saturday as competition intensifies in this huge but crowded market.

Growth and jobs are in short supply. Meanwhile, World Bank sets goal of eliminating extreme poverty affecting 1.2 billion people by 2030

McDonald's said Friday that a global sales figure declined in the first quarter and warned that it was expected to dip in April as well.

World finance leaders are searching for ways to promote better economic growth and stronger job creation while avoiding a dangerous slide into a global currency war.

A popular southwest Ohio air show has canceled plans to stage a re-enactment of the devastating World War II atomic bomb attack on Japan after protests, officials said Thursday.