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Arthur Andersen is rushing to show that it's serious about reforming itself in the wake of the Enron Corp. scandal. But for many of the troubled accounting firm's clients, it's too little, too late.

WorldCom says it has received a request from the Securities and Exchange Commission for voluntary production of documents and information.

Two Hewlett-Packard directors are warning that many board members and some top executives might quit if shareholders reject the purchase of Compaq Computer next week.

Nearly a century ago, Juliette Gordon Low held the first Girl Scout meeting with only 18 girls in attendance.

Larry Edge had been at his post on the picket line outside the Lockheed Martin aircraft assembly plant for nearly seven hours Monday, but he wasn't ready to leave.

Cigarettes made from genetically altered tobacco that will be nearly free of nicotine should be on the market under the Quest brand later this year, its maker said Monday.

As The Walt Disney Co. struggles to rapidly resuscitate ABC, the entertainment giant is looking to use the muscle of its ESPN cable sports network to bolster its flagging media division.

Gasoline prices saw their biggest increase in nearly a year during the last two weeks.

Kmart Corp.'s chief executive, Chuck Conaway, left the nation's third biggest discount chain on Monday, three days after the company operating under bankruptcy protection announced plans to close 284 stores and cut 22,000 jobs.

The U.S.-Russia chicken war over American poultry exports is heating up.