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Council Travel, the nation's largest student travel agency, says airlines are honoring its tickets and insists that customers have nothing to worry about, even though it quietly filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month.

In Kmart Corp.'s first major marketing event since filing for bankruptcy last month, the company turned to a pack of tap-dancing theater kids to showcase its exclusive line of The Walt Disney & Co.'s children's apparel, shipped to stores last

When the stranger showed up at his tiny house six months ago, the 86-year-old retired farmworker didn't trust what he was hearing.

In a rare defeat for eBay Inc., the online trading leader said Tuesday it will pull out of Japan, even as the company's international expansion continues with the purchase of a Taiwanese auction site.

The tail of another American Airlines Airbus A300-600 may have survived the same forces that downed Flight 587, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

The Home Depot reported a 53 percent surge in fourth-quarter income Tuesday as temperate weather, an extra week in the quarter and a torrid home construction market boosted profits.

A second independent poll commissioned by the son of Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founder David Packard has also found that nearly two-thirds of HP employees at one site oppose the $21 billion purchase of Compaq Computer Corp.

America Online Inc. was accused of charging thousands of its customers for merchandise they did not buy, according to a federal lawsuit made available Monday.

Japan's auto production in January rose 4.9 percent from a year ago to 782,401 vehicles, the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said Tuesday.

Consumer confidence declined in February, hurt in part by increased pessimism about the jobs outlook and the economy, reversing two straight monthly gains.