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Southwest Airlines, which bucked the trend of layoffs and flight reductions after Sept. 11, plans to hire about 4,000 workers this year.

Kmart Corp. has told a federal bankruptcy judge that it will released a list by March 11 of the stores it plans to close in an effort to cut its losses.

When shareholders of The Walt Disney Co. meet here Tuesday, they will be treated to a show as carefully written and rehearsed as a Broadway play.

Investors who are thinking of buying a stock don't typically pore over annual reports, chart a company's performance over time, or forecast its earnings growth before making their trades.

United Airlines announced a tentative contract agreement with the union representing its 12,800 mechanics and aircraft cleaners on Monday, less than 36 hours before a strike deadline.

Customers who once pulled up to Helen Mannarino's business to fill their cars with petroleum now stop to fill their bellies with pierogies.

Shilo Inns owner Mark Hemstreet defaulted on $30 million in loans, leading to a lawsuit by Bank of America, but he said the hotels remain profitable and in better financial health than most of the chain's competitors.

Steve Price remembers riding horses around this once-placid farming town long before big growers and migrant workers began to clash.

The president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters urged unity among members as contract talks begin with United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest shipper of small packages.

A Fortune 500 company adds more than $1 billion in profits through a complex set of deals that are difficult to comprehend. What do those in charge do?