Thousands of Enron Corp. employees heavily invested in company stock were barred for weeks from selling it as their retirement plan changed administrators -- during which the value plummeted. Sinister plot or bad luck?
A former stockbroker has been sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly defrauding a client of $68 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
The Teamsters union and United Parcel Service Inc. opened contract negotiations Wednesday in a face-off that could define the strength of organized labor.
After losing almost 700 jobs to plant closings last year, Greene County sees the opening of a grand resort hotel at Lake Oconee as a badly needed economic boost.
Beazer Homes USA Inc. agreed to acquire homebuilder Crossmann Communities Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction the companies valued at about $603 million, including the assumption of debt.
Despite heavy losses in the aerospace industry caused by the Sept. 11 attacks, Boeing Co. plans to give bonuses to more than 80,000 employees for their work in 2001.
