Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in an interview he is confident President Barack Obama will be elected to a second term, however he would not serve in his administration.

Shareholders plan to launch a derivative suit against the directors of plant operator Tokyo Electric Power if they are unsatisfied with a report on why the company didn't sue its directors itself.

Cancer drug maker Roche Holding AG offered $5.7 billion in a hostile bid for Illumina, but may have to raise the bid after the target company's shares rose above bid price.

US Airways has retained Barclays Capital and Millstein & Co. to explore a takeover of American Airlines' bankrupt holding company AMR.

President Obama will propose a corporate tax system overhaul in February, though details of the plan remain a secret.

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Time Warner Cable's earnings rose 44% on higher revenue from residential high-speed data and voice services as the cable provider raised its quarterly dividend by 17% and unveiled a $4 billion stock buyback program.

Like John Edwards before him, Gingrich ducked Medicare taxes by treating most of his income as S corp. profits, not compensation.

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Less than half of respondents to a new Edelman survey said they trusted government leaders to do what is right.

A number of governance groups are calling for the separation of the chairman and CEO roles.

Magna International is changing its long-criticized governance policies to encourage director education and independence.

Companies are gearing up to battle a pending Dodd-Frank rule requiring companies to disclose the ratio of median employee pay to CEO pay.

U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable told parliament that shareholders need to be allowed a binding vote on executive pay at large British companies.

Average Silicon Valley annual salaries passed the $100,000 mark for the first time last year, according to a new Dice Holdings survey.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by supermarket owners challenging California cities' authority to protect workers from being fired when the company changes owners.

Japan's plan to decrease its effective corporate tax rate to 25.5 percent has caused some U.S. companies to write down their deferred tax assets.

President Obama outlined plans for steep tax increases on the wealthy and keeping jobs within the country at last night's State of the Union address.

Evidence of the private equity industry's ability to create value is surprisingly uncertain, the Deal Professor says, but some university researchers found that acquisitions did benefit some companies.

Reuters - Under pressure over its nuclear ambitions, Iran might never act on its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz but could retain enough tricks in its playbook to keep its enemies, shippers and global markets on edge.