Donald Trump says condominium sales at his new project were great until the Chicago real estate market collapsed, and bankers made it worse by quot;creating the current financial crisis. quot; Now he's trying to avoid repaying a $40 million loan from Deutsche Bank.

The Detroit automakers confronted the harsh politics of an economic downturn and the realization that there might not be the votes to save them.

Behind the headlines, the numbers are wispy, at best. But analysts say that the goal is often just to reassure the public.

Donald Trump says condominium sales at his new project were great until the Chicago real estate market collapsed, and bankers made it worse by quot;creating the current financial crisis. quot; Now he's trying to avoid repaying a $40 million loan from Deutsche Bank.

Though they would gain long-term market share, Asian auto executives worry that the immediate carnage from a bankruptcy of GM, Ford or Chrysler would hurt the industry as a whole.

For the U.S. Treasury secretary, dialogue with Chinese officials produced modest achievements, including pledges by both to spend $20 billion to help finance trade in developing countries.

At the Treasury Department, top officials continued to work on a plan to boost the housing market by subsidizing 30-year home mortgages with rates as low as 4.5 percent.

The number of deaths across the world caused by measles has fallen by 74% in the past seven years.

Behind the headlines, the numbers are wispy, at best. But analysts say that the goal is often just to reassure the public.

A hospital apologises to patients recalled for tests amid fears they may have been wrongly given the all-clear from cancer.

Some of the proposed buyers have offered to scrap their troubled $50 billion takeover of the company, instead taking a minority stake, people briefed on the matter said Thursday.

The head of the auto industry association has even raised the sensitive issue of potential layoffs.

Though they would gain long-term market share, Asian auto executives worry that the immediate carnage from a bankruptcy of GM, Ford or Chrysler would hurt the industry as a whole.

German manufacturing orders plunged in October after a record decline the previous month, a report showed Friday.

Further highlighting the German economy's woes, the luxury carmaker BMW said its global sales plunged by a quarter in November.

Before any talk of a Narbonne-San Pedro matchup in the L.A. City Section title game can take place, both Marine League rivals have major semifinal tests tonight. Host Narbonne (11-1) must exorcise its demons against an athletic and always-dangerous No. 4 seed Crenshaw (9-2). Second-seeded San Pedro (11-1), stout all season behind a stingy defense,

Against the backdrop of diving corporate results and rampant corporate greed, there are a few things that make Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief of DreamWorks Animation SKG, stand out.

The way contracts for legal services are awarded in the health service must improve, a committee is to hear.

NORMAN, Okla. - Not even a cheap shot could keep Blake Griffin from leading No. 6 Oklahoma to another victory. Griffin scored 11 of his 25 points after getting hit with an elbow in the second half, and the Sooners staved off a rally by USC for a contentious 73-72 win Thursday night in the Big12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series. Griffin, a preseason All-Ameri

SAN DIEGO - LaDainian Tomlinson can still run the ball and his San Diego Chargers finally looked like world-beaters. It might not matter, though, because the Chargers still need a miracle to get to the playoffs. Tomlinson, who had 91 yards on 25 carries, scored on a 3-yard run against his favorite punching bag and Philip Rivers threw three TD passe

It has been seven years, but Cal State Dominguez Hills men's soccer coach Joe Flanagan hasn't forgotten. Etched in the back of his mind during those seven years has been the 2001 NCAA Division II championship game, when Flanagan and his Toros were on the door step of a second straight national title before losing in a heartbreaker to Tampa in the c

AUSTIN, Texas - It is usually about defense for UCLA, but right now the offense is the focal point. And not in a good way. For the third time in six games, the 12th-ranked Bruins couldn't break the 65-point barrier, and the stagnant offense is run on the perimeter, doing little good.

A British doctor volunteer in DR Congo performs an amputation using text message instructions from a London colleague.

Midwives are struggling to cope with the increasing number of complex births they are seeing, regulators say.

Happiness is infectious and can spread like a quot;ripple quot; through social groups, according to US researchers.