By HARRY R. WEBER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and DINA CAPPIELLO AP NEW ORLEANS -- BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Switzerland remains the world's most competitive economy, while the United States has fallen from second to fourth after losing the top spot last year, according to the World Economic Forum's annual rankings issued on Thursday.

By BETTINA WASSENER HONG KONG - All Nippon Airways stepped up its drive to become a leading Asian airline with the announcement Thursday that it planned to set up the first low-cost airline in Japan with the help of a major private equity firm based in ...

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Crude-oil futures were higher in Asia Thursday, helped by stronger Asian equity markets, but gains were limited on concern that high US oil stockpiles and Europe's sovereign debt problems would continue to overshadow positive ...

By Gordon Smith and Miles Johnson Korea National Oil Corporation on Thursday rejected a last-ditch appeal from Dana Petroleum for the national oil company to raise its £1.87bn hostile bid for the London-listed oil and gas group.