NEW YORK (Fortune) -- When you hear the words "green business," what company comes to mind? Patagonia, maybe? Whole Foods Market (Charts, Fortune 500)? Starbucks (Charts, Fortune 500), or Group Danone ...

The collapse in the price of oil has squeezed energy companies and countries that were betting on higher returns. Here’s what it costs on average to pump a barrel of oil in the 20 biggest oil ...

As many as 800 out of about 900 KFC locations were closed on Monday due to the logistical snafu. By Friday, the majority of the stores had reopened. "It's been a hell of a week, but we're making ...

For the second time this week, the Dow plunged more than 1,000 points. And the stock market is now in a correction -- 10% off its record high just two weeks ago.

The frauds rake in millions from the sick and elderly -- leaving them with nothing. This is a story about the little-known company that cashes the checks.

Over the past several days, two major American companies found themselves facing public relations disasters. A fatal engine failure aboard a Southwest (LUV) flight left the airline scrambling to ...

The end of the fishing frenzy in San Felipe was blamed on a marine mammal called the vaquita porpoise. Scientists say it’s one of the world’s smallest marine mammals -- as well as the rarest.

All the countries in the top 10 are in Europe, according to an analysis of maternity leave in 42 countries by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is bullish about the future of artificial intelligence but says the world must come together to ensure its development is benign.

Standard & Poor's rating agency served the Obama administration with notice Friday afternoon that it planned to downgrade the US government's AAA credit rating, according to an administration ...

Just this June, Fortune Magazine announced a new milestone in its list of Fortune 500 female CEOs. The number of women CEOs listed had reached an all–time high: 32 in a single year.

General Electric has been a piston of the American economic engine for 125 years. It pioneered the light bulb and the jet engine. It survived the Great Depression, the dot-com crash and the 2008 ...