The Marketplace Reader

Now that just about every business' phone number and information is available online, the Yellow Page volumes in our home rarely get touched....

Will enough advertisers display their brands next to user-generated videos to make YouTube as profitable as television? Executives from video...

To settle U.S. regulatory claims, UBS has agreed to buy back $19 billion of auction-rate securities and pay $150 million in fines. This comes a day...

In the two years I've had my car, I've loaded a CD into the stereo player maybe twice. It's not that I don't listen to music. I do -- a lot. Rather...

A fascinating story posted on Portfolio.com today about a company called WeatherBill, which uses Google-like technology to allow businesses -- from...

The San Francisco Web site YouNoodle , which spotlights and supports networking for young businesses, is launching a tool they claim can predict...

As we approach the Summer Olympics in Beijing -- and all the advertising that goes with it -- MSNBC.com offers a look at "The top 8 Olympic marke...

Minor-league sports teams and smaller colleges are being hit especially hard by the rising costs of travel. And that means you could be paying more...

Crude oil prices hit a three-month low yesterday. At $119 a barrel, oil producers are scrambling to protect themselves against more downside. They...

American farmers' move toward growing more corn for ethanol production has been one of the factors cited for rapidly rising food costs. The...