The Justice Department has charged six former workers at eBay with leading a cyberstalking campaign against a couple who publish an e-commerce blog that criticized the company.

BP is writing down as much as $17.5 billion of its assets and might leave some of its oil and gas in the ground because of lower energyprices and weaker demand.

Chesapeake Energy is preparing to file for bankruptcy in as soon as a week after the pioneering shale driller missed an interest payment due on Monday.

Banks are slashing credit lines to shale drillers as an oil-price crash and disappointing wells force a reassessment of firms' assets.

Lawyers for Amazon have told House lawmakers that Bezos is willing to testify at a hearing this summer alongside other tech leaders.

The Fed spelled out in greater detail how it will execute a program to purchase bonds of U.S. companies that were highly rated as of mid-March.

Stocks rose after the Fed signaled its latest efforts to support financial markets. The Dow and S&P 500 gained 0.6% and 0.8%, respectively, reversing early losses.

The Oscars ceremony will be delayed nearly two months to April 25 and the eligibility period for the awards is being extended.

Fannie and Freddie said they had hired major Wall Street firms to advise them as they move to exit government control.