LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Researchers have uncovered new ways that criminals can spy on Internet users even if they're using secure connections to banks, online retailers or other sensitive Web sites....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker....

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices fell to near a barrel Friday in Asia as the region's stock markets dropped on dour economic figures from Japan ahead of a key U.S. growth report....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The court-appointed trustee seeking to recover billions of dollars lost by jailed financier Bernard Madoff sued three entities Thursday to get back more than million that he said the Madoff family had invested, mostly in oil and gas properties and technology companies....

NEW YORK (AP) -- State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he had opened a fraud investigation into how life insurers pay out benefits after policyholders die....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Samsung Electronics Co.'s net profit surged 83 percent in the second quarter to a record high amid increased sales and strength in its semiconductor and flat panel businesses....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Kia Motors announced Friday that net profit rose 61 percent in the second quarter amid an increase in sales....

TOKYO (AP) -- Asian markets fell Friday, overlooking strong earnings from some of the region's biggest companies as Japanese shares tumbled on dour economic figures and a strong yen....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. triggered a false alarm Thursday by posting a notice that its search engine and several other services had been cut off from mainland China - a key market where the company has been locked in a high-profile battle over online censorship....

NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it is joining a fraud lawsuit against Oracle Corp. related to software contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars....