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As profits and sales slip, some European companies are scrambling to pay their bills, at a time when banks grow increasingly hesitant to lend.

Some banks, using credit-default swaps, are more hedged than others against the possibility of a debt cascade in Europe.

After a hurricane, homeowners check nervously to see if their insurance will cover all of their damages.

As European banks move to shed businesses and write off losses, their regulators might veto any steps they fear could inflict further damage.

Eastman Kodak, the 131-year-old film pioneer that has been struggling for years to adapt to an increasingly digital world, ran short of cash before a turnaround effort could succeed.

The start-up boom means there are more freshly minted millionaires looking to manage their wealth. And Wall Street firms are happy to help, for a fee.

European Union countries will need to sell billions of dollars in bonds every week in 2012 to replace existing debt, and policymakers and investors are watching debt auctions for signs of weakness.

Oneida's new owner, Monomoy Capital Partners, is helping the company rise from the aftermath of bankruptcy, and expansion is now the goal.

Lawyers for Rajat K. Gupta, a former director of Goldman Sachs charged with insider trading, filed a flurry of pleadings late Tuesday, seeking to dismiss counts, suppress wiretaps and force the government to clarify its indictment.

Federal authorities have uncovered e-mails that detail the transfers of money in the firm’s last days, including transfers that contained customer money, according to people close to the investigation.