The illegal immigration debate is a example of the old saw about econometrics: the discussion is often a crooked line from an unproved assumption to a foregone conclusion.

Reaction to Rupert Murdoch's $5.6 billion takeover of the Dow Jones Co. and The Wall Street Journal is a reminder of how highly businesspeople value the venerable news organization.

Arizona has enjoyed flexibility in its state budget-building for the last several years, thanks to a revenue spike that piled up into a welcome and useful surplus. That flexibility is disappearing, however, as revenues lag compared to the recent past.

As more and more states begin targeting insurance reform, the costs and problems they face become increasing evident. Still, the current system of health-insurance coverage in the U.S.

Mark Barratt wants to see Tesco succeed in America. The British expatriate and assistant professor of supply chain management at the W. P. Carey School and his wife have lived in the U.S. for five years, and they still haven't found a one-store replacement for the U.K.'s monster chain.

Paralleling the boom in private equity deals in recent years has been a growing sense of alarm about these multibillion dollar transactions.

Some of the benefits of scientific research conducted in universities are obvious. Great laboratory discoveries expand our understanding of the world, cure diseases, and make life better in myriad ways.

Too often, Chinese customers buy wealth management products without a real understanding of what they're getting into, according to Xiaoling Wu, deputy governor of the People's Bank of China.

The Internet has revolutionized ticket scalping, turning it into an electronic extension of the box office, driven by sleek advances in computer hardware and software and by a spate of clever, aggressive online ticketing companies.

A company's financial statements play a critical part in how its share prices fare in the markets. But financial statements aren't the only sources of information markets use to determine the valuation of a company.