The Justice Department has won its bid to bar former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal from representing an electronics executive seeking to overturn his conviction in an important criminal price-fixing case.

If a student loan bubble were to pop, the government, not private banks, would be the one standing around with gum in its hair.

(Jacksonville, Fla.)-David Stovall Jr. was named president and chief executive of this retailer. Mr. Stovall succeeds Linda Farthing, 61, who will remain a director. Mr. Stovall, 61, was chairman of Belk Inc.'s Central division.

U.S. health officials are proposing all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C, because they're five times more likely than other adults to have the potentially fatal liver virus and many might not know they're at risk.

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To promote its holiday "Believe" campaign and boost store traffic this season, department store chain Macy's Inc. put out an A.P.B. for anybody named Virginia, inviting them to their 800 stores throughout the country today to receive the $10 card.

Guest-blogger Mark Spelman, who leads Accenture's Global Strategy practice, is writing for Davos Live. The conclusion to be drawn from the conference at the Swiss resort, he says, is that 2009 will be a year of volatility, opportunity, challenge and transformation.