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A day after stepping down as CIA director, Leon Panetta was sworn in Friday as secretary of defense. He began settling into the job by telling members of the military and their families they are "at the top of my agenda."...

Timothy F. Geithner is considering leaving the Obama administration after a deal is reached to reduce the federal deficit.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has been chosen to lead the International Monetary Fund. She will become the first female managing director of the global lending organization....

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde appeared poised to become the head of the International Monetary Fund this week despite a strong challenge to Europe's traditional hold on the job.

Fannie Mae has appointed Capital One's Susan R. McFarland to serve as chief financial officer. She is the third person to hold the position since Fannie entered conservatorship.

The governing body of two of the Washington area’s main airports is expected to tap the former head of the U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday as its next chief executive, according to sources familiar with the search.

Research in Motion has lost another senior marketing executive as it struggles with a product transition that has triggered profit warnings and a sharp share-price drop.

Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer said on Saturday he had decided to stand as head of the International Monetary Fund, presenting a potential serious challenge to front-runner Christine Lagarde.

Austan Goolsbee, a longtime adviser to President Barack Obama, will resign his post as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers this summer to return to teaching at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, the White House announced Monday.

The Knicks announced that the team president will leave when his contract expires at the end of this month.