NEW YORK – Higher oil prices and news of slowing growth in the service sector pulled stocks lower Monday despite some optimism over a $25 billion bid for Guidant Corp (GDT). Inflation worries again plagued Wall Street as crude futures pierced $60 per barrel, reinforcing concerns that the Federal Reserve …

NEW DELHI – Intel Corp., the world’s largest chip maker, plans to invest more than $1 billion in India to strengthen its research and development and invest in telecoms and technology start-ups, its chairman said on Monday. California-based Intel (INTC) has a development center in Bangalore, India’s technology hub, which …

WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom DeLay returned to Washington on Tuesday after winning a legal victory in a Texas courtroom, but still faces obstacles to reclaiming his former House leadership position. One legal victory for DeLay came on Monday when District Judge Pat Priest threw out a conspiracy charge against the …

WASHINGTON – Sixty years after it was founded to bring nations together and prevent another world war, the United Nations finds itself in a time of crisis, with some critics saying they want drastic reforms immediately or dissolution of the world body altogether. “We decided to take on the United …

This is a partial transcript from “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” December 23, 2005, that was edited for clarity. DAVID ASMAN, GUEST HOST: On Thursday’s show, former real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran discussed a lawsuit she has filed against Donald Trump, that she claims he owes her $1.7 million for …

SAN FRANCISCO – Software maker Oracle Corp. (ORCL) Thursday posted a lower quarterly profit as a rise in acquisition-related expenses offset higher revenue and the company’s shares fell more than 3 percent. Second quarter net income for the period ended Nov. 30 fell to $798 million, or 15 cents per …

NEW YORK – Comedian Mitch Hedberg died accidentally in March of “multiple drug toxicity,” including cocaine and heroin, Spin magazine reports, citing reports filed by the New Jersey medical examiner’s office. The medical examiner’s findings were filed in May, according to an article in the January issue of Spin about …

Here’s what is on tap for Wednesday: “FOX & Friends First” Starts at 6 a.m. ET Did President Bush bypass FISA courts because they wouldn’t give him warrants? We’ll get a read from Bill Gertz, defense and national security reporter for The Washington Times. “FOX & Friends” Starts at 7 …

MONCEAU-SUR-SAMBRE, Belgium – Authorities have identified a woman who carried out a suicide attack against a U.S. patrol in Iraq as a 38-year-old Belgian who had two marriages to radical Muslim men. Muriel Degauque, who grew up near the industrial city of Charleroi, entered Iraq from Syria last month and …

HOUSTON – Merck & Co. (MRK) rested its case Wednesday in the first federal trial involving the painkiller Vioxx after a pathologist testified that the drug played no role in a man’s fatal heart attack. Closing arguments were set for Thursday in the trial stemming from a lawsuit filed by …