State investments and rules aim to give domestic companies a leg up on HP, IBM

 Microsoft Corp.’s computer-network- management software, a product that Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer once came close to scrapping, emerges today as the cornerstone of a bid to challenge VMware Inc.

 Argentina's government cracks down on capital flight

 The journey from sleepy cooperative to snack powerhouse is stopped by an accounting probe

 The return of a third shift is translating to 24-hour-a-day production at many auto factories for the first time since the industry collapse in 2009

 Britain may build a 50 billion-pound ($77 billion) airport on the mudflats of the Thames estuary instead of expanding London’s crowded Heathrow hub as the government examines how to meet burgeoning demand for flights.

 New York will seek to attract and reward “highly effective” teachers, evaluate their performance and create 100 schools, including some that prepare students for technical careers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

 A government-backed plan to export a record corn surplus may leave South African silos drained of the country’s staple food by the end of April.

 The American Folk Art Museum can survive in a storefront on New York’s Upper West Side, its volunteer president said today, buoyed by more than $3.5 million in contributions and pledges since it sold its main building to the Museum of Modern Art.