WASHINGTON — The Air Force has conceded it chose the more expensive option in awarding a $35 billion contract for refueling tankers to a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. instead of Boeing Co., the companies said Thursday. Northrop acknowledged

Yahoo Inc., seeking to shore up sales after ending talks about a combination with Microsoft Corp., agreed to let Google Inc. to sell some of the advertisements it runs alongside Internet searches. The deal may add $800 million to sales

The dominance of the King of Beers has slipped. Anheuser-Busch now finds itself on the wrong end of the hunt.

When Bret S. De Rousse started buying stock about 30 years ago, he saw no better choice than Anheuser-Busch Cos. The purchase of a few shares was more than a way to grow his retirement fund; it was an investment

Anheuser-Busch Cos. is the target of the biggest takeover bid in the global beer industry's history.

The wooing has begun. Top executives of Belgian brewer InBev are talking up the benefits of their proposed takeover of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch Cos. Their pitch: it's a win for everybody involved, including citizens of St. Louis. The $46 billion-plus