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Pharmaceutical companies looking for fresh sources of profit are increasingly investing in a range of health care innovations that aren't drugs at all, from smartphone apps and educational websites to social media platforms and wireless devices, reports Ernst & Young.

Should Ernst & Young be held responsible for the bad actions of Lehman Brothers? New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who Tuesday slapped the Big Four audit firm with civil fraud charges, thinks so. But it's not an easy question to answer.

New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed a civil lawsuit against Ernst & Young, alleging that the accounting giant helped now-defunct investment bank Lehman Brothers hide billions of dollars in debt from its investors via loans disguised as sales.

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that part of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act violates the U.S. Constitution's requirement of separation of powers among the branches of government.

Ernst & Young's choice for its Global Entrepreneur of the Year prize is the founder of the world's largest financial middleman. The honor for ICAP founder Michael Spencer makes a huge statement about where economic power lies in today's economy, and why that power is misplaced.

Larger transactions and increased investor confidence pushed clean technology ("cleantech") venture capital investments higher in the second quarter of 2009. Investments in companies dealing with energy efficiency and solar power led the overall market, which surged 73 percent quarter-over-quarter....