(CNN) -- A blowout preventer that may hold important forensic evidence as to why it failed, triggering the world's largest accidental oil spill, has been brought to the surface of the Gulf and placed on a vessel, officials said Saturday night.

By BOB TEDESCHI LENDERS scrutinize all elements of a mortgage application, but one factor remains critical: the debt-to-income ratio, or the percentage of a borrower's monthly gross income that goes toward housing expenses.

By Jane M. Von Bergen The nation's unemployment rate inched up to 9.6 percent in August as public and private employers, for the third straight month, laid off more people than they hired, the Department of Labor reported Friday.

By Sean Gregory Friday, Sep. 03, 2010 "I've been to this movie a few times." Such was the response of one prominent Burger King franchisee, when asked his reaction to the $4 billion leveraged buyout that will take the country's no.

Two years after the last food crisis, when prices surged by nearly 15% in the UK, food inflation is back. Soaring global food prices have prompted City and food industry experts to warn that the cost of the weekly shop is set to rise by up to 10% in ...