The city's extensive surveillance system integrates nonpolice video, raises concern about possible privacy abuse.

A growing number of global leaders are urging China to allow its tightly controlled currency to rise. But they are encountering reluctance from a government still very much worried about the economy in the short term.

S.C. Johnson & Son has joined the bidding for Sara Lee's air-freshener business, pitting it against consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble, people familiar with the matter say.

More than 14,700 U.S. taxpayers took advantage of a special amnesty program that offered reduced penalties to those who voluntarily revealed their previously undisclosed offshore bank accounts, in the wake of the UBS settlements.

Lazard selected Kenneth M. Jacob, head of its North American banking business, as chairman and chief executive. Steven J. Heyer was named lead director.