Recovery Gains Steam in Developed Economies

Durable Goods Orders Rise 2.9% in April

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods surged in ...

IBM to Buy AT&T's Sterling for $1.4 Bil.

IBM Corp. said Monday that it is buying AT&T Inc.'s ...

Facebook Faces Growing Privacy Protests

Facebook is simplifying its privacy controls amid growing unrest from ...

Euro Slide Pushes Dow to Sub-10K Close

A drop in the euro set off a late-day slide ...

Feds Profit from $6.2 Bil. Sale of Citigroup Stock

The Treasury Department said Wednesday it raised $6.2 billion from ...

Yahoo Paints Brighening Picture Through 2013

Yahoo Inc. raised its financial target Wednesday, reflecting expectations that ...

Asian Stocks Fall on Europe Debt Fears

Asian stock markets fell in early trading Thursday after the ...

China's Stock Market Defies Robust Real Growth

Shanghai has Wall Street-size ambitions for its financial markets, and ...

Asia, Europe Stocks Rise on Asian, U.S. Data

World stocks rose Thursday as investors put Europe's debt problems ...

Honda China Plant Stopped by Worker Strike

Honda's four auto assembly plants in China have ground to ...

Costco Profits Jump 46% on Sales, Memberships

Costco Wholesale Corp.'s profit climbed 46 percent in the fiscal ...

Tiffany Profits Double on Soaring Asia Sales

Jewelry and gift seller Tiffany & Co.'s net income more ...

Stocks Surge on Word China to Hold European Debt

Stocks had another turnaround Thursday and rocketed higher after China ...

J&J Probed for "Phantom Recall" of Pain Relievers

Congressional investigators said Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson hired a ...

Ford May Be About to Discontinue Mercury Line

Mercury could soon be the latest Detroit car brand to ...

Japan Carmakers Enjoy Sales, Export Boom in April

Japan's biggest automakers posted major production and sales gains in ...

Staples Income Rises on Sales Growth

Staples Inc.'s first-quarter net income climbed 30 percent as both ...

China Expects Higher Inflation in May, June

China's inflation should rise slightly in May and June but ...

Google Buys Global IP to Boost Video Offerings

Google Inc. is buying Global IP Solutions Holding AB for ...

Construction Permits Fall, Wholesale Prices Slip

Construction of homes surged in April to the highest level ...

Yahoo to Buy Freelance News Outlet Associated Content

Yahoo Inc. is buying freelance news site Associated Content in ...

EU Regulators Ban Some Kinds of Naked Short Selling

Germany's market regulator announced a ban Tuesday on so-called naked ...

HP Net Income Surges on PC Sales Jump

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s latest numbers show how deeply dependent the company ...

Toyota to Recall Up to 11,500 Lexuses

Toyota said Wednesday it will recall 4,500 Lexus vehicles in ...

Stocks Slide on German Naked Short Selling Curbs

World markets slid Wednesday while the euro hovered near four-year ...

Oil Falls to $68 on Europe Fears

Oil prices fell to near $68 a barrel Wednesday, extending ...

Target Profits Up 29% on Card Boost, Clothing Sales

Target Corp. reported a 29 percent increase in first-quarter net ...

Japan's Economy Grows for 4th Straight Quarter

Japan's economic growth accelerated in the first quarter, as robust ...

Singapore GDP Soars 15.5% in Q1

Singapore revised up its first quarter economic growth to a ...

Toyota Expert Calls for Akio Toyoda to Step Down

An influential writer with ties to Toyota's past presidents is ...

Sears Income Falls on Bigger Appliance Discounts

Sears Holdings Corp.'s first-quarter net income fell 38 percent on ...

Suicide-Plagued Foxconn Raises Worker Wages

The Taiwanese electronics company buffeted by a spate of suicides ...

Vanishing Inflation Helps Consumers, Borrowers

Inflation has essentially disappeared, and that gives the Federal Reserve ...

New Jobless Claims Jump Most in Three Months

The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits ...

Dell Income Jumps 52% on PC Sales, Services

Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net income ...

Stocks Suffer Biggest Plunge in Over 1 Year

Stocks took their deepest plunge in more than a year ...

Toyota to Invest $50 Mil. in Tesla Electric Car Plant

The heads of Tesla Motors Inc. and Toyota Motors Corp. ...

World Markets Falls on Europe Debt Fears

World markets tumbled Friday, extending a wave of selling amid ...

German Business Confidence Dips on Debt Crisis

German business confidence slipped marginally in May, it's first such ...

PepsiCo to Invest $2.5 Bil. More in China

PepsiCo says it plans to invest an additional $2.5 billion ...

3-D Shrek Shocks Moviegoers with $20 Tickets

A few theaters seemed to flirt with the idea of ...

Stocks End Higher After Year's Biggest Slide

Stocks ended sharply higher a day after posting their biggest ...

Chrysler Adds 1,100 Jobs at Detroit Jeep Plant

Chrysler Group LLC gave a big boost to the battered ...

Asian Stocks Gain Ground After Selloff on Euro Jitters

Asian stocks markets were mostly higher Monday but gains were ...

Europe Debt Woes Weigh on Stocks Again

European stock markets fell again Monday ahead of an expected ...

Asia Stocks Rise, Europe Falls

European stocks fell Tuesday, as investors worried that growth would ...

McDonald's Pulls Cadmium-Tainted Shrek Glasses

Cadmium has been discovered in the painted design on "Shrek"-themed ...

BP Reports Some Oil Being Funneled by New Cap

BP reported some oil was flowing up a pipe Friday ...

Disappointing Jobs Data Batters Stocks, Euro

Stock markets dropped sharply Friday and the euro slid to ...