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OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) — McDonald's is in the early stages of looking at whether it can make breakfast available later in the day. Fans of the Egg McMuf...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Business economists are almost equally divided over whether the Federal Reserve will pare its bond purchases at the current pace thr...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal judge in West Virginia has given preliminary approval to Alpha Natural Resources Inc.'s proposed $265 million settlemen...

DILLINER, Pa. (AP) — Crews have capped a southwestern Pennsylvania gas well that exploded and caught fire earlier this month, killing a worker, Chevro...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Chesapeake Energy Corp. is considering selling or possibly spinning off its oilfield services unit to help maximize shareholder v...

TOKYO (AP) — Honda appointed a woman to its board for the first time and gave a major promotion to a foreigner in signs the automaker wants to change ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard & Poor's 500 index pushed into record territory Monday after a round of corporate deal making. The index last closed at a...

WASHINGTON (AP) — From the White House to the Vatican to the business elite in Davos, Switzerland, one issue keeps seizing the agenda: the growing gap...

NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has reached a deal with Comcast to ensure that its TV shows and movies are streamed smoothly to households, the first deal the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve agonized in 2008 over how far to go to stop a financial crisis that threatened to cause a recession and at times...

CELAYA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico is on track to become the United States' No. 1 source of imported cars by the end of next year, overtaking Japan and Cana...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped on Friday, pushing the market to a weekly loss, as investors assessed the latest round of company earnings. Express Scr...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just four years ago, deficits and debt were an explosive political combination, propelling Republicans to control of the House and f...

WASHINGTON (AP) — American agriculture has experienced a boom, with market values of crops, livestock and total agricultural products reaching record ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of existing U.S. homes plummeted in January to the worst pace in 18 months. Cold weather, limited supplies of homes on the mar...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley constantly stresses her efforts to bring jobs to South Carolina. But Haley says she discourages companies fro...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of the U.S. economy's health posted a moderate gain in January, suggesting that the economy will continue to expand in the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose Thursday after a survey showed that U.S. manufacturing expanded at the fastest pace in almost four years. The report helpe...

NEW YORK (AP) — All the single ladies: Put your hands up. The largest U.S. jewelry chain on Wednesday decided to put a ring on its much smaller rival,...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The head of BP America Inc. says he believes the company is moving closer toward once again being allowed to bid on federal contrac...