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NEW YORK (AP) — At a dinner McDonald’s hosted for reporters and bloggers, waiters served cuisine prepared by celebrity chefs using ingredients from th...

NEW YORK (AP) — Dollar General isn’t about to be left out in the cold. The discounter is starting a bidding war for Family Dollar with an approximatel...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has rebounded with vigor from a grim start to 2014 and should show renewed strength into next year. That was the ge...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is further slowing the pace of its bond purchases because it thinks an improving U.S. economy needs less help. B...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows that businesses hired at a healthy pace in July, though the job gains slowed from the previous month. Payroll...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Joe Camel is bulking up to take on the Marlboro Man. Camel cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc.’s $25 billion deal to buy Newpo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Tuesday to make permanent a moratorium that prevents state and local governments from taxing access to the Internet....

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tim Draper began submitting signatures Tuesday for a ballot initiative that would ask vote...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are in broad agreement that they will likely announce an end to their monthly bond buying program in Octob...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Google has chosen five charities to develop ideas using Web-connected Google Glass to enhance their work. After receiving 1,300 prop...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal agency has fined the company that spilled chemicals into West Virginia’s largest water supply $11,000 for a pair of violat...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday that she doesn’t see a need for the Fed to start raising interest rates to defuse ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five years after the Great Recession officially ended, most states still haven’t regained all the jobs they lost, even though the na...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories fell in May, ending three months of gains. The Commerce Department reported that orders fell 0.5 percent, p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A private survey shows U.S. business hiring surged in June, a sign of stronger economic growth. Payroll processer ADP says private e...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The attorney overseeing General Motors’ compensation to victims of small-car crashes says there’s no limit to what the company will ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite an improving U.S. economy, retirement plans covering roughly 1.5 million workers are severely underfunded, threatening benef...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that some companies with religious objections can avoid the contraceptives requirement ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes shot up in May. But the pace of buying this year remains slower than in 20...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of previously owned U.S. homes posted the best monthly gain in nearly three years in May, providing hope that housing is begin...