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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is improving but noted that the job market remains "far from...

HONG KONG (AP) — The mammoth IPO planned by e-commerce giant Alibaba Group highlights founder Jack Ma's improbable rise to China's entrepreneur-in-chi...

NEW YORK (AP) — Soothing words from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen helped pull the stock market out of a morning slump Wednesday. But Internet com...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. productivity fell in the first quarter while labor costs rose, reflecting the economic slowdown caused at the start of the year...

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is rising in early trading as Disney and other big companies post stronger earnings. Investors are also waiting to he...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top executives at major United States companies are reconsidering or withdrawing their participation in a Russian international econ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a dozen media organizations challenged the government's ban on the use of drones by journalists Tuesday, saying the Federa...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has a book deal. Bernanke's agreement is with publisher W.W. Norton & ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — After watching China narrow the U.S. lead as the world's largest economy, Americans might be tempted to cheer signs that the Chinese...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Germany's Bayer plans to buy U.S.-based Merck & Co.'s consumer health business, creating a combined medicine cabinet of household...

NEW YORK (AP) — Add hackers to the long list of things that give CEOs insomnia. Target's chief executive, Gregg Steinhafel, is the first boss of a maj...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell broadly on Tuesday as investors found little to cheer in corporate earnings reports. A plunge in Twitter led Internet...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett remains confident in the long-term future of his company, and on Monday he again defended the quiet way he handled h...

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Airlines are taking in less money from bag fees than they did two years ago, but they are making up for it by adding charges ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Worries from overseas held back the stock market on Monday. Stocks started the day lower after a report showed that manufacturing in C...

NEW YORK (AP) — Target's massive data breach has now cost the company's CEO his job. Target announced Monday that Chairman, President and CEO Gregg St...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California jury awarded Apple $119 million — far less than it demanded — in a patent battle with Samsung over alleged copyin...

LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Friday that it hasn't given up on a deal after British drugmaker AstraZeneca flatly rejected its latest...

DETROIT (AP) — A mediator for General Motors has begun negotiations about settling more than 300 claims related to a deadly ignition switch problem in...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — From male-only corporate jets to guys' golf outings and hunting trips, Francine Katz says her time in the Anheuser-Busch executive su...