Business

PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Gov. Jan Brewer faced intensifying pressure Monday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Bernanke, who stepped down last month after eight years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, is planning a memoir. Bernanke told Th...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder is urging Congress to require businesses to quickly alert consumers and law enforcement agencies in the...

NEW YORK (AP) — Egg McMuffin, meet the Waffle Taco. Taco Bell is readying for the launch of its national breakfast menu on March 27, with items such a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg, known for his outsized ambitions for Facebook, is applying a similar long-term vision to bringing the Internet to the...

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market ended higher Monday, but a late fade kept it from closing at an all-time high. The market marched broadly higher most...

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...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hearts raced faster as stock markets around the world stumbled in January, but that didn't stop investors from plugging more money int...

Tax Day is less than two months away. Are you ready? Hare some of the key points to keep in mind as you begin to focus on preparing your tax return, 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) — Cuts are on the table next year for Medicare Advantage plans, the Obama administration says. The politically dicey move affecting a ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — They're an endangered species in many state legislatures as more Americans move to urban centers or suburban cities: the rural lawm...

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...