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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s trade deficit narrowed in April after the yen strengthened and a sales tax hike dampened demand for imports of consumer goods. A ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — European bank Credit Suisse AG pleaded guilty Monday to helping wealthy Americans avoid paying taxes through secret offshore account...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Antitrust experts say AT&T’s bid for DirecTV could reap immediate regulatory rewards. Coming so quickly on the heels of a rival cab...

Clint and Kari Compton have opened a new business at 217 West Main St. in Smethport.The business offers 200 varieties of bottled soda and also has a p...

NEW YORK (AP) — Burger King is scrapping its 40-year-old “Have It Your Way” slogan in favor of the more personal “Be Your Way.” The chain says the new...

LONDON (AP) — The board of AstraZeneca on Monday rejected the improved $119 billion takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, a decision that caused ...

DALLAS (AP) — AT&T Inc. on Sunday agreed to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV for $48.5 billion, or $95 per share, a move that gives telecommunication...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell in early trading Thursday, as disappointing economic data and a couple bad earnings reports from the retail industry ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Italy may not seem like the ideal place for a Domino's Pizza shop, but the man who heads the American chain remains optimistic about t...

The price of U.S. oil climbed above $102 a barrel Wednesday on signs of increased demand for gasoline just ahead of the summer driving season. Benchma...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears is considering selling its Canadian operations as the retailer continues with efforts to turn around its business. ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The prices that U.S. companies receive for their goods and services rose by the most in seven months in April, a sign that inflation...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged lower in early trading Wednesday, a day after the stock market closed at a record high. KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poo...

PITTSBURGH — Bradford motorists are paying $3.796 at the pump this week for unleaded, self-serve gasoline, according to the American Automobile Associ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court indicated that the bitter legal tussle between business software maker Oracle Corp. and rival SAP over a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler is broadening the scope of his proposed open Internet rules and suggesting to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. retail sales growth slowed in April, with consumers shopping less online and cutting back on purchases of furniture and electro...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Student lender Sallie Mae has reached a $60 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that it charged me...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard & Poor's 500 index is flirting with a new milestone: 1,900. The index briefly climbed above that level on Tuesday before ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe's highest court ...