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NEW YORK (AP) — The Standard & Poor's 500 index crossed above 1,900 for the first time Tuesday as investors assessed news on retail sales. DirecTV gai...

LONDON (AP) — BSkyB, the London-headquartered satellite broadcaster, confirmed Monday that it is in early talks with 21st Century Fox to buy its pay t...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government ran a big surplus in April, thanks to a flood of tax payments that helped keep the budget on track for the lowes...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — "Think different" became Apple's creed during the late Steve Jobs' reign as CEO. Now, chief executive Tim Cook is embracing the i...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — After immigrating to Oregon from the Mexican state of Oaxaca more than two decades ago, Paula Asuncion worked on farms and in mi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered an investigation into the whereabouts of Casey Kasem after an attorney for the ailing radio personality's...

NEW YORK (AP) — Frozen food makers plan to launch their first national TV ad in defense of their products on Tuesday as the category fights to boost s...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The four Democrats seeking the party's nomination to take on Republican Gov. Tom Corbett in the fall will meet for their last sche...

The price of oil rose above $100 a barrel on Monday amid renewed tensions over Ukraine. Benchmark U.S. crude for June delivery gained 60 cents to $100...

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Botox maker Allergan spurned a takeover bid from Valeant Pharmaceuticals, saying that the unsolicited offer worth nearly $46 bil...

NEW YORK (AP) — Hillshire Brands is pushing further outside the deli case with a deal to buy the maker of Birds Eye frozen vegetables, Duncan Hines ca...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock rose on Monday, pushing U.S. market indexes to all-time highs. Twenty-First Century Fox rose following reports that the company ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — U.S. corn growers may surpass last year's record production despite lesser acreage devoted to the grain, but corn prices later in the...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers advertised slightly fewer jobs and slowed hiring a bit in March, though the declines came after healthy gains the pre...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing slightly higher, enough to send the Dow Jones industrial average to another all-time high. A day of back-and-forth ...

BERLIN (AP) — Procter & Gamble has apologized for "any false connotations" after stirring anger in Germany for unintentionally placing a neo-Nazi code...

DETROIT (AP) — Nine million parts. That's what General Motors needs to repair millions of cars it has recalled since Feb. 7. With ignition switches, p...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Airlines tried and failed to block a federal rule making them tell passengers up front the full cost of airfare, including governmen...

NEW YORK (AP) — Snapchat has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it deceived customers about the disappearing nature ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market finished mostly lower on Thursday as investors assessed the latest batch of company earnings and sold utility and ene...