The Dow Jones rose more than 100 points Friday, the third day of gains for the key...

A $5.8 million sexual harassment settlement will be paid by a building maintenance firm in the...

The Mini family is about to get a new member with the upsized Countryman...

A Mississippi court has heard that the Ford Motor Co will pay $130 million over an accident that occurred in a Ford...

Britain’s royal Mail has sold its first "intelligent"...

Holocaust survivors and the families in the US have objected strongly to a French Railway bid for high-Speed tracks in Florida, which will eventually connect Tampa and...

The cold winter in the first three months of the year has boosted the profits of Russia’s...

Samsung has unveiled its likely competitor to the Apple...

Apple has come up with a new iPod nano with a multi-touch...

Talks with potential buyers have reportedly been held by Burger King, the American fast food...

Despite a hot summer, have we been moving faster? Ookla, a well-known Seattle company that measures the speed of Internet connections, says St. Paul has recently become No. 1 in the nation in...

A former chemist for Valspar Corp. pleaded guilty this week to stealing trade secrets worth up to $20 million from the Minneapolis-based paint and coatings company as he prepared to go to work for an...

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were...

NEW ORLEANS - BP PLC said the blowout preventer that failed to stop oil from spewing into the Gulf of Mexico was removed from the company's well on Friday afternoon. The process of raising it to...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are Casey's General Stores Inc., Phillips-Van Heusen Corp., and Flow...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors will likely focus on consumer credit and jobs in the holiday-shortened week ahead. Better-than expected unemployment figures Friday helped boost the Dow...

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury 10-year notes and 30-year bonds dropped for a second week for the first time since April as a bigger-than-forecast gain in company payrolls eased concern the U.S....

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama promised to roll out “new ideas” to boost growth and spur hiring next week as he embarks on economy-focused trips to the Midwest with less...

Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-than-forecast U.S. private job gains may reduce pressure on Federal Reserve policy makers to add monetary stimulus this month without closing the door to a move later...

HM Revenue and Customs are expected to arrive on Tuesday with the rest due before Christmas. Some individuals may find they have both underpaid and overpaid, with the payments cancelling each other...

(For more stories on the Japanese economy, click) TOKYO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Japanese Finance MinisterYoshihiko Noda said on Saturday Tokyo would take decisive stepsto stem the yen's rise when needed,...

China may record a smallertrade surplus of $150 billion in 2010 as imports will likelyrise in the next few months while exports growth slows,...

Hurricane Earl wasdowngraded to a tropical storm Friday, weakening as itswirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard, the U.S. NationalHurricane Center said. The storm, which earlier had been a major...

iPhone 4 in the country starting Sept. 10. KT, South Korea's second-largest mobile carrier by revenue, had said last month that it will start offering the touchscreen device sometime in September and...

Potash Corp mill general superintendent Trevor Berg holds a handful of chicklet potash inside the Cory mine facilities near Saskatoon August 19,...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc removed a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Friday afternoon, a company spokesman...

TORONTO -- The proposed US$7.1-billion merger between Kinross Gold Corp. and Red Back Mining Inc. has been rejected by proxy research firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), which is worried...

A recent survey of Consumer Reports' subscribers finds that lesser-known fast food chains such as In-N-Out and Five Guys have better tasting hamburgers than McDonald's or Burger King. Erica Hill...

The American Society of Civil Engineers issues a report card every 4 years on the state of America's infrastructure. In the last two report cards, the nation got a D. Richard Schlesinger continues...

The job growth for the month of August exceeded expectations with American businesses creating 67,000 jobs in August. But as Anthony Mason reports, there still lies great uncertainty in the country's...

Hurricane Earl, despite now having been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, continues to cause havoc along the East Coast for residents and business owners. Elaine Quijano...

The Best and Worst Burger Joints A recent survey of Consumer Reports' subscribers finds that lesser-known fast food chains such as In-N-Out and Five Guys have better tasting hamburgers than...

The stock market had its first winning week in a month thanks to better news on the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 128 points Friday, its fourth straight day of gains. The strong...

(AP) Eager to jumpstart the economy ahead of crucial midterm elections, President Barack Obama said Friday he intends to unveil a new package of proposals, including tax cuts and targeted spending,...

Rite-Aid and Walgreens both announced pharmacist chat programs last month, they were the latest chains to try and use chat to get closer to their customers. But, ironically, the preservation of chat...

Facebook gets a new remote log out security feature, India demands that RIM, Google and Skype add a local server so the country can monitor communications, and finally infamous celebrity Paris Hilton...

(CBS/AP) A "D+" campaign logo aimed at encouraging recruitment at Drake University is getting a failing grade from some faculty, students and alumni. They say the logo is offensive, embarrassing...

The next generation Ford Focus 4-door is introduced at the North American International Auto Show Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 in Detroit. Jarvis said dealerships need room for new models like this one, so...

(AP) A trade group says the U.S. service sector, which provides most of jobs in the country, expanded for the eighth straight month in August, but the pace of growth slowed. The Institute for...

(AP) Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in...

(AP) Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose in August...

Hurricane Earl, despite now having been downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, continues to cause havoc along the East Coast for residents and business owners. Elaine Quijano...

Workers were doing routine maintenance when a fire broke out on the upper deck of Vermillion 380 located in the Gulf of Mexico; all 13 rig workers were rescued. Don Teague...

As tourists obeyed orders to leave North Carolina's coastal towns, locals are stocking up on supplies and preparing for the powerful Hurricane Earl. Kelly Cobiella...

(AP) Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo. They're suing the soft drink maker for more than $10 million, saying it did not negotiate with them to use their...

(AP) The feeble economy exhibited a smidgen of strength Thursday, with mildly positive reports on jobs, store sales and housing. Figures released on unemployment claims, store sales and...

Obama and Tax Cuts President Obama has proposed extending tax cuts for individuals making less than $200,000. But the top two income tax rates would revert to higher levels. Anthony Mason...

458 Italia supercars after reports of fires breaking out in five of the luxury vehicles in several countries. The Italian carmaker said Thursday it wants to replace an adhesive that in some...

(AP) New research suggests that at least one in seven home kitchens would flunk the kind of health inspection commonly administered to restaurants. The small study from California's Los Angeles...