NEW YORK -- As investigators in Massachusetts considered charging Wall Street firms for their role in the financial collapse, they focused on Goldman Sachs because it had bundled and sold the shoddiest of ...

WASHINGTON - Fallen giant General Motors Co. accelerated toward recovery Wednesday, announcing the repayment of $8.1 billion in US and Canadian government loans five years ahead of schedule.

Amazon.com Inc., the Internet giant that has spent 15 years trying to persuade consumers not to shop in stores, has a new ally in retailing its first piece of consumer electronics: stores.

LOS GATOS, Calif. - Netflix's first-quarter income rose 44 percent as the movie subscription service added 1.7 million more customers.

April 21 (Bloomberg) -- EBay Inc. forecast profit that missed estimates, a sign that Chief Executive Officer John Donahoe is struggling to stem the loss of customers to rival Amazon.

Chrysler, which emerged from bankruptcy last June, reported Wednesday that it lost $3.8 billion through the end of the year but expects its operations to break even in 2010.

Banks have endured many bad weeks since the financial crisis began, but the last seven days have taken the political backlash to new levels.

WASHINGTON - The folks who print America's money have designed a high-tech makeover of the $100 bill. It's part of an effort to stay ahead of counterfeiters as technology becomes more sophisticated and more dollars flow overseas, Federal Reserve ...

Starbucks posted results for the most recent quarter that cruised past analysts' estimates and boosted its profit outlook for 2010.

LOS ANGELES - California consumers will have to act fast to get mail-in rebates on energy-efficient appliances provided by the latest federal stimulus program.

April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest computer-memory chipmaker, posted first- quarter profit that beat analysts' estimates after demand for personal computers and a shortage of the chips drove up ...

More flights resumed Wednesday as more European air space was opened, but officials warned that days of grounded planes because of Iceland's volcano could cost the airline industry more than $1.7 billion.

The former head of KB Home is convicted of mail fraud and making false statements. Jurors acquit him of 16 other charges. Bruce Karatz, center, former KB Home chief executive, holds the hand of wife Lilly Tartikoff, left, as he arrives at the federal ...

Betting that electronic payments will increasingly replace cash, Visa announced on Wednesday that it would pay $2 billion to buy CyberSource, which facilitates payments for big online merchants.

With a cellphone in nearly every American pocket and purse, wireless giant AT&T Inc. could be staring at a brick wall. The point was hammered home by the carrier's first-quarter report Wednesday, when AT&T added the fewest number of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - US oil prices edged slightly lower on Wednesday as a rise in US crude and refined product inventories outweighed support from strong Chinese demand data and the resumption of European airline flights.

Japanese yen notes are piled atop US dollar bills during a photo opportunity at an office of Interbank Inc. money exchange in Tokyo November 27, 2009.

Regulators and politicians have barraged Massey Energy Co. and its chief executive, Don Blankenship, with criticism in the wake of the nation's deadliest coal-mine accident in 40 years, but the outspoken ...