U.S. builders began work on more homes last month, evidence that the battered housing market is slowly healing.
Facebook's owners now plan to sell 25 percent more shares in the company as investors clamor for shares in the year's hottest stock offering.
Deere is posting a 17 percent spike in profits for the second quarter is raising its outlook for the year, with farm receipts expected to hit historic heights.
Target Corp. is reporting a 1.2 percent increase in first-quarter profit as the discount chain pulled in more shoppers with its food and trendy fashions.
Nokia has been bumped off its 14-year top spot as the world's largest cellphone company by Samsung, according to a British research firm.
Warren Buffett's company has revealed a number of changes in its U.S. stock portfolio, including boosting its holdings in Wal-Mart and IBM and adding a new stake of 10 million...
J.C. Penney is reporting a bigger-than-expected loss and plummeting profits in the first quarter as many of its customers are rejecting a new bold pricing strategy.
Activist investor Ralph Whitworth says his firm has taken a $600 million stake in PepsiCo Inc., a move that could ramp up pressure on the company to make changes.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says he does not expect the company's stock dividend to be jeopardized by the bank's $2 billion trading loss.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner says the recent $2 billion trading loss by JPMorgan "helps make the case" for tougher rules on financial institutions as regulators continue to implement the 2010...