business

Fifteen states have crossed a painful threshold: 10 percent unemployment. More states, and the nation, likely will follow, one of...

Investors extended the stock market’s rally Monday following another batch of upbeat earnings and reports that commercial lender CIT Group...

Citigroup Inc. surprised Wall Street Friday, reporting a $3 billion second-quarter profit instead of the big loss analysts expected. Citigroup...

More clues to an ongoing financial mystery emerged Thursday on Capitol Hill, with former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson taking the...

JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest credit-card issuer, has agreed to forgive the debts of 13,000 cardholders who it says were...

President Barack Obama’s administration will auction off a new batch of oil-drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico next month...

When is a Starbucks not a Starbucks? When it’s a 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea. The ubiquitous coffee-shop giant is...

Construction of new U.S. homes rose in June to the highest level in seven months as builders rushed to pour...

IBM Corp. has proved a rare animal in the recession. Like everyone else, its sales have been hurt. Profit margins,...