COMPANIES

J.C. Penney announced scores of store closings and thousands of layoffs. Here's a list of the areas getting hit.

According to a public disclosure by security researcher Daniel Wood, Starbucks has been storing user login credentials in clear text in its iOS mobile payment app.

The company’s scant three-sentence comment on holiday sales last week raised doubts about the store’s performance in the crucial holiday season.

The struggling electronics retailer cut its fourth-quarter earnings forecast, due to price pressure, among other factors.

Lucasfilm's 'Sandcrawler' building features a Yoda fountain, a 100-seat theater and state-of-the-art digital production capabilities.

Earnings of banking heavyweights, and data on jobs and inflation should provide direction to the markets.

Investors will focus on GE's industrial operations, as the company prepares to spin off its consumer finance business.

Business travel finished 2013 with stronger-than-expected growth and, according to a new report from GBTA, 2014 will be even rosier.

The trial of the case would have once again put the focus on the pop star's private life and final days.

The e-networking site’s latest move is being regarded as a precursor to a formal launch in the country.

The entertainment franchise will be acquired by a PE firm run by billionaire Leon Black, the Financial Times reported Thursday.

Hans Vestberg is in the running, but the software firm's search process is far from over.

Shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. fell in extended-hours trading after the retailer announced it plans to close 33 stores and lay off 2,000 employees.

AOL will keep just a small stake in the network of local news sites.

It’s unclear how many airports globally have adopted rapidly growing phone-tracking technology.

The 911 Targa features a nothing-new look and a Rube Goldberg-like convertible top that’s bound to impress the easily impressed.

These inventions are bringing "imaginary" technology to life.

The humble receipt was hailed as a “communication channel” and “product unto itself” by Twitter chairman Jack Dorsey.

The projected growth of the U.S. energy sector has to be seen to be believed, so see it here.

Hyundai is touting its redesigned Genesis as a 2.0 version of the company's signature design.

The global fashion firm is quickly growing.

Ford says it would have to reassess its operations in the U.K. if Britain decided to leave the EU.

Deutsche said the alleged manipulations by traders affected several major currencies in the $5.3 trillion-a-day forex market.

The Japanese government approved a plan that Fukushima plant operator hopes will revive company finances.

The company is in a super-competitive, crowded fast-food market while boasting new menu items.

Citigroup was probably hurt by lower fixed-income trading in Q4. But earnings likely rose anyway on a cost-cutting drive.

The fourth-quarter earnings announcement from Bank of America and the Producer Price Index could influence markets.

The company is the second-largest provider of telecommunications equipment in the world.

The move underscores the automaker's remarkable turnaround since its bailout in 2009 in the wake of the financial crisis.