COMPANIES

It’s as if the Fed’s tapering announcement never happened. After weeks of jitters, markets have discounted it and are moving on.

Confidence among German consumers is improving, aided by a buoyant economic outlook, while producer prices continued to decline.

The enormous breach is the latest example of a growing problem for retailers as companies outsource writing and maintaining software.

Company builds small, fuel efficient strike jet hoping the Air Force may use it to replace ageing fleet jet fighters

Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Google's Dream Team of Page and Brin, and Amazon's Bezos topped this year’s list of highest-earning billionaires.

Boeing and Airbus cleaned up in 2013, signing world-record orders for hundreds of aircraft. Here are the biggest deals in a year filled with superlatives.

Toys R Us announced that it will extend its Christmas Eve store hours to remain open for 87 hours straight nationwide. Most stores will stay open from 6 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21 through 9.m. Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24.

All of a sudden, there are several positive themes for the U.S. economy heading into the new year.

Washington state officials are meeting with Airbus as Boeing tensions rise, and the plot thickens.

Darden Restaurants, the parent company of Red Lobster, is looking to offload the struggling seafood chain.

Working conditions at Amazon.com aren’t any better than they are at Walmart. The difference is you don’t see Amazon's employees.

Info that may have been stolen includes customer names, card numbers, expiration dates and 3-digit security codes on the back of cards.

A study has found that dolphins in Louisiana's Barataria Bay, affected by BP’s oil spill, are five times more likely to contract lung disease.

There are roughly 4,000 offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, and the number may increase by 25 percent.

Following the Fed’s long-awaited decision on its QE program, attention should switch back to economic data.

The city assembly will hold an extraordinary session Tuesday to approve the resignation and an election could be held in February.

A report about an imminent deal shows that the two partners are betting differently on the market for diabetes drugs.

Industry activity in Japan, measured by the Indices of All Industry Activity, entered negative territory in October.

Millions of customers' credit and debit card information has reportedly been stolen in a massive data breach at Target department stores.

Chairman Bernanke defended his eight-year track record at the Fed in his last press conference.

The U.S. Department of Defense has no long-term plan for a replacement aircraft.

The move was a bit of a surprise, but the U.S. stock market reacted favorably.

The fates and futures of the two well-known brands diverge remarkably, to say the least.

The Gripen, manufactured by Sweden's Saab, will join the Brazilian Air Force, in a surprise victory over Boeing and Dassault.

After decades of declines, the recent U.S. manufacturing job rebound has many rejoicing, though female factory workers are likely not.

The world's largest online storefront doesn't operate like a typical business. It doesn't need to make money.

When a Samsung Galaxy S4 owner posted a video on youtube that was intended to serve as evidence that the phone had caught fire while charging, the response from Samsung was less than friendly and from a PR standpoint, senseless.

Ford's 2014 results will reflect a still-struggling European economy.

FedEx's Express Delivery unit, its largest operation, reported that revenue fell in its fiscal second quarter.