Europe's financial crisis still threatens the U.S. recovery, and the Federal Reserve will do everything it can to protect against damage to the economy, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.
Dow Chemical Co's quarterly profit and revenue missed Wall Street's expectations as demand for electronics, plastics and coatings plunged, causing the company to slash production and aggressively discount some products.
Governments should regulate sugar similar to alcohol and tobacco not only to help fight the obesity epidemic, but to halt a host of diseases linked to sugar such as heart disease, obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
We all know that social media allows one to share their words on the Web in a matter of seconds. Networking giants Facebook and Twitter are known to be frontrunners in that field, but a relatively new Internet craze may be a worthy competitor.
Mit Romney has been dogged from the early days of his campaign about his ability to connect to the Tea Party voters who were instrumental in reshaping the political landscape in 2010, but in the Florida primary he captured a large portion of the Tea Party vote. Experts say his success owes partially to a broad shift towards Tea Party philosophies.
California lawmakers are already drawing up plans for spending revenue generated from wealth tied to selling shares in Facebook, which took its first step toward its highly anticipated initial public offering on Wednesday.
Founder and CEO Nancy Brinker said Komen's decision to end its partnership with Planned Parenthood has been mischaracterized and is not politically motivated.
Merck & Co. on Thursday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, helped by a decrease in research spending, and predicted relatively flat 2012 results as the No. 2 U.S. drugmaker girds for cheaper generic forms of its biggest product, asthma drug Singulair.
Two of Facebook’s three biggest existing markets (by number of users) are India and Indonesia.
The Osama Bin Laden death photos may be released to the public after all, after a Department of Justice ruling raised the possibility that portions of images or video of the al-Qaeda leader could be disclosed without core harm to national security.
At least a half-dozen major U.S. companies whose computers have been infiltrated by cyber criminals or international spies have not admitted to the incidents despite new guidance from securities regulators urging such disclosures.
U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates dropped to another record low of 3.87 percent in the week ending Feb. 2, down from 3.98 percent in the previous week, according to Freddie Mac.
Dow Chemical Co's quarterly profit and revenue missed Wall Street's expectations as demand for electronics, plastics and coatings plunged, causing the company to cut production and aggressively conserve cash.
As Facebook hurtles toward one of the largest initial public offerings in U.S. history, its honeymoon with investors may already be over.
Facebook aims to connect all two billion Internet users. So far it has captured 845 million of them. Of the rest, nearly 60 percent live in Asia and hooking them is going to be a daunting challenge.
Merck & Co (MRK.N) on Thursday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarterearnings, helped by a decrease in research spending, and predicted relatively flat 2012 results as the No. 2 U.S. drugmaker girds for cheaper generic forms of its biggest product, asthma drug Singulair.
The job cuts, if they go through, would be part of thousands of other cuts which financial institutions plan to make in the near future.
Insiders report that Apple will be host a strange event in February involving the iPad 3, ahead of the tablet's release in early or mid-March. After some of the tablet's specs were leaked earlier this week, tech analysts are scrambling to discover what this unusual event will entail. Find out everything we know about the February showcase here, which Japanese publication Macotakara says will not be a simple product unveiling.
McDonald's recent announcement about not using pink slime - a mix of meat treated with ammonium hydroxide and used in fast food burger patties - has called termed as a victory for Naked Chef and food activist Jamie Oliver.
U.S. warehouse club operator Costco Wholesale Corp posted a better-than-expected 8 percent rise in January sales at stores open at least a year, helped by higher gasoline prices.
CME Group , the biggest U.S. futures exchange operator, on Thursday said fourth-quarter profits rose sharply because of tax benefits and said it would institute a special annual dividend on top of its regular quarterly payout, which it also increased.
Susan G Komen for the Cure, the largest and best-funded breast cancer organization in the United States, withdrew its funding from Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, but the organization recouped much of its lost money through donations.
