Exxon Mobil Corp reported quarterly earnings that narrowly beat expectations, on higher oil prices and asset sales of about $1 billion, but the company's shares dropped nearly 2 percent as its oil and gas production fell short of estimates.
Home prices fell more steeply than expected in November, and consumers turned less optimistic in January, highlighting the hurdles still facing the bumpy economic recovery.
Stocks edged lower on Tuesday after a batch of weaker-than-expected economic reports gave investors reason to pause after strong gains in world equity markets.
Stocks fell on Tuesday as optimism over a possible deal by Greece in its debt wrangling dissipated after a batch of weaker-than-expected economic reports.
According to a poll, If the election were held today, Paul would get 46 percent of the vote compared to President Barack Obama’s 49 percent.
Merck & Co., the second-largest U.S. drugmaker, is projected to report stronger fourth-quarter profit on double-digit growth of key products, an increasing emerging markets presence and further cost reductions.
A lot has been said about hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas drilling technique that has sparked a rush for natural gas in the U.S. Here is how they are built.
A hotel guest who stayed at Las Vegas' Luxor hotel died after contracting Legionnaires disease at the resort, it emerged Tuesday. The holidaymaker, who has yet to be identified by health officials, contracted Legionnaires after staying at the resort in December 2011.
Prices of Mattel Inc toys like Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars have gone up as the company tries to compensate for increasing costs for materials like resin and rising wages in China.
Printer maker Lexmark International Inc. said it is slashing 625 jobs globally as part of a restructuring plan and forecast weaker sales and earnings in the current quarter.
Though Carnival revealed its sales had declined in the mid-teens on Monday following the Costa Concordia cruise ship sinking, most travel agencies have seen little change in bookings.
Ukrainian police on Tuesday shut down the former Soviet republic's most popular file sharing website, Ex.ua, accusing its owners of illegally distributing copyright-protected software, music and videos.
Gold prices were on course for their biggest monthly rise since August on Tuesday, boosted by economic unease in Europe and the United States and raising the possibility of a climb toward last year's record high of just over $1,900 per ounce.
As part of an undeniable war on Christianity, New York City is set to evict 17,000 churchgoers who use schools as a place of worship. (As if eliminating any reference to Christmas was not bad enough.)
U.S. Navy seals assassinated the al-Qaeda chieftain last May in a spectacular raid in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, near the capital of Islamabad.
The Virginia Senate is set to pass a bill Tuesday that will require pregnant women to undergo an ultrasound prior to having an abortion. State Sen. Howell attached an amendment to the anti-abortion bill Monday that would require men attempting to obtain a prescription for erectile dysfunction medication, like Viagra, to first have a cardiac stress test and rectal exam.
Within days, Facebook is expected to file for an initial public offering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, for the first time doing a public financial strip tease.
Investors have begun 2012 in a cautious mood, with U.S. and Japanese asset managers worried about the euro zone debt crisis cutting exposure to stocks and boosting bonds, while European accounts added risky assets, Reuters polls show.
Newt Gingrich is the latest Republican politician to be asked by a musician to stop using their songs at campaign events.
CIT Group Inc , the business lender led by former Merrill Lynch Chief Executive John Thain, said fourth-quarter net income fell 59 percent, but a decline in problem loans and borrowing costs helped it beat analysts' expectations.
The user data of Megaupload, one of the world's leading file-sharing Web sites before it was shut down, won't be deleted at least for two weeks from now.
Iowa Republican Party Chairman Matt Strawn announced he would resign in two weeks as the state's bungled caucus results continues to confuse voters about who really won.
