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In the second stage of a two-part rollout, Apple Inc on Friday began selling the pricier, high-speed wireless version of the iPad in the United States, following the successful launch of the short-range Wi-Fi tablet earlier this month.

Chevron Corp and Total SA posted sharp gains in quarterly profit on Friday, the latest among the major oil companies to see their coffers swell on the strength in oil prices.

Stocks tumbled on Friday to close out the worst week since January as news of a criminal probe into Goldman Sachs unnerved investors already anxious about the prospects for heavy regulation from Washington.

Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Brian Moynihan told Fox Business News on Friday that he supported a $50 billion orderly liquidation fund for large U.S. financial firms, but thought it should be built up over time.

Shares of Goldman Sachs Group Inc slumped 9.4 percent on Friday to a more than nine-month low, a day after news of a criminal investigation by U.S. federal prosecutors accelerated the company's crisis.

U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday to close out the worst week since January as news of a criminal probe into Goldman Sachs unnerved investors already anxious about the prospects for heavy regulation from Washington.

The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the first quarter as consumers increased spending at the fastest pace in three years, the strongest sign yet a sustainable recovery may be taking hold.

Massey Energy Co is under criminal investigation by the FBI after the deadly mine explosion in West Virginia, U.S. officials familiar with the matter said on Friday, news that sent the company's stock plummeting.

Chevron Corp's quarterly profit more than doubled, beating forecasts, as a bounce in oil prices offset lower refinery earnings at the second-largest U.S. oil company.

The United States on Friday placed Russia on its list of countries with the worst records of preventing copyright theft for the 13th straight year, just days after the two nations agreed to intensify talks on Moscow's bid to join the World Trade Organization.

General Motors Co said on Friday that it expected to incur costs of 400 million euros ($532 million) for termination benefits covering 2,600 workers at an Antwerp, Belgium, plant it plans to close by the end of 2010.

The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the first quarter as consumers increased spending at the fastest pace in three years, the strongest sign yet a sustainable recovery may be taking hold.

U.S. stocks extended declines on Friday as shares of Goldman Sachs slid on reports of a federal probe into the Wall Street powerhouse and after first-quarter gross domestic product came in weaker than expected.

No. 2 U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc reported a quarterly profit and a sharp increase in orders on Friday, surprising Wall Street and sending shares up across the sector.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday as shares of Goldman Sachs tumbled on reports of a federal probe into the Wall Street powerhouse and after first-quarter gross domestic product came in weaker than expected.

Corrects in penultimate paragraph to read that business activity expanded in the U.S. Midwest, not United States

The U.S. economy expanded at a 3.2 percent annual rate in the first quarter as consumers stepped up spending, the strongest sign yet a sustainable recovery is taking hold.

Employment costs in the United States rose slightly more than expected in the first quarter, driven by benefits that recorded the biggest jump in almost three years, Labor Department data showed on Friday.

No. 2 U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc reported a quarterly profit on Friday, surprising Wall Street and sending its shares up in premarket trading.

Honda Motor Co Ltd said it would recall 167,255 Acura TSX sedans sold in the U.S. market to address the risk that power steering fluid could leak and cause an under-the-hood fire.

Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, reported on Friday a sharp rise in quarterly profit, as oil prices bounced back strongly in the past year, offsetting lower earnings from its refineries.