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Cablevision Debuts Interactive Ads on TV

Cablevision Systems Corp. is bringing interactive banner ads to television, allowing viewers to order samples and brochures and even purchase products by clicking the remote ...

IRS Eases Commercial Mortgage Refinancing Rules

The IRS issued new rules Tuesday designed to make it easier to refinance some commercial real estate loans in an effort to curb the number ...

Shane Kim to Retire from 14-Year Post As Xbox Guru

Shane Kim, the Microsoft Corp. executive who oversaw the growth of its video game business from the original Xbox and through such hits as "Halo" ...

Retail, Manufacturing Data Boost Wall Street

Investors waded deeper into the stock market Tuesday as a batch of economic reports provided mostly upbeat signals about the economy. Retail sales jumped in ...

Japan Air Lines Hopes to Conclude Merger Talks Soon

Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. said Tuesday it aims to conclude tie-up talks with foreign carriers by mid-October and announced plans to slash 14 percent of ...

Asia Markets at New Highs for Year

Asian stock markets climbed to new highs for the year Thursday after strong U.S. industrial production data boosted confidence the world's largest economy is growing ...

Citi Plans $5 Bil. Stock Offering to Cut Fed Holdings

Citigroup is considering a plan in which the Treasury Department would sell part of its holdings in the bank, while the New York-based company would ...

New Electrics Grab Focus at Frankfurt Auto Show

Sales have plunged, General Motors Co. has emerged from bankruptcy and Chrysler has been taken over by Italy's Fiat. The past year's turbulence will be ...

Yahoo Gains $150 Mil. on Sale of Alibaba Stake

Yahoo has cashed out of its investment in China's leading e-commerce site, Alibaba.com. The sale announced Monday is expected to generate a pretax windfall of ...

JAL Shares Surge on American, Delta Interest

Shares of Japan Airlines Corp. surged Monday amid speculation that American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are vying to buy stakes in the money-losing carrier. ...

NEC, Casio, Hitachi to Merge Cell Phone Business

Japanese electronics makers NEC Corp., Casio Computer Co. and Hitachi said Monday they will combine their mobile phone handset-manufacturing operations by April next year in ...

Majority of Americans Still Troubled by Economy

One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to ...

World Markets Rattled by U.S.-China Tire Tariff Dispute

European and Asian markets fell Monday, shaken by news of a trade dispute between the U.S. and China over tariffs on tires. Germany's DAX fell ...

U.S. Banks Return to Risky Investments

A year after the financial system nearly collapsed, the nation's biggest banks are bigger and regaining their appetite for risk. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and ...

Multinationals Break Vietnam Laws Promoting Breast-Feeding

Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has ...

10 Mil. Jobs Would Reward Climate Action Says Blair

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes to break the "deadlock" in global climate talks with evidence that 10 million jobs could be ...

California Moves toward Major Tax Overhaul

A special commission this week is scheduled to recommend a sweeping overhaul of California's antiquated tax system, a move designed to bring fiscal sanity to ...

Wynn Boosts Size of HK IPO for Macau Assets

Casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd. will increase the size of its Hong Kong initial public offering for its Macau casino assets, as it looks to ...

Many Publishers to Start Charging for Online News

With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some ...

Meltdown Shattered Cherished Assumptions About Investing

The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way. Last year's financial meltdown knocked the ...

Young Americans Seek Careers in China

When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took ...

China Says State Firm Profits Fell Last Year

Profit at China's top state-owned companies fell 30 percent last year, hurt by the global financial crisis, but assets have increased. The 141 banks, airlines, ...

Suburban Families Downsize from SUVs to Crossovers

Suburban mom Shana Rampersad is looking for a new family car, and it's got to be fuel efficient, stylish and roomy. That eliminates sedans, sport ...

Last U.S. China Maker Survives on Vintage Design

Born of the Great Depression, it was a glossy, color-saturated line of cups, bowls and plates meant to affordably brighten lives and dinner tables. Seven ...

Stocks Resume Rally After Brief Break

Investors popped the stock market's rally back in gear Friday after analyst upgrades boosted their optimism about the economy. A 36-point advance in the Dow ...

Arena's Obesity Drug Effective but Disappointing

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. says its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin succeeded in a clinical study, but the drug did not appear to be as effective as ...

Housing, Jobless Data Show Fragile Recovery

Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week. Still, the reports suggested ...

World's Carmakers All Aboard Electric Bandwagon

The race is on among the world's auto companies to make electric cars go farther on a single charge, bring the price down to compete ...

U.S. Net Worth Grew for First Time Since 2007

Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded. Still, household ...

New Jobless Claims Rose Last Week

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits likely rose last week, evidence that jobs remain scarce. Wall Street economists forecast that first-time claims ...

Kodak to Shore Up Balance Sheet with Capital Infusion

Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday it expects to raise up to $700 million through a series of debt sales in an effort to shore up ...

China's BYD Sets Sights on Overtaking Toyota

Fast-growing Chinese battery and automaker BYD Co. is thinking big — really big. It aims to overtake Toyota Motor Co. to become the global auto ...

At 50 Motown Recalls Founder Berry Gordy

On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a little-known group called The Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. ...

Small Businesses Becoming More Optimistic

Small business owners are joining consumers and investors in showing some cautious optimism about the economy. An index that measures owners' optimism rose last month, ...

China's Beijing Auto Joins in Saab Takeover Bid

China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings has struck a preliminary deal to become a minority stakeholder in Koenigsegg Group AB's takeover of Saab Automobile from General ...

Asia, Europe Stocks Drop on Export Fear of Weak Dollar

European and Asian stocks drifted lower Wednesday as a drop in the value of the dollar hit world exporters, pushing investors to cash in on ...

Fed Plan to Boost Int'l Visitors Includes $10 Fee

Lawmakers are working together at least one bipartisan venture before turning their full attention to health care. The Senate appears poised to pass a bill ...

Palm to Release Cheaper Lighter Version of Pre

Palm Inc., which revitalized its product line with the Pre smart phone launch in June, is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of ...

Taxpayers Likely to Lose Billions on Auto Bailout

Taxpayers face losses on a significant portion of the $81 billion in government aid provided to the auto industry, an oversight panel said in a ...

Buyers Hold the Power in Home Sales

The American dream of homeownership is still attainable. Buyers just have to deal with a new set of realities. A year after the collapse of ...

China Commissions World's Biggest Solar Power Plant

First Solar Inc. said Tuesday it has received initial approval from the Chinese government to build what may become the largest solar field in the ...

Fed Survey Shows U.S. Recession Ended

The recession is ending and the economy is finally growing again. That's the message implicit in the Federal Reserve's latest survey of businesses around the ...

Global Stocks Rise on M&A Activity, Recovery Signs

The stock market headed for a higher open Tuesday as merger news raised investors' optimism about an economic recovery. U.S. stock futures rose, following the ...

China Unveils 200-Seat Jet at Asia Air Show

China showcased its newest and biggest commercial plane Tuesday — a jetliner with as many as 200 seats that could boost the country's fledgling aviation ...

U.S. Falls to 2nd in Economic Competitiveness

The United States has lost its place as the world's most competitive economy, mainly because of the financial crisis and accumulated fiscal deficits, according to ...

Japan's Current Account Surplus Fell 19.4%

Japan's current account surplus in July fell 19.4 percent from a year earlier as exports tumbled amid a slow recovery in the global economy, the ...

Google China Reshuffles After Kai-Fu Lee Departure

The new managers of Google Inc.'s China arm expressed confidence Monday the business can grow despite the departure of the high-profile executive credited with expanding ...

Cadbury Rebuffs Kraft's $16.7 Bil. Takeover Bid

Kraft Foods Inc. on Monday proposed a 10.2 billion pounds ($16.7 billion) takeover of Cadbury PLC, but the offer was immediately rejected by the British ...

World Stocks Rise on U.S. Jobs Data, G-20 Stimulus Resolve

World stock markets rose Monday, following Wall Street higher after the pace of U.S. job losses eased and major countries pledged to keep extraordinary government ...

Comfy Ski Boots Allow Easy Walking — at a Price

Skiing, fun. Walking in ski boots back to the lodge, not so much. In mid-September, a company in Boulder will start selling a ski boot ...