Home Depot sees signs of improving housing market

ATLANTA (AP) - The Home Depot Inc. is feeling more optimistic about the recovery of the housing market after customers spent more on sprucing up their homes in the second quarter. The country's biggest home-improvement retailer said Tuesday that strong cost controls and healthy sales of paint, bathroom accessories and kitchen installations helped lift its net income by 12 percent during the ...

Higher retail spending lifts economy hopes

Luxury cars do poorly in new safety crash tests

Chevron refinery deemed hazardous

Number of new credit cards issued up 4%

Phone companies lose broadband subscribers for 1st time to cable firms

Google cutting 4,000 jobs at Motorola unit

Judge tentatively OKs $40M Skechers settlement

Falling GM stock raises government loss on bailout

A quick explanation of those darn Social Security offsets

Federal budget deficit totals $974B through July

CEO salvages JC Penney 2Q earnings disaster

Corn estimates drop amid deepening drought

Economic outlook brightens on jobs, recent trade data

Economic outlook brightens on jobs, recent trade data

Health care law's tax hikes are coming

Half of older workers delay retirement

HTC offers larger phone, with fingerprint sensor

NEW YORK (AP) - At your neighborhood coffee shop, you can order your beverage in small, medium or large. Now, you can do that with phones, too.

Microsoft's phone update to feature driving mode

SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft is updating its Windows software for cellphones to accommodate larger devices and make it easier for motorists to reduce distractions while driving.

Brokers confuse health exchanges

Macy's to open on Thanksgiving for the first time

BlackBerry ad campaign seeks to reassure customers

TORONTO (AP) - BlackBerry is publishing an open letter in major publications around the world in a bid to reassure customers that they can count on the distressed smartphone company.