Weekly jobless aid applications dip to 370,000

Food stamp fraud raising growing concerns

Facebook launches iPhone camera app

HP leads Dow to its fourth day of gains in May

Smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes push price of pack of cigarettes to $15

States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

HP to cut 27,000 jobs, save up to $3.5B annually

Facebook stock climbs, but firm faces lawsuits from shareholders

Regulator: ND's oil production could double

Jury: Google didn't infringe on Oracle patents

Facebook stock tumbles $7 in two days & why it still doesn't look cheap

NEW YORK (AP) - If you were thinking of picking up a few shares of Facebook last week, when it went public at a price of $38, you might be seriously tempted now that the stock has fallen $7 in two days.

Home sales up across USA, hopeful sign

Facebook looks to settle 'sponsored story' suit

SAN JOSE (AP) - Facebook is close to settling a lawsuit over advertisements it calls "sponsored stories." Launched in early 2011, the service let brands pay to retransmit users' activities to their friends' pages. For example, if someone clicks the "like" button for a brand, this activity might show up as a "sponsored story" on their friends' pages. <p style="line-height: 18pt; background: ...

Google completes deal for Motorola

CBO warns of US economy falling off 'fiscal cliff'

Executives admit that TV isn't everywhere yet

Executives admit that TV isn't everywhere yet

More Americans quit jobs, a sign of confidence

Opting for overdrafts means higher fees

Apple unveils music streaming service dubbed iTunes Radio

McCheap menu helps lift McDonald’s sales

NEW YORK (AP) - Cheap eats and new menu items helped McDonald's boost a key sales figure in May, bouncing back from a decline the previous month.

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Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software

Senate passes $500 billion farm bill

Dissent against execs in Wal-Mart's proxy vote

Microsoft hypes next-gen Xbox One games at E3

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S&P BOOSTS OUTLOOK FOR US GOV'T'S LONG-TERM DEBT: WASHINGTON (AP) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded its outlook Monday for the U.S. government's long-term debt. S&P cited the government's strengthened finances, a recovering U.S. economy and some easing of Washington's political gridlock.

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Economy adds 175K jobs, jobless climbs to 7.6 %

Microsoft says used games will work on Xbox One

NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft's upcoming Xbox One gaming console will be able to play used games, clearing up a worry among gamers and video game retailers such as GameStop, which trade in used games. That means video games discs users buy will not be limited to one Xbox One device, and players can share or trade in the games they have bought for other used games, just as they have been able to do ...

J.C. Penney launches new home department