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

GM may have electric car breakthrough

Wis. boy, 17, is the fastest texter in America

HP to absorb record quarterly loss of nearly $9B

PALO ALTO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard Co. on Wednesday said that it will take a massive charge against its earnings for the latest quarter, leading to a record loss of nearly $9 billion.

Google includes Gmail in search results

McDonald's left hungry by rivals, economy in July

Apple plans to ditch iPhone YouTube app

US employers post the most jobs in 4 years

Late payments on mortgages hit 3-year low

Consumers cut back on credit card use in June

Best Buy founder offers to buy co, take it private

Forget the housing crisis, taxes & weak job market: Are you happy?

A little “T and A”

A respite for Medicare; Social Security no worse

Microsoft aims to simplify with Windows 8.1

Public-private partnership pushes '3-D printing'

Chicago hotel workers end strike after 10 years

Japan suspends imports after modified wheat found

Amazon to make 2 original comedies, 3 kids shows

Wealthy get most major tax breaks

Sales of bank-owned homes hit 5-year low

Bill would require OT, other benefits for nannies

SACRAMENTO (AP) - Democrats have passed a bill that would provide overtime pay, meal breaks and other labor protections for domestic workers in California. Lawmakers in the Assembly passed AB241 by Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco on a 41-24 vote Wednesday. Ammiano said the bill - called the Domestic Workers of Bill of Rights - seeks to give housekeepers, nannies and caregivers fair pay and safe working conditions. It now moves to the ...

China's Shuanghui in $4.7B deal for Smithfield Foods

Home prices rise percent across nation for biggest gain since 2006

Economic gains boost confidence to 5-year high

Netflix stock sinks on mixed reviews of 'Arrested'

Who gets the cash in Starbucks' tip jars?

Entry fee study sparks northern opposition

SEATTLE (AP) - By Michael Hill's estimation, 90 percent of the people pumping gas at his station just south of the U.S.-Canada border in Washington state are Canadians.