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Dow regains ground it lost in April; Amazon surges

Social Security outlook: Reform, Yes, panic, no

Oak Valley net income rises to $1.4M during first quarter of 2012

OAKDALE − Oak Valley Bancorp, the bank holding company for Oak Valley Community Bank and Eastern Sierra Community Bank, has reported consolidated financial results. For ...

April: Financial literacy month

Wal-Mart offers online shoppers a "cash" option

House OKs student loan bill, ignores Obama veto threat

Ford first quarter earnings fall on Europe slump, tax rate

Hubbub over content rights greets Google Drive

Safeway's first quarter profits jump amid cost controls; stock price drops

Samsung Electronics reports record profit

Chrysler posts best quarterly profit in 13 years

DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler had its best quarterly profit in 13 years. Not bad for a company that almost died three years ago.

Senate votes to slow closing of post offices

Ancestry.com acquiring Archives.com for $100M

PROVO, Utah (AP) - Ancestry.com Inc. will acquire rival family history website Archives.com for about $100 million in cash and assumed liabilities, the companies announced Wednesday. The two companies said they're combining their strengths and key employees but will maintain separate websites. Archives.com offers access to about 2 billion historical records, from birth records to obituaries. It has ...

Apple's blowout quarter propels Nasdaq to big gain

NEW YORK (AP) - The Nasdaq composite index shot 2 percent higher Wednesday, powered by a surge in Apple. The iPhone maker's stock climbed $50 after the company once again blew past Wall Street's profit forecasts. With Apple's help, the technology-focused Nasdaq posted its best day this year. Apple, the biggest component of the index by far, climbed ...

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.