Microsoft buying Internet startup Yammer for $1.2B to add Facebook style sharing

T-Mobile to buy, swap spectrum with Verizon

NEW YORK (AP) - Verizon Wireless on Monday said that it has agreed to sell some wireless spectrum rights to T-Mobile USA and swap others, in a continuing quest to get regulators to approve a bigger spectrum deal it has worked out with a consortium of cable companies and another wireless carrier.

Facebook names 1st woman, Sandberg, to board

New-home sales rose at fastest pace in 2 years

Hawaii’s island of Lanai depends on wealthy owner

HONOLULU (AP) - The 3,200 people living on a rural Hawaiian island that will soon be purchased by billionaire Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison have a laundry list of what they'd like to see him provide.

Negotiators closing in on student loan interest deal

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional bargainers appeared to be closing in on a compromise that would head off a July 1 doubling of interest rates on federal loans to 7.4 million college students and end an election-year battle between President Barack Obama and Congress.

Study: E-book library borrowing takes slow pace

NEW YORK (AP) - E-book readers have been relatively slow to borrow digital works from the library, frustrated by a limited selection and by not even knowing whether their local branch offers e-releases, according to a new study.

Bank downgrades could hurt loans, credit cards

Best time to start benefits?

First Tesla electric sedans hit the road

It costs $1.36 to charge an iPad for a year

Weak job market weighing on broader economy

Moody's cuts credit ratings of 15 major banks

Google stock split wins approval; CEO loses voice

Twitter site down for brief outage on Thursday

NEW YORK (AP) - Twitter users were unable to access the micro-blogging service for part of Thursday. Twitter initially said on its status blog that its engineers were investigating access problems to the site. It then said it resolved the issue. Apparently that wasn't the case, though, because about three hours later, Twitter removed the "resolved" part and said that the "issue ...

Exxon 1Q earnings rise, production slips again

Zynga reports lower 1Q revenue, shares fall more than 10 percent

Google pays CEO a buck, 4 others get $124M

How a phony tweet and computer trades sank stocks by $134 billion

Microsoft to hold Xbox event on May 21 to showcase next console

Fed: Redesigned $100 bill will be ready by October

Apple to dole out $100B to shareholders

US immigration bill could slow Indian outsourcers

AT&T loses contract phone subscribers in 1Q

DALLAS (AP) - AT&T lost phone subscribers from its contract-based plans for the first time in the latest quarter, in a sign that growth in the industry is stalling now that most Americans have smartphones.

Judge OKs NYC plan for 'e-hailing' yellow taxi cabs

Wells Fargo raises quarterly dividend to 30 cents

Home sales slip slip as supply remains tight

Netflix's subscriber gains catapult stock

Audit: Vegas taxis overcharged $15M to airport

Oak Valley Bank: Net income of $1.3 million for first quarter