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 ...

House to vote Friday on student loans

Animal welfare activists get it their way at Burger King

Google launches storage service for personal files

New case of mad cow disease in California

Mad cow case found, but meat supply deemed safe

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