Visa profit rises 30 percent as card use rises

Private survey shows hiring slowed last month with just 119,000 positions added

'The Scream' fetches record $119.9 million

Ex-AOL exec calls Facebook new 'walled garden'

BlackBerry-maker RIM unveils prototype

Factory growth shows economy more resilient

B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses

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Consumer spending slowed in March, income increased

Prison time for making, selling counterfeit music

FRESNO - Victor Puga Quiroz, 28, of Modesto, and Martin Munoz Peralta, 40, of San Jose, pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to commit criminal copyright infringement and traffic in counterfeit labels, illicit labels and counterfeit documentation and packaging. According to court documents, between January 2010 ...

Coca-Cola denies Monster drink acquisition rumors

NEW YORK (AP) - Monster Beverage Corp.'s shares soared on Monday following a report that Coca-Cola Co. was considering buying the energy drink maker, but the world's biggest soft drink maker later denied the discussions are under way.

E! Entertainment network plans refurbishing

Census: Homeownership hit 15-year low

WASHINGTON (AP) - The American dream of homeownership is at its lowest point in 15 years, the latest evidence of a housing market still far from recovering five years after the housing crash. New figures released Monday by the Census Bureau show the rate of U.S. homeownership fell in the first three months of this year to 65.4 percent. That's down from ...

Microsoft says raid damaged operation

World Trade Center is back on top in New York City

Delta buys a refinery in bid to cut its fuel bill

Bridge collapse a major break in I-5 trade corridor

SEATTLE (AP) - For farmers, business owners and government officials up and down the West Coast, Washington's bridge collapse on Interstate 5 represents much more than a close brush with tragedy. As much as $20 billion in freight travels to and from Canada and along the busy north-south corridor each year.

North Korea relaxes state controls on worker salaries

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea relaxed state control of salaries last month, a government economist said, outlining a change in policy intended to boost production by giving companies latitude to provide workers with financial incentives.

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