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Ford shareholders gained some good news in a quarterly report, followed by bad news from Wall Street.

Ford Motor Company has reported first-quarter earnings that exceed analyst expectations.

Car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings agreed on Monday to purchase smaller U.S. rival Dollar Thrifty.

Las Vegas Sands Corp., one of the largest casino operators in the world, will open on Tuesday its ...

Newly released e-mails show that Goldman Sachs knew it was making money betting against subprime mortgages.

A high school student-run Capital One Bank branch opened on April 19 at Thurgood Marshall Academy in Harlem, ...

Software giant Microsoft Corp. announced that fiscal third-quarter earnings rose 35 percent, mostly on sales of Windows 7.

Communications heavyweight CenturyTel has announced a $10.6 billion takeover of Qwest Communications.

General Motors Co. announced this week that it had repaid $5.8 billion in U.S. and Canadian government bailout ...

Apple Inc.'s results underscore the company's success in transforming itself into a personal electronics giant.

Apple Inc. on Tuesday reported revenues and income far exceeding analysts' expectations in another blowout fiscal second quarter.

UAL Corp., the parent of United Airlines, is in separate merger talks with Continental Airlines and US Airways.

Merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the health care industry is brewing.

Toyota has agreed to pay $16.4 million to the U.S. Transportation Department for not reporting safety issues.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has joined a European probe into alleged bribes made by Hewlett-Packard Co.(HP).

Toy maker Mattel Inc. reported a surprise first-quarter profit, due to lower costs and increased demand.

Toyota Motor Corp. announced a voluntary safety recall in an official statement regarding 600,000 first and second-generation Sienna ...

First-quarter profits of fast-food operator Yum Brands Inc. rose more than 10 percent.

Intel Corp.'s first-quarter financial results soared above Wall Street's expectations this week.

China's largest petroleum producer has agreed to pay $4.65 billion to purchase a 9 percent stake in ConocoPhillips.

Popular online micro-blogging Web site Twitter Inc. will introduce a new advertising platform to boost revenues, the company ...

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been more diligent in auditing the tax returns of small businesses.

Nokia, the world's largest maker of cellular phones, announced late last week that it has purchased MetaCarta, a ...

Ari Balogh, Yahoo! Inc.'s chief technology officer and head of products is leaving the firm, the company said ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is reportedly mulling over a second fine for Toyota Motor Corp. ...

Google Inc. and its latest behavioral advertising tool are causing a furor among its competitors.