SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Marissa Mayer is attempting a bold - and risky - strategy to turn around the struggling Internet giant with the $1.1-billion acquisition of Tumblr, a trendy social blogging service popular with teens and young ...

By Masayuki Kitano. SINGAPORE | Mon May 20, 2013 12:22am EDT. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen edged higher on Monday after Japan's economics minister said further weakness in the yen could harm households, while Asian shares rose in response ...

Sun May 19, 2013 10:22pm EDT. (Repeats story issued on weekend). * China April home prices +4.9 pct on year, fastest gains since April 2011.

Bucking longstanding patterns in the United States, more poor people now live in the nation's suburbs than in urban areas, according to a new analysis.

Give American Airlines credit for trying a new method to board passengers more quickly. Airlines constantly tinker with the boarding process, and this time American says it has found a way to cut an average of two minutes from the 40 minutes to 45 minutes ...

United Airlines is getting its 787s back in the air. The planes are returning after being grounded for four months by the federal government because of smoldering batteries on 787s owned by other airlines.

As JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)'s Jamie Dimon prepares for a vote tomorrow on whether he should keep his chairman and chief executive officer titles, he may take comfort knowing most of his biggest shareholders are led by men with the same dual role.

The government, which started direct lending in 2009, earns $51 billion a year on direct loans. GAN STUDENT DEBT LOANS 051713. Students hang out in the lobby of the classroom building on the campus of the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati on ...

Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher Monday. A gauge of future economic activity issued Friday rose more than expected, a sign that the world's biggest economy is improving.

Metra train schedules were back on track Sunday afternoon after a morning derailment of an Amtrak train on the Near South Side . No one was injured, authorities said.