By Ryan Vlastelica. NEW YORK | Wed May 22, 2013 10:51am EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the U.S.

By Lucia Mutikani. WASHINGTON | Wed May 22, 2013 10:44am EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Home resales rose in April to the highest level in nearly 3-1/2 years, which should support the housing sector and the overall economic recovery.

Sony Corp. (6758) directors are discussing whether to adopt billionaire Daniel Loeb's proposal for an initial public offering of its entertainment business, a week after the TV maker said the assets weren't for sale.

It's pretty striking that Apple's (AAPL) Irish units held such a huge share, $74 billion, of Apple's global profits from 2009 to 2012, letting the company pay virtually no taxes on those profits, when those units don't do much, if any, research and development on ...

Stonegate Mortgage Corp., the closely held lender that originated almost twice as much debt last quarter as in all of 2011, sold $115 million of common shares in a private offering to continue its expansion.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose in April to the highest level in more than three years as housing continued to gain momentum.

Wed May 22, 2013 11:06am EDT. * Adjusted EPS 82 cents vs Street view 85 cents. * Revenue $16.71 billion vs view $16.78 billion. * Shares down more than 3 percent.

The Solar Impulse from Moffett Field in California on May 3, 2013 Photograph by Tony Avelar/AP PhotoThe Solar Impulse from Moffett Field in California on May 3, 2013Shortly after midnight in early May, a strange aircraft approached Phoenix's Sky Harbor ...

Money equals power, or so the saying goes. And the do two go snugly hand-in-hand for the 14 women on our Forbes Power Women List who happen to be billionaires.

Toll Brothers, which caters largely to affluent move-up buyers, has benefited from record low interest rates, rising home prices and an improving jobs market, which have given more Americans the confidence to sell their existing homes and make new ...