Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke defended the central bank's record stimulus program under questioning from lawmakers, telling them that ending it prematurely would endanger a recovery hampered by high unemployment and government ...

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes climbed in April to the highest level in more than three years even as the market remained constrained by a lack of inventory and strict borrowing rules.

Slightly more travelers are expected to drive to their getaway destinations this Memorial Day holiday weekend, AAA reports. While 31.2 million people will drive during the holiday, up 0.25% from last year, only 2.3 million will take leisure flights, down 7%.

Published: May 22, 2013. SAN FRANCISCO - The more Meg Whitman succeeds at fixing Hewlett-Packard, the bigger her challenges become.

U.S. auto makers are accelerating production lines and, in some cases, even canceling the North American industry's traditional summer factory shutdowns to meet strong demand.

Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage bonds that guide U.S. home-loan rates climbed to the highest in almost a year as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke told Congress the central bank may cut the pace of bond purchases in the �next ...

TOKYO�Struggling Japanese conglomerate Sony Corp. said its board of directors has started preliminary discussions on what to do about a proposal from activist hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb to take part of the company's entertainment business public.

A proposal by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., to reduce interest rates on student loans has one big economic backer: Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz.

The Tesla Model S on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Stan Honda/Agence France-Presse - Getty ImagesThe Tesla Model S on display at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

It pays to be in TV. On the list of 10-best paid CEOs of 2012 - the exclusive club inside an already-exclusive club - half are in the entertainment and media industry, according to executive pay research firm Equilar.