To turn Tumblr into an advertising powerhouse�and make it worth its $1.1 billion price tag�Yahoo Inc. will need to come up with some imaginative tactics that please marketers without turning off the site's fans, ad executives say.

Apple used an elaborate overseas accounting scheme to avoid taxes on at least $74 billion in profits between 2009 and 2012, a Senate investigation said Monday.

GrubHub and Seamless, two startups that let people order restaurant takeout without leaving the sofa or even talking on the phone, said Monday they are merging.

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner battery fix includes ventilation in case of a fire, reports CNBC's Phil LeBeau. Carrying 186 passengers, including the Chairmen and CEO's of United Airlines and Boeing, the Dreamliner made an uneventful return to service in the ...

Stocks closed slightly lower in lackluster trading Monday as small companies took the spotlight when the the Russell 2000 briefly broke 1,000 for the first time.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans said the U.S. economy has improved �quite a lot� as the central bank maintains record stimulus and expressed confidence policy makers have tools needed to monitor markets for excesses.

Mon May 20, 2013 10:04am EDT. May 20 (Reuters) - The following is a list of scheduled U.S. agency bill sales from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for 2013.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Gold futures ended higher Monday, snapping a seven-session losing streak, while silver rebounded from a level not seen since 2010.

By Herbert Lash. NEW YORK | Tue May 21, 2013 2:23am IST. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets mostly rose on Monday, driven higher by a flurry of merger and acquisition activity, while a recent tumble in the yen against the dollar halted after ...

Settlement talks between SAC Capital and the federal government, which could have led to a pact preventing criminal charges against founder Steven Cohen, are off after Cohen was issued a subpoena by prosecutors last week.