WASHINGTON | Sat May 18, 2013 11:14am EDT. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted an upbeat picture on Saturday for the potential of innovation to lift living standards, delivering a sweeping look at the last 100 ...

On the anniversary of its IPO, mobile is taking off on Facebook. So why did revenue decline last quarter? WSJ's Jason Bellini has "The Short Answer.

Americans' confidence in the economy climbed in May to the highest level in almost six years as rising real estate values and record stock prices boosted household wealth.

The Winklevoss brothers' legal battle with Facebook (FB) over the social network's messy creation made them rich. They eventually walked away with stock worth around $150 million at today's share price.

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 ...

Yesterday, J.C. Penney announced a serious first quarter loss of $348 million, or $1.58 per share and a revenue slump of 16.4% to $2.635 billion as same store sales dropped 16.6%.

According to multiple reports (the first coming from All Things D), the social blogging site is in serious talks with Yahoo Yahoo, which is looking to secure a strategic investment, partnership or even an outright acquisition.

Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week in a row of gains as encouraging economic data prompted investors to buy shares of growth companies.

By Ann Saphir. CHICAGO | Fri May 17, 2013 3:25pm EDT. CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve has not done enough to lower U.S. borrowing costs to boost economic growth, a top Fed official said on Friday, citing his outlook for overly low inflation and ...

Global consulting firm Accenture has agreed to buy digital marketing company Acquity Group for $316 million, the companies announced Friday.