WASHINGTON�Senate investigators on Tuesday described Apple Inc.'s tax practices as "outrageous," an "absurdity" and akin to "alchemy.

Jamie Dimon won a decisive victory over shareholder activists looking to strip him of his chairmanship of JPMorgan Chase but investors used the bank's annual meeting to deliver a big protest vote against three of its directors.

Home Depot's first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, with help from the housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring. Add to Portfolio.

By Martinne Geller. Tue May 21, 2013 4:11pm EDT. (Reuters) - Herbalife Ltd (HLF.N) said on Tuesday it has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP PWC.

The dollar was mixed ahead of a key speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke amid rising speculation about when the central bank will begin to taper its bond-buying program.

Fannie Mae plans to sell $2 billion of commercial-mortgage bonds issued before the credit market seizure as it seeks to reduce holdings of illiquid assets, according to three people familiar with the offering.

A judge has ruled that Airbnb, the popular online service that allows homeowners and apartment dwellers to offer their residences as temporary rentals, is illegal in New York City.

GrubHub Inc. and Seamless North America LLC, two of the top food-delivery websites in the U.S., have agreed to combine their companies to take on rivals in the growing market for online meal orders.

Astronauts bored of the food they are served in space have cause for cheer: Nasa has started funding the creation of a 3D printer that will replicate items like pizza from nutritious pastes.

May 21 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar fell versus the euro for a second day after Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said policy makers should keep buying bonds as the best available option to boost slower-than-forecast growth.