WASHINGTON�Apple Inc.'s tax strategies came under harsh scrutiny Tuesday in the Senate, where lawmakers are finding it far easier to call for a simpler tax code than to produce one.

The dollar remained lower after a two-day drop against the euro before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke addresses Congress amid concern he will disappoint expectations for a paring back of monetary stimulus.

Just over two-thirds of JPMorgan Chase shareholders voted to keep him as both chairman and chief executive at the bank's annual meeting in Tampa, Fla.

Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) hired PricewaterhouseCoopers LP as its new auditor after previous accounting firm KPMG resigned because of alleged insider trading.

Acquisitions usually come with a nice premium for the seller. But when Warren E. Buffett is the buyer, there is typically something of a discount.

Stocks moved higher on Tuesday, with Home Depot at a record high and buoying the blue chips, while investors awaited Congressional testimony from the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, on Wednesday.

By Emily Flitter. NEW YORK | Tue May 21, 2013 7:34pm EDT. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a ...

MADRID (MarketWatch) - The Standard & Poor's 500 index will rise 5% from current levels to reach 1,750 by the end of this year, said Goldman Sachs in a research note dated May 20.

An administrative law judge decides that a man leasing a condo broke New York's laws after he rented out part of his home on Airbnb.

Stocks carried on in their winning ways Tuesday, as investors cheered signals the Federal Reserve remains far from winding down its bond purchases and a bullish stock-market outlook from Goldman Sachs.