The board of Yahoo, the faded Web pioneer, agreed on Sunday to buy the popular blogging service Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday, a signal of how the company plans to reposition itself as the technology industry ...

Actavis Inc. (ACT) agreed to acquire Warner Chilcott PLC (WCRX) in a stock swap that values the maker of prescription health-care and dermatology products for women at roughly $5 billion, coming 10 days after the companies confirmed they were in early ...

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase. Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated PressJamie Dimon, the chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase.

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 ...

Long seen as the central figure in a multiyear government investigation into insider trading on Wall Street, the founder of the $15-billion hedge fund, SAC Capital, has indicated to his investors that things may be about to get even uglier.

WASHINGTON - When millions of Americans around the country sign up for insurance under President Obama's sweeping health care law in October, the system they encounter will lack some of the key protections and cost controls that Massachusetts ...

By Anirban Nag. LONDON | Mon May 20, 2013 7:06am EDT. LONDON (Reuters) - The yen lifted off a 4-1/2-year low against the dollar on Monday after Japan's economy minister suggested the currency might have weakened enough, prompting some ...

China's housing inflation quickened in April, marking the fourth consecutive year-on-year rise and challenging policymakers who are trying to cool record home prices while supporting economic expansion.

Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists.

Would you get on a Boeing 787 today? Or would you remember the pictures of charred batteries and think twice? That's the problem.