Tue May 21, 2013 7:00am EDT. By Alexei Oreskovic. SAN FRANCISCO May 20 (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Marissa Mayer's $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr will be a test of her ability to revive the aging Web portal.

As a general rule, the tech world doesn't think highly of Congress or Washington. Nevertheless, Apple (AAPL) Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has agreed to testify before the Senate today, on Tuesday, May 21, at a hearing on repatriating offshore corporate ...

(RTTNews.com) - The German market is moderately lower on Tuesday, amid profit taking, as investors looked to further clues on when the Federal Reserve will begin to taper off its stimulus program.

U.K. inflation slowed more than economists forecast in April to a seven-month low and producer prices rose the least since 2009 as fuel costs fell.

Tue May 21, 2013 6:01am EDT. By Sumeet Chatterjee and Harichandan Arakali. MUMBAI/BANGALORE May 21 (Reuters) - IT outsourcing company iGate Corp said it had sacked its chief executive, Phaneesh Murthy, for not disclosing a relationship with a ...

The airline expects to launch international Dreamliner flights on a number of routes, including Denver-Tokyo, Houston-London, Los Angeles-Tokyo, Los Angeles-Shanghai and Houston-Lagos.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (FMCC) are exempt from Michigan's state and local real estate transfer taxes, a U.S. appeals court ruled, overturning a lower-court decision.

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.

Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors is receiving a huge windfall from an unlikely source: competing automakers. The company is bringing in millions of dollars by selling credits from California and 10 other states for selling electric vehicles.

UK fashion brand Burberry has reported a larger-than-expected rise in annual profits, helped by a strong performance in Asia. Pre-tax profits rose by a better-than-expected 14% to �428m ($652m).