BUSINESS

Declining prices for gold futures are sending Italy's used gold brokers into a tailspin.

One man dies after being denied access to an experimental cancer drug.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook Inc., made a cool $3.2 billion Thursday as the firm's shares rose 14 percent.

As part of the move, co-founder Bill Gates may step aside as chairman and be replaced by lead independent director John Thompson.

Indian carriers will not be allowed to add flights to the U.S., and additional checks will be imposed on existing flights.

Wall Street analysts expect Q4 S&P 500 operating EPS to rise by 7 percent from a year ago.

Yum’s KFC franchises in China have been plagued with several food safety and health scares, beginning in December 2012.

Low interest rates have complicated Americans' efforts to increase their savings. How does your state's interest rate compare?

If wine only came in shades of white and pink, perhaps it never would’ve taken off quite like it has in China.

Earnings and economic data should influence investors at the end of a rocky week.

While the latest jobless rate is higher than it was last December it has been stable since October.

According to an analyst, the market is not yet ripe for a larger iPad with a screen bigger than the current 9.7-inch iPad Air.

Tests conducted by the Global New Car Assessment Program show most Indian-made small cars, while cheap and affordable, lack basic safety features.

The airport that ushers the most passengers to and from the U.S. is not in Mexico or Canada. It's on the far side of the Atlantic.

At the N.Y. Department of Financial Services’ hearings on virtual currency, almost everyone welcomed the possibility of regulations.

Japan's December core CPI was up 1.3% on year, above view. And manufacturing activity rose to a nearly eight-year high in January.

One of the country's most powerful civil rights groups joins opponents of Washington's long-time policy mandating ethanol use by motorists.

Also: Americans are a lot more likely today to think free-trade agreements do more harm than good.

After the market closed on Thursday, Facebook stock was up 14 percent, hitting an all-time high for the social media giant.

Google offered mixed results in Q4 2013, as Wall Street analysts had expected higher earnings per share.

While many longtime advertisers are still game, others are having a harder time crunching the numbers.

Facebook's visual news reader app Paper will release for iPhone on Feb. 3.

Despite suffering the devastating Typhoon Haiyan, the Philippines economy remained robust in the last quarter of 2013.

It's not all glitz and glamour at the NFL's championship game: Its underground economy has been in full force for weeks.

One theme that kept reoccurring at the New York Department of Financial Services’ hearing on virtual currencies was the idea of colored coins.

The social networking company's nearly 16 percent pop of late lifted it above Citigroup's market capitalization.

DeVere Group CEO Nigel Green wants the global financial reporting regime to be repealed, a call that has gained little political traction to date.

Out of the 10 richest Americans linked to oil and gas, two are wholly self-made, and four inherited their wealth.

The New York Department of Financial Services just completed two fact-finding sessions on virtual currencies.