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The expected merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways will bring cost benefits to both and create the world's largest airline.

Home improvement stores announced how many seasonal workers they'll be hiring this spring.

Boeing will be allowed to conduct a one-time ferry flight of a grounded 787 Dreamliner from Texas to Washington state Thursday, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.

A national survey of employees revealed that biopharmaceutical company Celgene is the best employer.

Biogen expects sole ownership of multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri to add as much as 60 cents to its adjusted EPS.

U.S. Postal Service will stop Saturday delivery of letters to save an estimated $2 billion.

Several major U.S. retailers are expected on Thursday to report modestly stronger January sales -- and offer a glimpse regarding consumer attitudes.

Land sales figures in China's 10 key cities almost tripled in the first month of 2013.

Dell agreed to be taken private in a $24.4 billion buyout deal by a consortium led by its founder and chief executive, Michael Dell, in the biggest leveraged buyout since the 2008 financial crisis.

Lynsi Torres, 30, is owner and president of the In-N-Out Burger chain. Meet her and 5 other billionaires under 30.

Toyota, the world’s best-selling automaker, says it will make more vehicles than previously expected by the end of its fiscal year.

News Corp. (Nasdaq:NWSA) will report its second-quarter 2013 earnings on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

The International House of Pancakes is giving away free pancakes this Tuesday in honor of National Pancake Day.

Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX) will report fourth-quarter and full-year results on Wednesday at 10:30 am EST. Analysts expect EPS of $1.10.

Kingfisher spent 4.01 billion rupees on finance costs and 1.82 billion rupees on aircraft leasing charges during the quarter.

The board of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL) was to meet Monday night to vote on an offer to take the company private for about $24 billion, Bloomberg reported, citing “people with knowledge of the matter.”

The Japanese auto giant sees little mainstream demand for electric vehicles right now, or possibly ever.

The Walt Disney Company will report first-quarter 2013 earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 4:15 p.m. EST after an eventful three-month period.

A dramatic video shows more than a dozen Iranian natural gas workers jumping into the Persian Gulf to escape a rapidly sinking production rig.

After the great power outage in New Orleans' Superdome, the recriminations begin.

Just days before East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers were about to go on strike, negotiators reached a tentative labor pact.

The Detroit Three and Japanese rivals began the year in the fast lane as seasonally adjusted annual sales in January topped 15 million.

Detroit’s Big Three saw double-digit sales growth in January - a continuation of an impressive recovery that's supporting US GDP.

Two-thirds of US companies that have reported fourth-quarter results have beaten analyst expectations.

Burger King announced on Thursday that it had terminated its relationship with European supplier Silvercrest Foods after finding traces of horse meat in beef patties at a Silvercrest facility.

A 10-pound bag of marijuana that took a wrong turn on a cross-country shipment was delivered to surprised employees at a Kmart in Seattle.

Chrysler Group LLC, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, turned in a robust January as sales surged 16 percent.

About halfway through the fourth-quarter earnings season, here's your handy earnings-report watchlist for this week.

Following the popularity of Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos, Frito-Lay is planning to roll out Taco Bell flavored versions of the Dorito.