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Dozens of workers were arrested in a drug bust at Boeing's Ridley Park plant in Pennsylvania.

Appsfire co-founder Ouriel Ohayon is claiming that Amazon's Kindle Fire logo looks exactly like his company's own logo.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that a potential $1 trillion cut to the Pentagon budget could raise U.S. unemployment by 1 percentage point but analysts differ on how many jobs could be lost and what that actually means for the economy.

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) would now charge a $5 monthly fee for debit card usage as Dodd-Frank Act's Durbin amendment would become effective Oct. 1.

Reebok International Ltd has agreed to pay $25 million to settle charges that it made unsupported claims that its toning shoes help wearers get fit faster, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday.

Kraft Foods (KFT.N) boss Irene Rosenfeld is the most powerful woman in U.S. business, Fortune magazine said on Thursday, bumping PepsiCo Inc (PEP.N) chief Indra Nooyi into second spot after five years on top.

AstraZeneca PLC (AZN.L) said on Thursday it has reached a settlement with privately held Handa Pharmaceuticals LLC that will keep the company from selling a generic form of its Seroquel XR anti-psychotic medicine in the United States until late 2016.

The U.S. Energy Department on Thursday said it has finalized a $132.4 million loan guarantee for an Abengoa (ABG.MC) cellulosic ethanol project.

Geron Corp (GERN.O), which is conducting the first U.S.-approved human embryonic stem cell trial, has named John Scarlett as its chief executive officer, replacing interim CEO David Greenwood, who will leave the biotech company at the end of the year.

Just before solar panel maker Solyndra scrambled in August to get more cash from private investors and better loan terms from federal bureaucrats, top company officials went on a political road show.

Fitch Ratings has assigned a rating to Lodi Unified School District, California's (the district's) bonds as follows:

The largest U.S. banks, eager to get legal protection after widespread evidence emerged of foreclosure shortcuts, are trying to convince California to be part of a multi-state mortgage settlement and not pursue its own aggressive deal.

The first Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 was sold for $250,000 at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Las Vegas over the weekend.

Victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme might recover as much as $6.2 billion less than previously estimated if a recent court decision involving owners of New York Mets baseball team remains the law.

Bank of America will charge debit-card users $5 a month in response to new federal regulations that could cost the company up to $2 billion in annual revenue, it announced on Thursday.

Bank of America Corp. plans to charge debit card fees totaling $5 per month beginning next year, but will your bank charge monthly debit card fees? Here is a full list of the fine print.

Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester purchased a home in Encino, a less glamorous neighborhood outside of Los Angeles, for a reported $1.5 million.

Mr. Clean has that certain je ne sais quoi that women love, even though many of them don't even know his first name.

Executives continue to leave BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIM). Tyler Lessard, the company's vice president for global alliances and developer relations, is the latest to leave the smartphone maker.

Ford (F) is in discussion with the United Auto Workers (UAW) to add as many as 10,000 jobs in the U.S. negotiations for a new four-year contract, people familiar with the talks said Thursday.

Workers at Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde mine in Peru went on strike for better pay on Thursday, but the company said there was no disruption from the mine that supplies 2 percent of the world's copper.

Research in Motion rebuffed speculation that it was following HP's footsteps in abandoning its poor performing Playbook tablet, but the move highlights its difficulties penetrating Apple's dominant market position.

Get free or discounted coffee to celebrate National Coffee Day 2011 at 7-Eleven, Krispy Kreme, Caribou Coffee, and Dunkin’ Donuts.

Amid a sluggish U.S. economy with inadequate job growth, there has been one unabashed bright spot: home mortgage interest rates, currently about 4.10 percent for a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage, are the lowest in decades. Is now a good time to take the plunge a purchase a home?

Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. said Thursday it plans to spinoff its Yellowjacket Gold Project, located in northwestern British Columbia, to a newly formed unit.

The group that oversees the power grid serving the Western United States has requested potentially sensitive market information as it investigates the Sept. 8 power outage that left 7 million people in the dark in California and Arizona, the California grid operator said on Wednesday.

In the specialized world of insurance, this one takes the cake -- or perhaps the pie -- a new policy called SLICE specifically designed to protect the owners of pizza parlors.

States such as Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana have all enacted legislation banning saggy pants.

Jared Loughner, the suspect in the Arizona shooting that injured Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, should get four more months of psychiatric treatment, a federal judge has ordered.