Stocks rose slightly on Friday, but investors stayed cautious before an long holiday weekend when hopes are set for Greece's bailout plan to be approved.
United Parcel Service Inc. is in talks with TNT Express after its Dutch rival rejected a 4.9 billion-euro ($6.45 billion) cash bid, the companies said on Friday.
Gasoline prices jumped in January, leading overall consumer prices higher and offering a reminder of the risks energy costs pose to the economic recovery.
United Parcel Service Inc. is in talks with TNT Express after its Dutch rival rejected a 4.9 billion-euro ($6.45 billion) cash bid, the companies said on Friday.
Shares of Google appeared to brush off reports a Stanford University study had found it had compromised the privacy of Apple iPhone customers.
Canada's finance minister sounded upbeat that Europe will resolve the Greek debt crisis next week following a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Friday.
With Rick Santorum's surname long since redefined by Dan Savage on SpreadingSantorum.com, Google has two new web sites gaining traction: SpreadingRomney.com and SpreadingGingrich.com. How much effect could these anti-Santorum off-shoots have in the weeks to come? Online marketing experts warn: a lot.
Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said on Friday the Chinese economy would experience stable growth and avoid a hard landing this year, dispelling a scenario economists fear may upset the global economy.
Richline International, part of U.S. billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, plans to buy debt-laden jeweler UnoAErre, in a further expansion into Italian jewelery after a string of acquisitions last year.
Part of Lin’s massive appeal is that he’s not really that “foreign,” or ”foreign” at all.
Country music singer and activist Willie Nelson recently teamed up with Chipotle Mexican Grill in a commercial that highlight's the company's support for sustainable and organic farming practices.
Children who will develop autism show differences in their brain's development as early as 6 months of age, a new study found.
U.S. stocks hovered near recent highs on Friday, with investors wary of making big bets heading into a holiday weekend when hopes are set for Greece's bailout plan to be approved.
Drunk Pilot? A Frontier Airlines flight, operated by regional carrier Chautauqua Airlines, was delayed in Omaha by two hours after concerns were raised that the pilot may be intoxicated.
Welcome to the world of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and their dystopian implications.
A pair of Russian cosmonauts floated outside the International Space Station on Thursday to prepare for the removal of a Russian docking module due to be flown into the atmosphere for incineration next year.
Dutch scientists have found a way of turning plant matter into the building blocks of common plastics using a nanotechnology process that offers an alternative to oil-based production.
Mardi Gras is celebrated in cities all across the United States, but no one does it quite like New Orleans. Every year, the Louisiana city hosts the biggest, most star-studded, bead-flinging, days-long party in the country that floods into the streets.
Scientists studying the human genome have found that each of us is carrying around 20 genes that have been completely inactivated, suggesting that not all switched-off genes are harmful to health.
Chevron, the No. 2 U.S. energy company, won two small legal victories this week that could lessen potential liabilities over alleged pollution in South America. A court in Ecuador had previously levied an $18 billion fine.
China will launch its next manned space mission sometime between June and August, which will attempt to dock with an experimental module launched last year, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday.
Scientists have mapped the genome of Australia's endangered Tasmanian devil for the first time and found that deadly facial tumors decimating the species evolve very slowly, making it possible help might be found before the animals vanish forever.
