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The U.S. agency that insures corporate pensions will assume plans covering 5,800 workers and retirees of a joint venture in California between Toyota Motor Corp and General Motors Co that closes at the end of the month.

Safeway Inc forecast 2010 profit that could fall short of Wall Street's view as the supermarket operator tries to jump-start its business after lowering prices to better compete with major rivals.

The following is a transcript of President Barack Obama's prepared statement for a speech on health insurance reform on Wednesday where he urges members of Congress to pass bill within the next few weeks after a year of debate.

A former Atheros Communications Inc executive pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy and fraud charges in the Galleon hedge fund insider trading case.

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Yahoo Inc CEO Carol Bartz said she does not believe Yahoo needs to discuss Google Inc's Internet search practices with government regulators.

More homeowners are falling behind on their mortgages, jeopardizing the nascent housing recovery and raising the possibility that home prices have not found their bottom but could instead fall further.

When is bad news not really bad? When it's eclipsed by the promise of enduring easy money for Wall Street.

The release of Apple's anticipated iPad may have hit delays, according to one analyst on Monday.

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Stocks extended gains on Monday after a report showed the U.S. manufacturing sector continued to grow in February, while a run-up in semiconductor company shares and Apple Inc's stock underpinned advances in the technology sector.

Billionaire hedge fund investor John Paulson and other investors are bidding on land they will sell to lot-strapped homebuilders even as the housing market remains uncertain, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Test scores dropped more than one point for each extra minute it took middle and high school students to complete a one mile run/walk fitness test, according to Dr. William J. McCarthy and colleagues at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs holds his annual face-to-face meeting with shareholders on Thursday, and there will be no shortage of questions for a company famously stingy with information.

Safeway Inc said fourth quarter sales and margins eroded amid fierce competition on price and renewed worries about U.S. unemployment, sending shares down about 1 percent on Thursday.

Start-up Bloom Energy unveiled a new fuel cell technology that can power buildings, positioning the energy generators as an alternative to the electricity grid.

Akio Toyoda stood tearful under a giant display bearing the name of the company his legendary grandfather founded.

President Akio Toyoda apologized to lawmakers probing the automaker's safety record but ended the day in tears, worried his message went lost in translation.

Toyota Motor Corp chief Akio Toyoda said he took personal responsibility for the company's safety crisis and vowed to stay on to make sure customer complaints were taken more seriously.

After being in stealth mode for eight years, Bloom Energy unveiled its Bloom Box, a device which it believes will revolutionize the world, at a highly publicized media event on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reassured lawmakers interest rates will remain low, driving stocks higher on Wednesday as investors welcomed the promise of more cheap money.