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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.

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reaffirmed his commitment to keep interest rates low for an extended period to sustain the still-fragile recovery.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday after U.S. home prices fell unexpectedly, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Tuesday after U.S. home prices fell unexpectedly, adding to concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.

When it comes to getting the word out about the state capital's most famous avian couple, what could be more appropriate than Twitter?

The FBI will reportedly begin investigating allegations that a suburban Philadelphia school district spied on students using remotely activated Web cams without students being aware of it.

The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly surged last week, while producer prices increased sharply in January, raising potential hurdles for the economy's recovery.

Factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region grew more than expected in February as new orders jumped to their highest in more than five years, a survey showed on Thursday.

L. B. Foster Co said it would acquire Portec Rail Products Inc for about $112 million to expand its rail products business.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, moved a step closer to defaulting on a bond payment when its city council passed a 2010 budget that does not include $68 million in debt repayments on an incinerator.

Groundhog Day, which is celebrated in the U.S. and Canada on February 2nd, has its origins in European weather folklore, where a badger rather than a groundhog is the weather forecaster. The most famous Groundhog Day celebration occurs in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Tradition holds that if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when emerging from his burrow, as he did this year, there will be six more weeks of winter weather. Overcast conditions and the absence of a shadow signify warmer weather for ...

Ohio-based power company FirstEnergy Corp plans to buy Pennsylvania's Allegheny Energy Inc for $4.7 billion in stock to create one of the largest U.S. utilities, but regulatory hurdles loom.

Stocks rose in choppy trading on Thursday as uncertainty over details of a deal European leaders struck to aid debt-ridden Greece was offset by an improving U.S. labor market picture.

The U.S. Northeast began to clean up after two blizzards in a week brought the region to a standstill with record snowfalls, leaving thousands without power and creating a multimillion-dollar mess.

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as investors took a dim view of comments from the Federal Reserve chairman that although he still expects low interest rates for some time, the cheap funding that has underpinned a market rally since last March would end eventually.

U.S. mortgage applications dipped last week, reflecting reduced demand for home purchase loans even as rates on 30-year loans fell to their lowest since December, an industry group said on Wednesday.

U.S. mortgage applications dipped last week, reflecting reduced demand for home purchase loans even as rates on 30-year loans fell to their lowest since December, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.

A former Intel Capital director pleaded guilty on Monday to fraud in the Galleon insider trading case, telling a New York court that hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam gave him money for personal needs and that he profited from illegal trades.

Democratic Representative John Murtha, who advocated to protect the steel and manufacturing industries in the U.S., died on Monday.

Stocks were lower on Monday as brokerage upgrades for Home Depot Inc and Amazon.com Inc were offset by persistent worries about euro zone sovereign debt problems that dented sentiment.