AMERICAN EXPRESS

It’s not too late to save the U.S. Postal Service, the inventor of e-mail told the International Business Times.

The United States is looking into allegations that the electronic book industry has violated antitrust law, a top Justice Department official said on Wednesday.

Steve Case, who guided AOL’s explosive growth, said his Revolution Growth Fund has raised $450 million to be invested in promising East Coast start-ups.

Startup cloud-computing company posts online ad for $10 groupies to promote brand at upcoming convention.

First there was Black Friday, then as e-commerce reached popularity in 2005, Cyber Monday was created. Now there is a new shopping holiday: a grassroots movement known as Small Business Saturday sponsored by American Express to help flailing local merchants and businesses.

Wesley Snipes won't be leaving home with his American Express card anytime soon -- primarily because he's currently sitting in the slammer -- and that's probably a good thing.

Twenty-eight individuals have been charged in two indictments on 172 counts including enterprise corruption, conspiracy, and grand larceny, among other felony charges in a three state credit card theft ring.

It is important, before opening new credit accounts, to be sure that the process will not adversely affect your credit ratings. The account, instead, must provide the ability to track credit patterns, including payment due dates, interest rates, fees and charges made. Unfortunately, there is no easy answer to deciding which card is ideal for most, if not all concerns.

American Express Co. is launching a $100 million fund as a new multi-year program designed to help accelerate the company's digital transformation, as it tries to add consumers in new geographies and attract younger generations.

Tour operators organising trips to Britain are seeing an average 90 percent downturn in bookings during the London 2012 Olympics, a survey by an industry group said, with sports fans failing to compensate for those wanting to avoid a packed city.

MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) reported third-quarter earnings of $5.63 per share on revenues of $1.81 billion, blowing past analysts estimates that had expected the company to report earnings of 4.82 per share and revenues in the vicinity of 1.71 billion. Increased volume from international consumers played a role, as did U.S. consumers ditching debit for credit.

Tory Burch's Preppy-bohemian line never ceases to amaze. Burch is consistently revolutionizing her luxe line of eclectic caftans, shift dresses, cardigans, handbags, and (of course) iconic ballet flats.

Stunning accusations that a top California Democratic campaign treasurer looted the war chests of her big-name clients have left candidates across the state scrambling to raise more money as election season looms.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street Thursday after a guidelines document said the European rescue fund will be able to buy bonds on the secondary market.

American Express posts third-quarter earnings of $1.24 billion, up 13% year over year. Earnings per share were $1.03 from $0.90 a year ago, beating analyst consensus estimates.

The flash sales business has lost some of its flash, forcing online luxury clothing merchants such as Gilt Groupe, Ideeli and Rue La La to radically change their business models.

World Monuments Fund has released its 2012 Watch list of 67 cultural-heritage sights at risk.

Indictments of 111 people were handed up Friday in one of the largest identity-theft busts of its kind in the U.S., with thousands of victims in Europe, the Middle East, and China. Thus far, 86 people are in custody and the rest are being sought.

Formerly known for its e-ink-based e-readers, Amazon's place in the tablet wars was secured Wednesday with its introduction of the new Kindle Fire. The tablet has 7-inch IPS screen, 1GHz TI OMAP dual-core CPU, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and weighs 14.6 ounces and currently runs on a customized Android 2.3 operating system. With the long-awaited Amazon tablet now on the market, the company appears now to be poised for further expansion in the direction of e-readers and devices. Many...

The 2014 Super Bowl host committee has already unveiled a logo for the event.

Google launched its mobile payments platform Google Wallet on Monday, and while it has a lot of potential, how useful is the platform right now?