The nation’s two satellite radio companies say they are negotiating a $19 million payment for violating Federal Communications rules.

The government reports that the number of newly laid off people filing claims for unemployment benefits bolted past 400,000 last week as companies trimmed their work...

Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued revised earning estimates Thursday that fall short of Wall Street targets.

Widespread flooding was expected Thursday from Hurricane Dolly that has loitered as a tropical storm overnight, soaking deep south Texas and northeastern Mexico with...

AutoNation says its second-quarter profit tumbled 33 percent as its sales fell on a drop in vehicle demand.

Two friends of former police officer Drew Peterson told a newspaper he made incriminating statements during secretly taped conversations following the disappearance of...

Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips that run cell phones, issued revised earning estimates Thursday that fall short of Wall Street targets.

Regional bank National City Corp. on Thursday reported a huge loss for the second quarter, as mortgage loans soured and it took a big charge related to previous...

Some 90 million barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world’s undiscovered natural gas remain untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle, government...

Oil producer Occidental Petroleum Corp. says its second-quarter profit rose 62 percent as record crude prices and higher production propelled results.

E.W. Scripps says second-quarter profit fell 48 percent on a sharp revenue decline at its newspaper properties and costs related to splitting off its digital...

E.W. Scripps says second-quarter profit fell 48 percent on a sharp revenue decline at its newspaper properties and costs related to splitting off its digital...

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it lost $8.67 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets.

Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions said Thursday its second-quarter profit climbed 22 percent as it won new clients and prices for brand-name drugs...

Drug and medical device maker Eli Lilly says its earnings rose 44 percent in the second quarter as sales growth was helped in part by the weaker dollar.

In big, wide-open Montana, a state trooper might have to drive more than 100 miles to answer an emergency call, and routinely puts several hundred miles on the odometer...

Xerox Corp. says second-quarter profit skidded 19 percent but matched Wall Street’s forecasts.

Ford Motor Co. says it lost $8.7 billion in the second quarter largely because of a reduction in the value of assets.

Wall Street headed for a mixed open Thursday as investors awaited a report on the troubled housing market and watched oil prices edged higher.

Borrowing from a European model, Minneapolis and St. Paul police hope to quell any disruptions at this summer’s Republican National Convention by exchanging cell...