President Barack Obama’s plan to impose U.S. taxes on corporate America’s overseas profits threatens to open a big crater in the financial statements of technology companies.

The pay package for Tyco Electronics Ltd. Chief Executive Thomas Lynch was about a quarter the size in the company’s fiscal 2008 that it was in 2007, coming in at $2.6 million for the first full year of the company’s operation as a standalone entity, acco

A Southern California woman said Wednesday that her late father was the infamous Zodiac killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay area four decades ago.

Yahoo Inc. limited co-founder Jerry Yang’s 2008 compensation package to his customary $1 salary during his final year as chief executive, a tumultuous reign that unraveled after he rebuffed Microsoft Corp.’s $47.5 billion bid to buy the Internet company.

A spokesman says U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood plans a full departmental review of motor coach safety.

Twitter quitters outnumber the flock of habitual tweeters on the rapidly growing online communications service.

Visa Inc.’s fiscal second-quarter profit rose nearly 71 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, as cost cuts helped offset tighter consumer spending habits.

Sun Microsystems Inc.’s loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit by acquiring Sun for $7.4 billion.

Wells Fargo’s CEO thinks the recession may be nearing an end, but still isn’t feeling optimistic enough to set a timetable for repaying the $25 billion that U.S. taxpayers invested in the bank last fall.

Sun Microsystems Inc. says its loss ballooned in the latest quarter as restructuring charges and a 20 percent drop in sales compounded the financial woes Oracle Corp. is set to inherit.