Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer tells CNBC the $1.1 billion deal for Tumblr is "part of enhancing our growth story" and the company will remain independent, even under Yahoo's ownership.
Despite huge cutbacks in government spending, some high level Federal executives are scheduled to get millions of dollars in bonuses, unless a law is passed.
Top Internal Revenue Service officials told Congress on Tuesday they were unaware of the agency's targeting of conservative groups for extra tax scrutiny until recently.
Rescuers desperately search for survivors in the rubble of flattened communities a day after a 2-mile-wide tornado carved a path of destruction in Oklahoma.
Thanks to the brightening employment picture and an uptick in the housing market, Americans are packing up and relocating. And the pace is likely to pick up this summer.
As investors and analysts size up Yahoo's latest $1.1 billion acquisition, it is worth reflecting on the GeoCities deal, which has many similarities, the NYT reports.
The White House said its counsel was told on April 24 about the preliminary findings of an IRS audit that showed IRS employees targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny.
A day before Apple CEO Tim Cook heads to Washington, the Senate released a report that showed Apple used an unusual global tax structure to pay little or no taxes.
Microsoft debuted its long-anticipated next generation Xbox, called the "Xbox One," a device that allows users to switch more easily between entertainment options.
JPMorgan Chase honcho Jamie Dimon beat back critics, deafeating a proposal to strip him of his chairman title. A big victory for the brash leader of the country's largest bank.
With the $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, Yahoo is putting a serious claim in for the future of social and mobile technology. The deal will be a test for Marissa Mayer.
Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said the Fed has the appropriate level of monetary accommodation in place to let the reach "escape velocity" next year.
Whatever course it chooses, the Fed will have to grapple with the reality that while its policies have helped stocks, they've been less effective at growing the economy.
The Dow and S&P 500 close at record highs. Discussing similarities with today's market rally and the 1980s, with David Bianco, Deutsche Bank, and Abigail Doolittle, The Seaport Group.
CNBC's John Harwood reports on new developments in the Congressional investigation of the IRS scandal. Jeffrey Lord, American Spectator, and David Goodfriend, Democratic strategist, discuss.