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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.
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Cyprus does not pose a threat to the US economy, and there are no signs of stock market bubble, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday after the Fed said it would keep interest rates low.
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"What we really saw was the lack of urgency we sometimes see in the sales force, as Q3 deals fall into Q4," the CFO said on the earnings call.
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CVS warned employees who use the company’s health insurance plan to report to a doctor for an annual WebMD Wellness Review and reveal their weight by May 1 or pay a monthly $50 penalty.
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Eric Schmidt said he regrets coming to the social media revolution late during his ten years as Google's CEO.
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A "strong holiday lineup" of new products propelled Williams-Sonoma to better-than-expected quarterly earnings, company CEO Laura Alber told CNBC.
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Hooters girls drafted to man the sidelines during spring training are throwing the game a curveball. Over the last two weeks, there have been several errors, as some Hooters girls attempted to "wing" it playing America's pastime.
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Samsung recently introduced a new line of smart TVs that will make the TV interface more like a mobile device.
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U.S. mortgage finance company Freddie Mac is suing more than a dozen banks for losses from the alleged manipulation of the benchmark interest rate known as Libor.
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A tax on wealthy New Yorkers follows efforts in other states to improve shaky balance sheets with revenue from those with top incomes.
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President Bill Clinton said Republicans need to openly state how their proposals, specifically tax cuts, would realistically work for the benefit of the American economy.
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The producer of Monster Energy will no longer be required to tell federal regulators about reports potentially linking its products to deaths and injuries. The NYT reports.
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Applications for U.S. home mortgages tumbled for a second week in a row last week as interest rates continued to climb to seven-month highs, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.
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Japanese government policies to help kickstart its economy and ease the burden of long-term deflation are "on the right path," BlackRock Chairman and Chief Executive Laurence Fink said.
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A rare Chinese bowl bought at a tag sale for $3 has sold at a New York auction for more than $2.22 million.
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BlackBerry inventors Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin are pairing again to launch a $100 million fund to incubate and commercialize quantum science technologies capable of spearheading the next wave of computing.
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Shares of the investment giant have dropped 5 percent in two days, as jitters over Cyprus spooked the market and put European tail risk back onto the table. And while banks as a whole have sold off, Morgan Stanley has especially taken it on the chin.
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General Mills reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday, but lifted its full-year forecast only slightly, citing higher costs.
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Auto insurance rates vary according to how many drivers are on the road, how safe they are, even who decides lawsuits.
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EBay said on Tuesday it will overhaul fees for sellers, lowering them for many sellers as it steps up competition with Amazon.
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Yahoo is in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Dailymotion, one of the world's most popular online video websites.
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Kathleen Smith, co-founder of Renaissance Capital, says investors are now more comfortable investing in higher volatility IPOs.
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Yahoo's investments in Flickr and Tumblr are steps toward fixing trends it missed, but it's only the beginning, Mark Mahaney of RBC Capital Markets says.
