Business News

The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a rising stock market, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

A tent is erected near the scene of an attack in Woolwich southeast London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013.

Some are concerned there will not be enough federal resources avaiable to meet a surge in demand from tornado-struck areas of Oklahoma.

Sen. Orrin Hatch and the high-tech community scored a victory in the ongoing immigration tug-of-war on Tuesday.

Japan has posted its tenth straight monthly trade deficit as a weaker yen increased the cost of imports more than it helped boost exports.

The release of minutes of the April 30-May 1 meeting reversed a surge earlier in the day on hopes that the Fed was a long way from stopping its stimulus efforts.

When America's Founding Fathers included in the Constitution the goal to "promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts," they could not have predicted that the same document one day would be at the center of a $100 million battle over whether a former pro wrestler's sex tape should be taken off the Internet.

One day after being found guilty of falsely imprisoning three women in his Bel Air home, the Girls Gone Wild founder in an exclusive interview railed against "mentally f--king retarded" jurors, "piece of sh-t" Steve Wynn and his legions of "jealous" critics: "Look at their penis and tell me if it's small." "I want that jury to know that each and ... (more)

Rescue workers are searching the rubble of collapsed buildings after a mile-wide tornado flattened a suburb south of Oklahoma City.

The difference between a job you love and a job you hate is usually one thing: the company's culture.

When Ben Bernanke testifies about the U.S. economy Wednesday, the Federal Reserve chairman's words will be examined for any clues that the Fed might soon taper - or increase - its support for the economy.

David Cooper, who was denied a business license for his swinger's club in the Commercial Center, Sextasy, talks with his attorney, Lisa Rasmussen, before an eviction hearing in District Court on Aug.

Four teams made up of some of the largest companies in the world are in the final running for the $2.1 billion makeover of Interstate 4 through Metro Orlando, state officials said Tuesday.

As the mile-wide tornado carved a path of destruction toward Moore , Oklahoma, Henry De La Cruz's wife drove to Plaza Towers Elementary School to pick up their 5-year-old daughter, Isabelle.

The Indiana attorney general's office confirmed Monday it is investigating a security breach in which Social Security numbers and other personal information were posted online for roughly 44,000 low-income Americans who applied for a federal program that provides discount Internet and phone service.

The rate of credit card payments at least 90 days overdue fell to 0.69 percent in the first quarter from 0.85 percent a year earlier - drop of nearly 19 percent, credit reporting agency TransUnion said Tuesday.

While I'm not surprised at the behavior of a minority with Internet beer muscles, the parts of the interview they took exception to bemuse.

So far, Zentropa has put out just three photos of the film - two stills and a porn-inspired cast photo - along with the official poster showing an erotically charged design evocative of female genitalia.

The company also added 277,000 subscribers through its worldwide partnerships with multisystems operators, primarily Virgin Media.

However, after spending over four years making and promoting Life of Pi, I have recently realized that I need some rest," explained Lee, who is currently on the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, in a statement Monday.