State & Nation Business
May 22, 2013 - 11:49 a.m.•By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO - AP Retail Writer
NEW YORK – Target Corp. reported a 26 percent drop in first-quarter profit as cool temperatures and financial pressures limited customers' appetite for spending.
May 22, 2013 - 11:47 a.m.•By The Associated Press
NEW YORK – Lowe's said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring gardening sales.
May 22, 2013 - 11:41 a.m.•By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ - AP Business Writer
It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways.
May 22, 2013 - 9:15 a.m.•By CHRISTINA REXRODE - AP Business Writer
CEO pay has been going one direction for the past three years: up.
May 22, 2013 - 9:11 a.m.•By MARTIN CRUTSINGER -AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON – Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress that the U.S. job market remains weak and that it is too soon for the Federal Reserve to end its extraordinary stimulus programs.
May 22, 2013 - 9:08 a.m.•By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER - AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON – Sales of previously-occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses for sale.
May 21, 2013 - 12:20 p.m.•By RACHEL COHEN - AP Sports Writer
NEW YORK – ESPN says that it is cutting its workforce.
May 21, 2013 - 11:54 a.m.•By The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS – Best Buy Co. on Tuesday reported a loss in its fiscal first quarter as it sold its stake in Best Buy Europe and works on a turnaround plan that includes cutting costs and closing some stores.
May 21, 2013 - 11:25 a.m.•By MARCY GORDON - AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON – Apple's CEO is disputing assertions by a Senate panel that the company avoids billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates.
May 21, 2013 - 11:05 a.m.•By CHRISTINA REXRODE - AP Business Writer
TAMPA, Fla. – Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.
May 21, 2013 - 10:31 a.m.•By The Associated Press
ATLANTA – Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery.
May 21, 2013 - 9:45 a.m.•By The Associated Press
Corn growers in the nation's midsection have been busy making up for lost time in getting their corn crop in the ground, after having to endure a wet spring that slowed seasonal planting to its slowest rate in decades.
May 21, 2013 - 9:04 a.m.•By The Associated Press
CHICAGO – United Airlines has signed a deal that will have SkyWest Airlines run 40 Embraer planes under the United Express brand.
May 20, 2013 - 1:45 p.m.•By CHUCK BARTELS - Associated Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – With labor and energy costs on the rise in Asia, Wal-Mart highlighted an effort to promote domestic goods on Monday, including products made by more than 40 Arkansas suppliers.
May 20, 2013 - 11:19 a.m.
NEW YORK – Campbell Soup reported third-quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations as a colder winter helped boost soup sales and offset a decline in its V8 drinks.
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