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By Don Lee
WASHINGTON -- New jobless claims last week fell much more sharply than expected, a reassuring sign that the damaging effects from Hurricane Sandy to...
By Jim Puzzanghera
WASHINGTON -- A top Obama administration official said Thursday that he could not guarantee that efforts to shore up a key government housing agency...
By Jerry Hirsch
Imagine a world where Buick outsells Chevrolet.
By Tiffany Hsu
The job outlook at America’s small businesses is the worst it’s ever been, according to new research.
By Salvador Rodriguez
It looks like the iPhone may finally be coming to T-Mobile, the last major U.S. network without the flagship Apple device.
By Tiffany Hsu
Darden Restaurants Inc., the parent of eateries such as Olive Garden and Red Lobster, said it will not bump any of its full-time employees down to...
By Jessica Guynn
Parents object to the collecting of personal information from kids under 13 when they are online and using mobile devices, according to a new survey...
Associated Press
The stock market is eking out a small gain as investors keep their eyes closely focused on budget talks in Washington.
By E. Scott Reckard
Mortgage interest rates edged higher from record lows this week, with lenders offering the 30-year fixed loan to solid borrowers at an average of 3....
By Jon Healey
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By Jerry Hirsch
BMW is recalling about 35,000 X5 sport utility vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because a bolt could break in the steering system.
By Chris O'Brien
Apple and HTC announced a surprise settlement to their patent litigation last month, but the details were kept tightly under wraps. Then a federal...
By Andrew Tangel
Standard Chartered, the British bank under investigation in an Iranian money-laundering probe, expects its bill to U.S. authorities in the case to...
By Stuart Pfeifer and Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times
For eight long days, the usual lunch crowd was missing from Marcos Medina's restaurant.
By Walter Hamilton and Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
The eight-day strike that crippled two of the world's busiest ports reflected a clash that is playing out across the global shipping industry, as...
By Jessica Guynn
SAN FRANCISCO — You survived the U.S. presidential election. Now as citizens of Facebook, you are being asked to cast another ballot.
By Shan Li
British supermarket giant Tesco may soon be bidding bon voyage to its American problem child.
By Andrew Tangel, Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK — Citigroup's move to sack more than 11,000 workers may foreshadow bigger cuts as its newly installed chief executive shakes up the...
By Chris O'Brien, Los Angeles Times
Mobile rivals Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. return to a San Jose federal court Thursday to renew their high-stakes legal wrangling that could...
By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times
Major expansion plans brewing at Starbucks Coffee Co. will stretch the Seattle java giant by adding about 2,400 outlets in two years to give it more...
By Julie Wernau, Chicago Tribune
The auction of battery-maker A123 Systems Inc., scheduled for Thursday, is expected to draw both U.S. and foreign bidders against the backdrop of...
By E. Scott Reckard, Los Angeles Times
Federal regulators have accused a Wells Fargo investment banker of passing tips about pending mergers to nine others in an insider-trading ring.
By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times
SACRAMENTO — California has made "notable progress" improving the state government's financial health since the economic downturn, according...
By Dawn C. Chmielewski and Ben Fritz
Netflix's day-old deal to be the exclusive pay-TV home for new movies from Walt Disney Studios is a "game changer" for the streaming video company and...
By Ben Fritz
The newest "Call of Duty" is off to a faster start than many in the video game industry had thought -- and appears to have reached $1 billion in sales...
By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times
Hawthorne rocket maker SpaceX announced it will launch its first two military satellites in 2014 and 2015.
By Chris O'Brien
First, the good news for Apple: The tablet market continues to surpass all projections as the iPad and iPad Mini are exciting consumers. That's...
Bloomberg News
Carlos Slim, the world's richest person, is confronting a mounting backlash that's coming from the same parts of Latin American that made him wealthy....
Associated Press
The government is taking action against the makers of a portable baby recliner, called the Nap Nanny, after five infant deaths.
By Andrew Tangel
NEW YORK -- Stocks of shipping companies rallied 1% after a deal was reached to end a strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.