Business
The Associated Press
May 25, 2012 -- 6:05 AM

In the small world of big CEOs, the perks can be spectacular.

Drivers, country club memberships, use of company aircraft — those splashy extras are fairly routine. And so are less-splashy extras, with companies often shouldering the cost for the

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 9:14 PM

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren is accusing Republican U.S. Sen. Scott Brown of launching attacks on her family over her claims of Native American heritage.

Warren made the comment during a campaign stop

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 6:54 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Total U.S. money market mutual fund assets rose by $1.26 billion to $2.564 trillion for the week that ended Wednesday, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.

Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by $1

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 5:08 PM

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An economic outlook sees a bleak future for jobs in the state and a potentially devastating loss of young workers.

The Connecticut Economic Outlook, published by economists at the University of Connecticut, said Thursday that

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 4:56 PM
Nicholas Briganti

NEW YORK (AP) — Hewlett-Packard helped pull the Dow Jones industrial average to a slight gain Thursday, giving the index only its fourth gain this month.

Stocks flipped between gains and losses throughout the day after a meeting of European leaders

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 4:03 PM
Karen Mills

NEW YORK (AP) — In a May 23 story about Small Business Administrator Karen Mills, The Associated Press erroneously reported, based on information from Mills, that Sovereign Bank was one of 13 banks committing a total of $20 billion in small business

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 2:15 PM

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms, with as many as four to eight of those becoming hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 2:08 PM

MIAMI (AP) — U.S. forecasters predicted Thursday that this year's Atlantic hurricane season would produce a normal number of about nine to 15 tropical storms, with as many as four to eight of those becoming hurricanes.

The National Oceanic and

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 1:06 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. bank earnings rose in the first three months of the year to the highest level in nearly five years and the number of troubled banks fell for the fourth straight quarter.

The mostly positive first-quarter earnings released

The Associated Press
May 24, 2012 -- 11:33 AM

MIAMI (AP) — Federal forecasters predict there will be about nine to 15 storms during this year's Atlantic hurricane season.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its initial outlook Thursday for the six-month storm season

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