Yahoo Inc. stock surges, as the value of its stake in Alibaba increased by about $2.3 billion, after the Chinese e-commerce giant reported better-than-expected quarterly results.

When you see black and white photographs of residential city street scenes 100 years ago, there's a complete lack of parked cars. That?s not surprising given that only the rich owned them. One of the neat bonuses of driverless, computer-driven cars, experts predict, will be a return of empty side…

Alibaba said it is always looking to give “talented young executives” more responsibility.

The story started like so many dozens of others – but it ended better than most. After a mother spoke up about illegally being asked to cover up while breastfeeding in a small Illinois town restaurant, all hell broke loose on social media. But the painful experience led to learning and offers

Priceline Group beat profit expectations for the 21st-straight quarter but the stock still fell sharply, as investors weren’t fooled by the company’s persistent practice of under promising and over delivering.

A federal appeals court ruled on Thursday that the National Security Agency's mass surveillance of phone records is unlawful.

U.S. non-financial companies held $1.73 trillion in cash at end 2014, 4% higher than the previous year, according to a Moody’s study.

A federal appeals court says the NSA phone records program is not authorized by law.

PayPal said it has doled out $500 million in loans since launching the SME program a year and a half ago.

We are making some history with this wild market.

Water oceans on other earthlike planets are likely to be ubiquitous, says an international team of U.K. and German astronomers. New ground-based observations of the atmosphere of a cooling stellar white dwarf point --- the burnt-out remains of a star once like ours --- indicate that at least one of…

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced legislation that wouldpermanently authorize and require all employers to use the E-Verify program tocheck that new hires are eligible to work in the United States. The Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act of 2015is the Senate’s counterpart to a…

Whole Foods and Keurig Green Mountain tumble while Tesla climbs in extended trade following release of quarterly earnings.

Discontinued for 2014, Volvo's slow-selling retractable-hardtop convertible nonetheless conquested 68.01 percent of its volume from non-luxury buyers, according to an IHS Automotive analysis of new-vehicle registration data.

Zynga Inc. plans to cut 364 jobs, or about 18% of its workforce, as the videogame company looks to focus on making fewer, higher-quality games.

The rapidly deteriorating security in Jalisco, home to thousands of American retirees, promoted Washington to strengthen its travel warning, asking U.S. citizens to be cautious as the Mexican military tries to bring down a powerful drug cartel

People looking to buy stolen account credentials no longer need to scavenge through the dark corners of the Internet or pay with digital currencies.

In a previous article I wrote on digital marketers, I said that in order to be a successful digital marketer, you have to be incredibly entrepreneurial in your thinking.

The Facebook post touches on many of the same themes that Sandberg struck during a memorial service for her husband, Dave Goldberg, at Stanford University’s Memorial Auditorium.

Humans and machines are teaching each other how to do more together than they could do alone.

Long gone are the days of bartering for products, and cash is no longer king. These days, customers want the convenience and security of using a credit or debit card to make their purchases. This means brands and businesses need to choose a merchant account provider, but unless you know how to pick…

If you could expose every flaw on every website, all at once, wouldn't that be a good thing? Not everyone agrees.

They include not only Apple and Facebook, but also H&R Block and Plum Creek Timber, says Phil van Doorn.

AG's role in smart cities.

Banks still aren't making enough small-business loans, so Kabbage is quickly filling the void--at crazy high interest rates.

In its first civil enforcement action against a virtual currency exchange, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) levied a $700,000 fine on San Francisco-based Ripple Labs for violating the Bank Secrecy Act.

With the unemployment rate for adults on the autism spectrum approaching 90%, innovative employment programs are needed that let businesses tap into the potential of this unique population segment.

It is difficult to imagine Satya Nadella chucking the decade or more worth of investment the company has put into its Microsoft Dynamics CRM product.

By Ilaina Jonas