COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio funeral home that is the first in the nation to use a cremation alternative that dissolves bodies with lye and heat has effecti..

NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America said Wednesday the Federal Reserve has objected to its plan for raising its dividend in the second half of this year, a setba..

NEW YORK (AP) — It was one more blow for Bank of America: the Federal Reserve didn't allow nation's largest bank to increase its dividends. Th..

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Shares of Xoma Ltd. tumbled in pre-market trading Wednesday after the company said a potential diabetes treatment failed to lower blo..

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. catfish farmers thought they had pulled off a coup when they persuaded Congress a few years ago to require tougher federal inspections..

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors Co. said Tuesday it will sell all of its series A preferred shares in Ally Financial Inc., its former finance arm which was bai..

WASHINGTON (AP) — Industry regulators have fined Southwest Securities Inc. $650,000 for having inadequate controls that allowed another firm to endanger Sout..

Travel demand waned in North America during the recession as consumers tried to save their money for basic needs. Now that economic conditions are improving, more c..

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal regulators plan to scout U.S. colleges next month for students interested in environmental science in an effort to recruit more wo..

MIAMI (AP) — Higher-than-expected fuel prices pushed Carnival Corp.'s first-quarter profit down 13 percent, but the cruise operator managed to meet Wall Stre..

BEIJING (AP) — American companies plan to expand their operations in China but remain deeply concerned over regulations that favor local companies at the pos..

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says some trade schools and state licensing agencies may be illegally excluding applicants with HIV and AIDS. ..

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal official says the firm hired to test a key piece of equipment to determine why it didn't stop last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spi..

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal regulators have put oil giant Shell one step closer to final approval to drill three new exploratory deepwater wells in the Gulf o..

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Bank executives rarely face money laundering charges because investigators don't usually uncover the kind of decisive evidence needed ..

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration unveiled a plan Monday for reducing the accident rate for private and corporate aircraft by 10 percent ..

NEW YORK (AP) — Treasurys slipped Monday after the government announced plans to start selling $142 billion in mortgage bonds and worries about Japan started..

CHICAGO (AP) — Grains futures rose Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May delivery rose 5 cents to $7.28 a bushel; May corn added..

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department announced Monday that it will begin selling its remaining $142 billion in holdings of mortgage-backed securities pu..

NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup plans to reinstate a quarterly dividend of a penny per share in the second quarter after launching a 1-for-10 reverse stock split. ..