No one ever said the economic recovery would be pretty. California eked out more growth in April as employers added 10,400 jobs, bringing the net total added over the year to 273,000.

The growing role of the U.S. in world energy markets was underlined on Friday as the Obama administration approved wider exports of liquefied natural gas and international companies committed billions of dollars for new infrastructure.

Americans' confidence in the economy climbed in May to the highest level in almost six years as rising real estate values and record stock prices boosted household wealth.

Jennifer Wilhoit of U.S. Express, left, talks last week with Devin Washington while others wait in line as 63 companies participate in a job fair at the Brainerd Crossroads in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Tesoro Corp. won federal and state clearance for its purchase of BP's Carson refinery, Arco stations and other assets for $2.4 billion, an acquisition that would further concentrate the state's fuel-making capacity into only two players - Tesoro and Chevron ...

The US will not have to raise the federal debt ceiling until September, said Treasury secretary Jack Lew on Friday, in another sign of how the resurgence of tax revenues is changing the politics of US deficits.

The airline that introduced checked-baggage fees has learned the downside of funneling more suitcases into the cabin: It takes longer for people to board.

Stocks continued their climb into uncharted territory on Friday, racking up the fourth week in a row of gains as encouraging economic data prompted investors to buy shares of growth companies.

You know when your spouse does something really bad, and knows he or she needs to apologize, but doesn't really want to? And you know how the way he puts it is often something like: “Oh, dear, I'm so sorry that you feel that way” or “it's too bad that you ...

Until 2007, Bill Gates was the richest man in the world by virtue of his stake in Microsoft Microsoft. Then Carlos Slim Helu, the famous Mexican investor, aided by his stake in cell phone operator American Movil, wrested the crown from Gates.

The global hunt for yield is starting to look a bit crazy, with risk premium in bond markets falling to what now look like unsustainable levels.

Mayor Bloomberg is privately fuming at the data breach that has imperiled the reputation of his global media company, according to sources.

Shares of newly public business software makers Tableau Software Inc. and Marketo Inc. rallied out of the gate, evidence of investors' enthusiasm for certain technology-sector initial public offerings.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced new draft rules governing hydraulic fracturing during oil drilling on federal and Indian lands Thursday, calling them part of a pro-energy Obama administration policy.