LOS ANGELES - (AP) -- Can your uncle be a better pitchman for the health overhaul than the president? Supporters of the insurance law kicked off a national campaign Thursday urging family members and friends to spread the word to their loved ones about ...

Christopher Nassetta, chief of Hilton, joined traders at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid/Reuters Christopher Nassetta, chief of Hilton, joined traders at the New York Stock Exchange.

European equities opened lower on Friday as investors continue to speculate over when the U.S. Federal Reserve could unwind its monetary stimulus program.

US stocks Thursday closed lower after a surprisingly good retail sales report boosted speculation that the US Federal Reserve could soon scale back its stimulus program.

Bernard L. Madoff, right, at Federal District Court in Manhattan in 2009. Stephen Chernin/Getty Images Bernard L. Madoff, right, at Federal District Court in Manhattan in 2009.

Midway through an ambitious 10-year plan to become the world's largest automaker, Volkswagen has hit a rough patch in the United States, with sales stagnating this year even as the rest of the industry has surged.

Investors put more cash into European funds than they took out in October, reversing the trend seen in September, according to data provider Lipper.

DUBLIN - On the rare days when John Donovan visits downtown Dublin, there is a buzz in the air: Streets bustle with pedestrians. “Sold” signs festoon Georgian brick buildings that had languished on the market for years.

Editor's note: An earlier version of the story contained an inaccurate amount for the penalty. Merrill Lynch agreed to pay $131.8 million in penalties Thursday on charges brought by federal regulators that the bank misled investors in asset-backed securities ...

Venture capitalists have been seeking opportunities to participate in Bitcoin as a payments system. Close. Close. Open. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg.

GENEVA—Airlines world-wide are on track to complete one of their safest years on record, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Dec 12 (Reuters) - NuScale Power LLC, a nuclear technology firm majority-owned by Fluor Corp, said on Thursday it had secured U.S.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Chief Executive John Chambers said on Thursday that the network equipment company is preparing for a long battle to improve its business in China, one that will not be won "in a quarter or two.

SEATTLE (AP) - Shortly after local Machinist union leaders said they could not recommend what Boeing called its final counterproposal in negotiations to keep much of the work on a new 777X jet in the Puget Sound region, a national union negotiator said ...