Box Office Preview: Expect Avengers to win battle
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Disney/Marvel's "The Avengers" should top the domestic box office for a third straight weekend, fending off wide-release newcomers with another $50 million in receipts....
JPMorgan CEO willing to appear before Senate panel
WASHINGTON (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is willing to testify at a congressional hearing this spring on the bank's $2 billion trading loss....
Facebook prices IPO at $38 per share
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook has priced its initial public offering of stock at $38 per share, at the high end of its expected range. It means investor demand is strong for the world's largest online social network....
Stocks fall; Dow has its 11th loss in 12 days
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Dow Jones industrial average fell for the 11th time in 12 days after a pair of discouraging economic reports came as investors worried about Greece's possible exit from euro....
Can global leaders help Europe contain crisis?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- When leaders from eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, the focus will be on how to prevent Europe's debt crisis from spiraling out of control....
Buffett's Berkshire to buy Media General papers
NEW YORK (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett's company is making another foray into newspapers, agreeing to buy 63 newspapers from Media General Inc. for $142 million....
US gov't sets stiff tariffs on China solar panels
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration moved Thursday to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly flooding the U.S. market with government-subsidized products....
Gap 1Q net income flat, company raises guidance
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Clothing seller Gap Inc. said Thursday that sales improved at its Old Navy, Gap and Banana Republic chains and online. But its first-quarter net income was unchanged from a year ago as rising costs offset those gains....
