
Stocks ease in early trading; gold plunges
Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street following sharp drops in commodities prices and declines in European markets. The Dow Jones industrial average ...
US futures follow world markets lower; gold drops
Big merger and acquisition announcements are unable to lift U.S. stock market futures, following drops in world equity and commodities markets.
T-Mobile USA sweetens bid for US carrier MetroPCS
Deutsche Telekom AG, the parent company of T-Mobile USA, has raised its bid for MetroPCS Communications Inc. to placate shareholders for the cellphone ...
T-Mobile USA gains subscribers
T-Mobile USA's subscribers were more likely to stick with the company in the last three months, a welcome trend for a carrier that's struggling ...

T-Mobile USA's new plans compared to competition
T-Mobile USA has revamped its pricing plans, the latest move in an industry that's still experimenting feverishly with various ways of luring ...
How the Galaxy S 4 stacks up against iPhone, S III
Samsung Electronics Co. revealed its new top-of-the-line smartphone Thursday, the Galaxy S 4. Here's how it compares to the competition and its ...

Samsung refreshes iPhone-challenging Galaxy line
Samsung Electronics is ratcheting up its rivalry with Apple with its new Galaxy S 4 smartphone, which has a larger, sharper screen than its ...
Clearwire to tap into $80M financing from Sprint
Wireless network operator Clearwire said Wednesday that it will tap into $80 million in financing from Sprint, putting a hurdle in the way of a ...
Momentum grows for alternative phone system Tizen
The junior league of smartphone operating systems is getting more competitive. Phones from yet another contender — Tizen — will go on sale this year ...
Correction: Wireless Show-Firefox Phones story
In a story Feb. 24 about the launch of phones using the Firefox web browser, The Associated Press reported erroneously that 13 phone companies around ...

HTC shows off new phone for 'One' line
HTC Corp., the struggling Taiwanese maker of smartphones, is taking a page from longtime partner Microsoft Corp. as it launches a new phone under the ...
Phone cos: Cell service holding up after storm
Cellphone companies say their networks are largely up and running after a blizzard dumped up to 3 feet of snow on New England. Not all cell towers ...
Phone companies prepare for storm power outages
Phone companies topped off fuel at cell-tower generators in Northeastern states Friday, preparing for a storm that could bring power outages, and with ...

Asia stocks rise ahead of China's inflation data
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Friday before China releases last month's inflation and other economic data. "Chinese data for January should ...

Stocks retreat as Europe, earnings weigh
Stocks slumped on Wall Street Thursday, and the rally which has pushed indexes close to record levels stalled. The Dow Jones industrial average fell ...
Softbank 3Q profit doubles on iPhone sales
Japanese phone company Softbank, owned by billionaire Masayoshi Son, says its net profit more than doubled in the October-December quarter from a year ...

RIM changes name to BlackBerry, unveils 2 phones
After lengthy delays, Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its first two phones with the new BlackBerry 10 system. The Q10 will have a physical keyboard, ...

Wall Street gains as earnings flow in; Boeing up
Stocks rose on Wall Street Wednesday after U.S. corporate earnings reports got off to a good start. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 61.
Dish Network makes $5.15B bid for Clearwire
Satellite TV provider Dish Network is offering to buy wireless network operator Clearwire — which agreed to sell itself to Sprint in December — for $3
Sprint raises offer, to buy Clearwire for $2.2B
Sprint, the country's third-largest cellphone company, said Monday that it will buy out the portion of wireless network operator Clearwire that it ...

Stocks move higher as budget talks progress
Stocks rose on Wall Street as investors were encouraged by signs of progress in budget talks in Washington. Just two weeks remain before tax increases ...
Sprint offers $2.1B for the rest of Clearwire
Sprint Nextel has offered to buy out the minority shareholders of Clearwire for $2.1 billion in a deal that would give it total control of the ...