IAEA report: Iran expands nuclear technology
The U.N. atomic agency on Wednesday detailed rapid Iranian progress in two programs that the West fears are geared toward making nuclear weapons, ...

Target's 1Q profit drops 29 pct on weak sales
Target Corp. reported a 29 percent drop in first-quarter profit as unusually cool spring weather and financial pressures chilled customers' appetite ...

NBA draft order set, so who goes No. 1?
The Cleveland Cavaliers are on top of the NBA draft yet again, only this time there is no LeBron James waiting to save them. There may not even be a ...

Lowe's 1Q profit rises, but results miss Street
Lowe's said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income rose nearly 3 percent, but results fell short of expectations as rainy weather hurt spring ...

A divided Fed wrestles with when to slow bond buys
The Federal Reserve is torn over when to slow its aggressive efforts to stimulate the economy. Its uncertainty burst into view Wednesday, when ...

Ex-US captain Reyna to direct NYC soccer team
A day after New York City FC was born, Claudio Reyna became the team's first employee. The former U.S. national team captain was hired Wednesday as ...
Fiat Industrial aims to shift tax home to Britain
Fiat Industrial disputed as "absolutely false" reports Wednesday that Italy would lose 500 million euros ($646 million) in tax revenues if it moves ...
Fed weighed slowing its pace of bond purchases
Several Federal Reserve policymakers this month favored slowing the Fed's efforts to maintain record-low long-term interest rates as early as June — ...

Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time ...

Weak yen a help for Japan, but headache elsewhere
A steady fall in the value of the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota. The cheaper yen is making their products more affordable ...
Judge: Hollister clothing unfriendly to disabled
A federal judge in Denver is contemplating an injunction against Abercrombie & Fitch Co. and J.M. Hollister LLC after ruling earlier that nearly 250 ...
Feds open special inspection into NC nuke plant
Federal regulators said Wednesday that they are conducting a special inspection of a nuclear power plant outside North Carolina's capital city that ...

IMF calls on Britain to do more for growth
The International Monetary Fund has called on Britain to do more to support the economic recovery, urging the government Wednesday to speed up ...

Conn. rail service returns to normal
Regular train service returned to Connecticut on Wednesday, five days after a derailment injured scores of commuters and damaged tracks. Commuter rail ...
Iceland forms center-right govt, halts EU talks
The leader of the center-right Progressive Party was chosen as Iceland's new prime minister Wednesday and promptly announced a halt to talks with the ...

US auto factories cutting back on summer downtime
The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' ...

US home sales tick up to highest in 3 ½ years
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes ticked up last month to the highest level in three and a half years, helped by a jump in the number of houses ...
Stocks edge higher as investors watch the Fed
Stocks are opening slightly higher as investors watch for the latest moves from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 39 points ...

Richard Carrion declares IOC presidential bid
Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico entered the IOC presidential race Wednesday, promising to use his business experience to guide the Olympics through the ...
Ahead of the Bell: HP's 2Q results likely to sag
Hewlett-Packard will provide an update on its efforts to rise above the sinking PC market when it releases quarterly earnings Wednesday after the ...

Sony mulls hedge fund's entertainment sale idea
Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the electronics giant's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent ...

Fishermen pay price in Asia's volatile sea rifts
Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails ...

Under scrutiny, Va. gov's mansion a dichotomy
An embezzling case that began with a chef being accused of stealing food from Virginia's Executive Mansion and morphed into a political scandal ...

600 police photos of Tucson rampage scene released
In the chaotic moments after a gunman wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, investigators quickly turned a patrol car into a makeshift whiteboard, using ...

Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Wednesday with officials in Oman to discuss their plans to buy a $2.1 billion air defense system from American ...