Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing the chief executive it ousted last month, Mark Hurd, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in a California state court, came a day after Oracle hired Hurd as co-president to help...

Sales of passenger cars in China — the world's biggest auto market — rose 18 percent in August from a year earlier as government subsidies and price cuts by dealers helped spur demand.

Burger King is introducing nine new breakfast items including blueberry biscuits and pancake platters and planning a major breakfast marketing blitz — all with an eye toward eating up some of McDonald's morning business.

Greece's statistics agency says inflation stood at 5.5 percent on the year in August, the same as in July, reflecting tax hikes as the government struggles to tackle its debt load.

BEIJING (AP) — China rejected pressure over currency Tuesday amid a visit by two high–level U.S. envoys, saying Beijing will set the pace of exchange rate reforms.

Stock futures slipped Tuesday to start the holiday–shortened week after some fresh concerns about the health of European banks rattled overseas markets. European markets fell after a report said the continent's major banks have more potentially...

Predicting the U.S. stock market's direction over the next two months may be a simple exercise: Just watch how Republican candidates for the House and Senate are faring in the polls. At least, much of Wall Street is hoping it's that easy.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hallmark Cards Inc., a $4 billion empire built on a demand for printed sentimentality, enters its second century facing a weak economy and what could be an even greater challenge: a generation that has grown up posting its sentiments...

WILLISTON, N.D. — Another area campground has been inundated with newly arrived job seekers who have nowhere else to live.

Negotiators return to the bargaining table Tuesday to try to avoid a nurses' strike in Duluth.

Three generations of Larsons have owned and operated Larson Hardware in Mabel for the past 100 years. The secret to the business' longevity? Perseverance and tradition, says Joe Larson.

A legislative panel meets Tuesday for an update on Minnesota's budget.

In rough economic times, you might expect workers to seek job security in a labor union. But that's not happening. So why aren't more people joining unions?

Most of us have played the "what would I do if I won the lottery" game. Of course, the laws of probability mean few of us will get to play the game for real. But a new book from Minneapolis writer Heather McElhatton can give us a little closer...

PINE ISLAND — In this quiet community, baskets overflowing with petunia blossoms hang from streetlamps made to resemble antiques. Parent push strollers along the sidewalks and residents walk their leashed dogs in relaxed fashion.