By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer - 1 minute ago WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are buying more homes in every region of the country, the latest indication that the housing market could be on the mend.

By Salvador Rodriguez For the second year in a row, Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, according to a study released Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) - One of the nation's largest pension funds says it will vote its 5.3 million shares against all of Wal-Mart's (WMT) nominees to the board of directors at the annual shareholders' meeting in late May.

By Alan Rappeport in New York General Mills, the US food company, said that it would cut about 850 jobs, or 2.4 per cent of its workforce, as it looks to slash costs.

GRIM WARNING: The 17-country eurozone risks falling into a “severe recession,” the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned as it called on governments and Europe's central bank to keep the slowdown from dragging down the global ...