NEW YORK Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Wednesday she was "looking forward" to a U.S. interest rate rise that will be seen as a testament to the economy's recovery from recession.

Yahoo may be selling its core businesses, including email, news and online search. But who might be buying? Analysts think shoppers could include phone giant AT&T, search engine companies Google and Microsoft, and even Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, ...

Oil prices dipped below $40 a barrel Wednesday ahead of this week's meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to try to figure what, if anything, can be done to prop those prices up.

U.S. health spending grew 5.3% last year, fueled by prescription drug costs and an expansion of insurance coverage, federal officials said Wednesday.

Fast food giant McDonald's (MCD) could become the latest U.S.-based multinational firm investigated by Europe's antitrust regulators over favorable tax arrangements.