Applications for home mortgages dropped last week for a second-straight week, the Mortgage Bankers Association says.

The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand.

Merck said it has entered into a $5 billion share repurchase agreement with Goldman Sachs.

Monster. That's what they're calling the tornado that barreled through Oklahoma. Here are heartbreaking scenes.

Sterling tumbled following minutes released by the Bank of England and disappointing retail sales, as the IMF warned the U.K. is at risk of "permanent damage."

Lowe's reported earnings that missed analysts' expectations on Wednesday, sending shares lower in pre-market trading.

Duracell is making a push in wireless charging, working with partners to try and do for public gadget power what Intel did for public WiFi.

The Bank of Japan ended a two-day meeting on Wednesday with a decision to leave monetary policy unchanged and a promise to monitor volatile bond markets.

Europe's energy price manipulation probe turned to trading units at oil companies with risk appetite higher than at Wall Street's biggest banks.

Even as Apple faced a grilling from lawmakers over its tax avoidance schemes, two more companies revealed they would move to lighten their tax burden.

We've identified some of the biggest carry trades based on either the interest rate differential or their popularity.

As EU regulators mull introducing the world's strictest bonus cap, the president of the European parliament said the plan could put pressure on the U.S. to follow suit.

The world's Top 50 hedge funds have added more to Boeing than any other stock, according to research firm FactSet.

Property is the main source of wealth for China's wealthiest women, a survey by Wealth-X shows.

Martin Schulz has warned that revelations of tax evasion by major companies were leading to a loss of trust among the European public.

The best performing U.S. stocks in the current quarter are those that lagged the market from January to March, the FT reports.

Austerity operas are the new high-art in Spain.

Rebuilding Moore, Oklahoma will take billions of dollars in federal and state aid, insurance claims and charitable donations, the CSM reports.

Teen use of Twitter has grown significantly, a new report shows, as Facebook loses market share. Here's why.

EU regulators confirmed on Tuesday that they will cap bonuses of bankers earning more than 500,000 euros a year.