Mark Brooks

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans overturned a district court judge's ruling in American's favor.

Facebook has been testing the service in New Zealand, where it tries out a lot of new features, and has gradually introduced it in more than 20 other countries.

Greece's finance minister said Wednesday he hopes an elusive deal in crucial austerity talks with the country's bailout creditors can be struck by next week, despite considerable disagreements over where cutbacks will be made.

Sagging growth and low confidence are plaguing efforts by the ECB's President, Mario Draghi, and other European leaders to put the 17-country group that uses the euro on the road to recovery.

Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar said an "enormous increase in taxes" next year was aimed at meeting the 2013 deficit target of 4.5 percent, even as the country remains mired in deep recession.

Meg Whitman expects the technology company's earnings to fall during the next year as she struggles to fix a wide range of problems in a weakening economy.

Meg Whitman expects the technology company's earnings to fall during the next year as she struggles to fix a wide range of problems in a weakening economy.

The exchange says it is looking into "potentially erroneous transactions" and will cancel all trades above $47.82 that happened during a one-minute window at 9:30 a.m. EDT.

The New York airline said Wednesday that it will give away 2012 seats, or 1,006 round-trip flights, for customers that come out on the losing end of the battle between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney.

The Institute for Supply Management says its index of non-manufacturing activity rose to 55.1, up from 53.7 in August.

Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that companies added 162,000 jobs last month.

A drop in last-minute travelers in September hurt a key revenue measurement for Delta Air Lines, the company said on Tuesday.

Antares said the payment was related to the development of an undisclosed consumer health care product.

CNS makes gablofen, a generic version of a drug that treats severe spasticity, and it is developing other pain and spasticity treatments.

The groups, People Against Legalizing Murder and the Yes Lab, said Tuesday that a day earlier they sent the email from Shell's "Grassroots Employee Empowerment Division," which doesn't exist.

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier's ruling Tuesday says the dealers' claims against BP aren't viable under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, general maritime law or state law.

That's more than a percentage point lower than the growth in each of the past two years, and the smallest increase since 2009 when sales were up just 0.3 percent.

The company is continuing to inspect other jets with similar seating.

Warren Buffett's company recently discovered it owns two short-line railroads that it must sell because of its 2010 acquisition of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.