RALEIGH, N.C.  Gov. Bev Perdue is proclaiming a day where the North Carolina tourism industry is recognized for its importance to the state's growth and economic stability. The governor has proclaimed today as Tourism Day.

World stocks dived today after a failure by Greece's political leaders to form a coalition government set the stage for new elections next month, keeping Europe's debt crisis center stage.

When Hollywood set out to tell the story of how Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook, it enjoyed the flexibility of portraying a man who, despite his social network's worldwide reach, was all but unknown to the public....

Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away....

PARIS (AP) -- Airbus parent company EADS said Wednesday its first quarter earnings were hammered by a hefty (EURO)158-million ($203-million) charge to fix problematic wing parts on its flagship A380 superjumbo....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- U.S. credit card users are getting better about making their payments on time, even as banks are increasingly issuing cards to borrowers with less-than-stellar credit....

The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that "should never have happened."

Well over a decade ago, I got a note from an investor who said he did not understand how average investors were supposed to keep up with "recommended behavior for fund investors."

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The phrase "Can you hear me now" has entered the jet age.