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Ex-Vivendi CEO: I made mistakes but never misled

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vivendi CEO Jean-Marie Messier told a jury Friday he made mistakes in his troubled bid to turn the French water…

Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens

NEW YORK (AP) — Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.

Small Florida bank shuttered, 124th this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to…

Americans save more but earn less as rates fall

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. is finally becoming a nation of savers. Now if only we could get something for our money.

J.M. Smucker 2nd-quarter profit soars on coffee

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — J.M. Smucker Co. nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee gave a jolt to…

Regulators shut small Florida bank

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida banking regulators have shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, marking the 124th U.S. bank to succumb…

D.R. Horton sees 26 perecent spike in 4Q orders

Homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc., saw new home orders spike 26 percent from a year ago in the latest quarter as buyers raced to close deals and…

Chase drops arbitration from card contracts

BOSTON (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Friday it is dropping a clause from its credit card contracts that required disputes with…

AP changes roles for 6 news editors, 4 photo eds

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press has named six news editors to oversee expanded multistate territories and has assigned four…

GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media…

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