Amazon's reveals its Prime service has 100 million members
Amazon says it has more than 100 million paid Prime members, the first time the company has given out a specific number on its paid subscriber base.
Southwest plane in deadly accident showed ‘metal fatigue’
Southwest jet’s engine failure
Ford uses van service to enter medical transport business
Ford is getting into the non-emergency medical transportation business as it moves toward making money off its experimental ventures in new mobility.
Strike extended, Greek ferries stuck in port until Friday
Ferries to and from the Greek islands are tied up in port due to a 24-hour strike by seamen protesting reforms to their sector.
German government, union seal pay raise for public workers
German government and union negotiators have reached a deal that should give some 2.3 million public-sector workers a wage increase averaging 7.5 percent over the next two years.
Global stocks rise after Wall Street gains for 2nd day
Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Wednesday after Beijing added to a swelling trade dispute with Washington by hiking tariffs on U.S. sorghum.
Jet with engine, window damage makes emergency landing
A Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Philadelphia's airport with what appears to be a damaged engine on Tuesday.
Asian stocks rise after Wall Street gains for 2nd day
U.S. stocks moved solidly higher in early trading Tuesday, adding to the market's gains from a day earlier.
New Mexico mourns bank executive killed on Southwest plane
Family, friends and community leaders in Albuquerque (AL'-buh-kur-kee), New Mexico, are mourning the death of a bank executive on a Southwest Airlines flight home from a business trip to New York.
The Latest: Southwest to speed up engine inspections
The Latest on a plane making an emergency landing in Philadelphia (all times local): 12:20 p.m. Southwest Airlines says that one of its planes heading from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Dallas' Love Field landed safely in Philadelphia.
Wells Fargo mourns employee Jennifer Riordan’s death in Southwest accident
Riordan was a mother of two children and a vice president at Wells Fargo.
Southwest Airlines fatality: GE-Safran venture made engine of Boeing jet
Bound for Dallas, Texas, the flight departed LaGuardia around 10:30 a.m. ET and landed in the Pennsylvania city around an hour later after one of the aircraft’s engines exploded mid-flight.
High court worries about abandoning online sales tax rule
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments about whether a rule it announced decades ago in a case involving a catalog retailer should still apply in the age of the internet.
Southwest Airlines stock sinks after fatal plane accident
The incident marks the first U.S. passenger fatality tied to a domestic carrier since 2009.
Sun Country to cover some added costs for stranded travelers
Sun Country Airlines says it will cover some additional costs for travelers stranded in Mexico after the airline canceled flights due to a weekend snowstorm battering the Midwest.
Correction: Great Lakes-Coolant Spill-The Latest story
The Latest on damage to oil pipelines and electric cables in Michigan's Straits of Mackinac (all times local): 11 a.m.
Michigan official: Tugboat damaged Great Lakes pipelines
Michigan's attorney general says a tugboat dragged its anchor as it passed through the waterway connecting Lake Huron and Lake Michigan, causing recent damage to underwater oil and electrical lines.
The Latest: High court hears internet tax collection case
The Latest on arguments in a Supreme Court case about businesses' collection of sales tax on purchases made on the internet: 11:30 a.m.
Researchers: Silk Road projects give China strategic benefit
A new study says a massive Chinese infrastructure program that Beijing says is aimed at promoting global trade and economic growth is actually intended to expand the country's political influence and military presence.
Asian shares flat to slightly higher as geopolitics weigh
U.S. stocks were broadly higher in early trading Monday, with technology and health care companies posting solid gains.














