The Internal Revenue Service changed some of the guidelines for owners of home-based businesses and some home-based workers.

It's the annual worst-of-the-worst high calorie foods has been released, and it might make you re-think dinner plans.

You might not be whistling while you work in Reno. A new study lists Reno as #2 on the “Unhappiest Places to Work” list.

Whatever Facebook's big secret is, it'll be revealed today at a "press event."

Toyota has dethroned General Motors as the world's top-selling automaker.

Geothermal energy developers working on the flanks of an ancient Oregon volcano say they have taken an important technological step toward expanding geothermal energy into a major source of homegrown power.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks.

A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of beleaguered coffee company Tully's to a group led by Patrick Dempsey.

Al-Jazeera, the Pan-Arab news channel that has struggled to win space on American cable television, has acquired Current TV, Al Gore confirmed Wednesday.

A Senate Democrat says he believes "odds are better than people think" that a deal can be reached to avoid automatic tax increases and spending cuts next week.

Ordinary Americans are losing their faith in stocks: For the fifth year in a row, they are selling their holdings.

The stock market erased most of an early loss in late trading after Republicans said they would reconvene the House of Representatives Sunday in hopes of piecing together a last-minute budget deal.

One day after Instagram said it would sell users' photos to advertisers, the company backtracked. According to CNN Money, Instagram won't sell your pictures after all after massive user backlash.

A federal judge late Monday rejected Apple Inc.'s demands that its chief rival in the more than $100 billion global smartphone market cease selling models a jury recently found illegally used Apple technology.

A massive replanting in Napa Valley of some of the world's priciest vineyards is so widespread a critical shortage of grapevine root stock has developed.

Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell this week.

U.S. businesses added to their stockpiles in October while sales fell, a sign that companies may order fewer goods in the coming months.

U.S. employers advertised more jobs in October than September, a hopeful sign that hiring could pick up in the coming months.

Oil is up slightly ahead of a meeting of the Federal Reserve. A gain would be the first in six days.

One of the lawyers chasing the assets of jailed Ponzi king Bernard Madoff remembers a day four years ago when he didn't know who Madoff was.

A government report finds median pay for nearly 2,000 senior managers at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exceeded $200,000 last year.

Standard Chartered Bank has agreed to pay $327 million to settle federal.

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval says he will lead trade missions to Mexico and Israel in the upcoming year to promote the state's export opportunities.

Seeking to control global warming, nearly 200 countries agreed Saturday to extend the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty that limits the greenhouse gas output of some rich countries, but will only cover about 15 percent of global emissions.

U.S. banks earned more from July through September than in any other quarter over the past six years.