Home prices in major US cities registered the first monthly gain in nearly three years, according to a new report that provided fresh evidence that the severe US housing downturn could be easing.

TOKYO -- Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday that its net profit was all but wiped out in the first quarter ended June, hit by a slide in demand in key markets and the yen's strength.

July 29 (Bloomberg) -- PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second-largest carmaker, reported a first-half loss and surprised investors by saying it generated cash after slashing production and reducing inventory amid the global auto slump.

On the day Michael Jackson died, his personal chef says her first hint of something amiss was when his doctor didn't come downstairs to get the juices and granola he routinely brought the King of Pop for ...

As Jillian Harris has pursued true love on TV, she's also upheld a franchise's ratings. Last week, a few days before Monday's finale of “The Bachelorette” aired on ABC, its star, Jillian Harris, was sitting at a bar in Los Angeles, anxiously eyeing her ...

Actress Mischa Barton was released from a hospital Monday after an almost two-week stay. Barton's hospitalization commenced after Los Angeles police escorted her from her home July 15 for an undisclosed medical problem.

CHICAGO, July 29 (Reuters) - Pregnant women infected with the new H1N1 swine flu have a much higher risk of severe illness and death, US government researchers said on Wednesday, confirming a trend that has worried global health ...

WASHINGTON - President Obama tried Tuesday to sell his health care plan to older Americans, as members of Congress said they were deluged with calls from constituents worried that their Medicare benefits might be ...

A survey released Tuesday found that in 2007 - before the auto crisis and mortgage meltdown - more than one-third of Michigan's children lived in homes where neither parent was fully ...