LISBON, Portugal (AP) - When two Chinese companies appeared among the bidders to buy a troubled Portuguese bank this year, its staff took heart. The reason? They believed the potential buyers would do what Chinese investors are increasingly doing in...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate - now just 5.1 percent - grabs a lot of the attention each month when the government issues its jobs data. Yet the rate doesn't come close to sketching a full picture of the job market. So just how health...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The reputations of Arkansas and Tennessee suggest a contrast in styles between the Razorbacks' smashmouth approach and a school that bills itself as Wide Receiver U. It hasn't worked out that way this season. After four games...

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks started a new month lower a day after the market wrapped up its worst quarter in four years. Exxon Mobil, Chevron and other oil producers bucked the trend early Thursday, following crude oil higher. KEEPING SCORE: The Sta...

WASHINGTON (AP) - With a presidential debate and a contentious appearance in Congress coming, Hillary Rodham Clinton faces an October full of opportunity and risk for her presidential campaign. The former secretary of state has spent months watching...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea is known around the world for Samsung phones, kimchi and Hyundai cars, but ask that question in Asia and the answer might equally be "air cushion" compacts. One of the country's most valuable companies and riche...

NEW YORK (AP) - In a world flush with free information, some young people are still willing to shell out for news they read. A recent poll shows that 40 percent of U.S. adults ages 18-34 pay for at least some of the news they read, whether it's a pr...