US stocks edge lower as investors assess earnings
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. stocks edged lower Thursday as investors assessed some mixed news on company earnings. Energy stocks rose as oil recouped some of its losses from a big sell-off on Wednesday....

Here's the best new reason to wash your car often
DETROIT (AP) -- If you live where salt is used to clear the roads of snow and ice, U.S. safety regulators have a message for you: Wash the underside of your car....

Review: New MacBook brings iPad's minimalism to laptop
NEW YORK (AP) -- From the moment I took it out of the box, Apple's new MacBook looked and felt like an iPad....

Your guide to trying on, ordering Apple Watch
NEW YORK (AP) -- Buying an Apple Watch won't be as simple as walking into an Apple store and handing over your credit card....

Apple Watch options: 54 combinations of case, band, size
NEW YORK (AP) -- Apple Watch comes with a choice of watch case, band and size - there are 54 possible configurations in all....

Walgreens aims to close about 200 US stores
Walgreens will shutter about 200 U.S. stores as part of an expanded cost reduction push, but the nation's largest drugstore chain has no plans to shrink in the wake of its combination with European health and beauty retailer Alliance Boots....

Applications for US jobless aid rise but still at low level
WASHINGTON (AP) -- More Americans sought unemployment benefits last week, but applications for jobless aid overall remain low - a reassuring sign after hiring slowed last month....

Average US rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.66 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates declined this week, approaching historically low levels with the spring home-buying season underway....

Samsung hopes to reverse dimming fortunes with Galaxy S6
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- When Samsung dubbed development of its latest smartphones "Project Zero," it was sounding a note of desperation as sales tumbled and it lost pole position in the crucial Chinese market to rivals Xiaomi and Apple....

VA makes little headway in fight to shorten waits for care
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- A year after Americans recoiled at new revelations that sick veterans were getting sicker while languishing on waiting lists - and months after the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted major reforms - government data shows that the number of patients facing long waits at VA facilities has not dropped at all....