Americans make more money and are slightly more satisfied with their lives, on average, than people in other countries, but heres the catch: We live slightly shorter lives.

Shares of the social network, which hit the public markets Friday with a messy stock offering, closed Tuesday down 9 percent, adding to a decline of 11 percent in Mondays session.

Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc. said Tuesday that it has resolved a tax dispute with the IRS and is revising its full-year earnings forecast to reflect the agreement.

The head of the Federal Communications Commission said he supports cable companies' charging for Internet based on how much a subscriber uses the service, and also welcomed a cable industry initiative to share Wi-Fi hotspots around the country.

A spring growth spurt blooms in the housing market. Existing-home sales rose 3.4 percent in April with tight supplies in markets like Miami helping to seed the rejuvenation.

The website for a Manhattan lingerie boutique called Native Intimates has a photograph of a well-endowed woman pushing her breasts together. So, its odd that an employee of the shop is claiming she was fired for being too hot.

This years near-record run-up in fuel prices has clearly had an impact on the choices American motorists are making when its time to buy a new vehicle in fact, three in four U.S. drivers now say theyre ready to consider an alternative-fuel vehicle, according to a new study.

The U.S. Postal Service needs to boost revenue and it sees your mailbox as a potential moneymaker. Its created a service, Every Door Direct Mail, to encourage small businesses to send advertisements through the mail.

Accor says it has agreed to sell Motel 6 and another North American economy hotel brand to an affiliate of The Blackstone Group for $1.9 billion.

Former pitching great Curt Schilling is finding out what countless entrepreneurial-minded hobbyists have learned the hard way: Turning your passion into a viable business is really difficult. Unfortunately, Rhode Island taxpayers might be learning that lesson along with him.