Stocks are ending higher after investors got the solid results from Goldman Sachs they wanted.

The New York Times Co. is selling its classical music station and exiting the radio business.

The company secured the Troubled Asset Relief Program, or TARP, funding in January to help keep automaker Chrysler LLC out of bankruptcy protection.

General Motors Corp. CEO Fritz Henderson says July sales for the automaker appear to be weaker than the same month last year.

Businesses slashed inventories more than expected in May, the ninth consecutive decline, as companies continued to trim stockpiles amid a severe recession.

Wholesale prices took a bigger-than-expected leap in June, rising the most since November 2007, led by more expensive energy products.

Retail sales advanced in June by the largest amount in five months, led by a surge in gasoline prices and a slight rebound in the battered auto sector.

Stocks are slightly higher in early trading following better-than-expected earnings reports from Johnson & Johnson and Goldman Sachs and an upbeat reading on retail sales.

The government says retail sales advanced in June by the largest amount in five months...

Five stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume came to a low 1.2 billion shares.

How much is Facebook worth? A Russian investment firm appears to think it's $6.5 billion to $10 billion.

A payment processor that handles the accounts of online poker players wants a judge to order the return of about $14 million that the company says was seized by the federal government.

The corporate owner of the Chicago Cubs is considering having the team file for bankruptcy protection. People knowledgeable about the process say the move would hasten the club's long-awaited sale by cleaning up its books.

Thousands of union workers at Vale Inco's nickel mine operations in Ontario are on strike after 85 percent of union members rejected the company's contract offer.

A bankruptcy judge has approved a plan by Republic Airways Holdings to buy Frontier Airlines, although other bidders could still come forward.

An advertising forecaster says the worst is over for the U.S. ad slump but revenue growth won't resume until 2011.

A bankruptcy judge has approved a deal to shift some of auto parts supplier Delphi's assets to the General Motors Co. that emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week.

Nigeria's main militant group says its has destroyed a recently repaired Chevron oil pipeline.

Investors seem to be running short on hope.

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is asking the Obama administration to force General Motors Corp. to honor its contract with a platinum mine instead of buying the precious metal from overseas.

The Dow Jones industrial average is down 75 to 8,107. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is down 8 to 874, while the Nasdaq composite index is down 8 to 1,744.

The Transportation Department is giving Continental Airlines immunity from antitrust laws to work closely with other airlines on international service.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner say the enormous scale of the financial derivatives market helped to cripple the economy and that greater oversight is needed to make sure it doesn't happen again.

American International Group is reportedly asking the federal government to OK the insurer's plan to resume paying millions in promised retention incentives next week.

The U.S. trade deficit fell to the lowest level in more than nine years in May as exports posted a small gain while the weak American economy pushed imports down for a 10th straight month.