TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy grew an at annual rate of 4.1 percent in the first quarter amid a gradual recovery from last year's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

NEW YORK (AP) — A threat that's been hanging over the economy is starting to look a lot less menacing.

NEW YORK (AP) — The unending turmoil in Greece spread fallout across the financial markets Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell for the ninth day out of 10, and gold, oil, and the euro all dropped to multi-month lows.

NEW YORK (AP) — More turmoil in Greece caused fallout across the financial markets.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures rose Wednesday amid strong data from the housing sector, yet worries persist that overwhelming debt levels in Greece could fracture the European Union and roil global markets.

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street on new signs that the long-suffering U.S. housing market may be recovering.

NEW YORK (AP) — Hopes that the U.S. housing market is starting to recover sent stocks edging higher on Wall Street.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maybe the U.S. economy's strength this winter wasn't just weather-related after all.

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Deere is posting a 17 percent spike in profits for the second quarter is raising its outlook for the year, with farm receipts expected to hit historic heights.

NEW YORK (AP) — Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesday that it would sell more stock in the company's initial public offering. But ahead of the IPO, a debate emerged between two of the nation's largest automakers: Does it pay to advertise on the social network?

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's owners now plan to sell 25 percent more shares in the company as investors clamor for shares in the year's hottest stock offering.

NEW YORK (AP) — Insiders and early Facebook investors will be unloading more of their shares in the initial public offering, the company said Wednesday, as they take advantage of investor demand.