Stocks rebounded on Friday as better-than-expected data on consumer sentiment and housing and falling oil prices eased concern about the economy and the outlook for profit growth.

(AP:DALLAS) Texas Instruments said Monday its first-quarter profit rose 28 percent as strong demand for analog chips used in electronic equipment offset lower sales of cell phone chips.

Thomas Equipment and Butch Craig & Sons, a Thomas Skid Steer Dealer based in Auburn, Maine, joined exhibitors at the Construction Expo of Maine to salute "Women in Construction."

Birmingham, Brummagem, Bromwicham, Brymingham, Bermingeham…. Spell it or say it however you please, there is something queer about the place. Even before the canal boom, it managed to become England's preeminent industrial city, and was well on its way

Reacting to sagging earnings and a slowdown in the computer chip industry, the city's largest employer has announced its second weeklong cost-cutting plant shutdown this summer and is considering more closures later in the year.