Amazon.com Inc. is talking with major media companies about offering unlimited views of older TV shows and movies online, as it struggles to stay relevant to consumers flocking to Apple Inc.'s iTunes a la carte store and Netflix Inc.'s all-you-can-eat subscription plan.

International food prices have risen to their highest level in two years, fueled in part by a drought in Russia that lifted the cost of wheat, a U.N. agency said Wednesday.

Not even skinny jeans for $20 are pulling Americans into stores.

Any farmer looking for what promises to be the latest and greatest in equipment will no doubt find it on display at the Farm Progress Show.

Gov. Chet Culver and CGS Tyre announced Tuesday at the Farm Progress Show that the company plans a new plant in Iowa that will create 159 new jobs in Charles City.

Federal Reserve officials signaled at their August meeting that they would consider going beyond a modest program to purchase government debt if necessary to boost the economy.

Snoozing Nigerian federal employees who reported late to work have gotten a rude awakening.

Home prices rose in June for a third straight month as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst of home-buying. But prices are expected to fall through the rest of the year now that demand has faded.

Manufacturing conglomerate 3M Co. said Tuesday it has agreed to pay $230 million in cash for an Israeli company that makes technology used to keep track of people.

Office supply retailer Staples Inc. will start selling Amazon.com's Kindle electronic-book reader this fall.

Stocks are set to continue their slide Tuesday as investors prepare for more disappointing news about the economy.

The town where the Civil War's tide-turning battle was waged is fighting dissension in its own ranks, with even hard-core preservationists split over a proposed casino that would rise near the historic battlefield and be named for the line that divided North and South.

Stocks fell Monday after further signs of slowing growth added to caution ahead of the government's crucial jobs report later in the week.

Corn prices climbed Monday to a level not seen since January as traders questioned whether the crop will in fact set records, as some expect.

President Barack Obama says Congress should make passing a long-languishing aid package to small business its first order of business when it gets back from summer vacation.

Starbucks Corp. is set to debut its latest caffeinated concoction -- flavored instant coffee.

A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children's hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets

Consumer spending rose in July at the fastest pace in four months, helped by a jump in demand for automobiles.

Gov. Chet Culver is reminding Iowa flood victims that time is running out to apply for emergency food aid.

The market is down but there is a silver lining: Stocks are looking almost as cheap as last year when prices hit 12-year lows - at least according to Wall Street analysts.