Consumers Energy said Friday its residential natural gas customers are writing checks to the utility that are down about 20 percent compared to a year ago because of a warmer winter and lower natural gas prices.

President to deliver budget Monday that includes raising taxes on the rich, infrastructure programs and bucks deficit-cutting. Highlights: — Projects deficit to exceed FY 2011's $1.3 trillion gap — $2.2 billion for advanced manufacturing research and...

First Solar Inc., the biggest maker of thin-film solar panels, fell the most in almost two months after permitting issues delayed a U.S. loan guarantee for a power plant in California and an analyst at Collins Stewart LLC downgraded the shares.

A military court on Friday convicted a Russian officer of passing missile secrets to the CIA and sentenced him to 13 years in prison, officials said.

A scene from Chrysler's "Halftime in America" 2012 Super Bowl commercial.

GOP presidential candidate wins glowing reception from conservative activists by casting himself as true conservative in race

Former governor says controversial health care ruling has inspired conservatives

Asian currencies had this year’s first weekly loss after European leaders held back a bailout package for Greece, sapping demand for emerging-market assets.

The so-called "accommodation" on contraceptive coverage reinforces the administration's commitment to its pro-choice agenda.

President Barack Obama declared Friday he's found a solution to a birth-control uproar that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free contraception, as he rushed to defuse an election-year issue that threatened to...