Based on information provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, 24/7 Wall St. identified states with a minimum wage above $8 per hour.

Prices up 0.2% in October from September.

Hyundai November sales hit record, CEO says in tweet

Buying stock as a gift takes a bit of homework.

Madoff finance chief 's rise and fall

Branding bank reform 'populist' won't stop its momentum.

Investors try to find the next big tech stock winner.

All three major market index futures were down in pre-market trading.

A deal with China Mobile would double Apple's addressable market in that country

Companies that collect payments on student loans will face stepped-up government scrutiny next year as a federal regulator examines whether they are breaking any laws or treating borrowers unfairly.

2014 will be a huge year for Microsoft

A federal-appeals-court ruling Monday might spare BP PLC from making hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation payments stemming from its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Apple has acquired social-media analytics firm Topsy Labs for more than $200 million, according to people familiar with the matter. The startup specializes in data from Twitter.

Asian markets were mostly lower on Tuesday, as Chinese stocks continued to decline on fears of a flood of new listings, while Japanese stocks got a boost from a weaker yen. The Shanghai Composite lost 0.2%.

After lackluster Thanksgiving weekend sales, early estimates indicated that online shopping was up by 17.5% compared to this time last year. Sales are expected to hit $2 billion, according to the research firm comScore. Last year, sales equated to around $1.47 billion. Mobile devices, from smartphones to tablets, accounted for more than 29% of online traffic, according to IBM Benchmark data. “2013 is the year online went mobile,” Josh Anderson, the president and CEO of Walmart.com told the Associated Press. Today’s results provide good news for retailers who were expected to experience a 2.9% drop in sales over the Thanksgiving weekend. [Associated Press]

Growth online is contrast to sluggish holiday sales in physical stores as shoppers are lured by convenience of the web

Federal prosecutors are seizing cars and cash from those using straw buyers to acquire expensive new vehicles in the U.S. and export them to China, where the cars fetch much more.

A budget-stretching tactic employed by strapped local governments from California to Puerto Rico is coming under market scrutiny, amid fears that Detroit's record bankruptcy filing could presage further pain.

These "unconstrained" funds are gaining in popularity as investors anticipate the Federal Reserve reducing its bond-purchase program.

A top lieutenant to Bernard L. Madoff explained in detailed testimony the lengths required to maintain the firm's massive Ponzi scheme.