Sales of new single-family homes rose in April from March but remain far below sales from 12 months earlier, the U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday.

Chrysler has repaid the remaining 7.6 billion dollars owed to the U.S. and Canadian governments, the company said Tuesday.

The US might well side ultimately with Europe giving it the IMF chairmanship, which has fallen vacant since the resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, but for now it has said it wants to weigh all options it seems.

It's a perennial debate around Detroit, but the real answer might be that both stocks are a pretty good deal.

Two workers died in an explosion at the iPad factory in Chengdu, capital of China's Sichuan province, on Friday evening. The cause of the explosion is still under investigation.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Monday said his cash-strapped government will accelerate privatizations of government holdings in an effort to raise money and cut the country's massive deficit.

Hispanics are now the largest ethnic minority in the United States and during the past decade, U.S. Hispanic purchasing power has rapidly increased. This report takes an in depth look at how today's Hispanic Economy is transitioning into an economic power in the U.S. Click here for the executive summary and table of contents!

The number of Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States is expected to grow 41.8 percent in the next six years to 4.3 million, with total revenues surging 39 percent to more than $539 billion, according to new estimates by HispanTelligence. Spurred by growing entrepreneurial trends and affluence among the nation's largest minority population, the increase is expected to come at a robust rate of 8.5 and 8.7 percent, respectfully, over the next couple years.

But how much and whom depends on who's talking and what yardstick is used.

More youthful population posed to have greater influence in all segments of American society.

Diversity efforts at one of the world's largest automakers makes good business sense.

The best posture to assume is one of "guarded optimism."

Hispanic nonprofits make progress in struggling enconomy, but troubling signs still loom.