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The warning from Dick’s Sporting Goods shows that even the most concerned gun enthusiast has concluded there’s no effort to limit weapon sales, writes Steve Goldstein. ...

Car company announces 29th recall in the year to date. ...

Gold futures find little reason to rally after the World Gold Council reports that first-quarter gold demand was nearly unchanged from a year ago. ...

Retailers commanded the market’s attention on Tuesday as Staples and Urban Outfitters slide on quarterly results while Home Depot gained after reporting a growth in earnings. ...

It’s nearly impossible to make money in a crowded news industry, writes Todd Harrison. ...

Software giant is aiming for laptop power with latest tablet effort ...

In China’s economy bubble, construction plays a key role. That’s not a surprise because construction is commonly debt financed ....

Smith doesn’t whine about wealth inequality or call for wealth redistribution. Instead, he opens up the drain lines to see what is down there......

Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday’s session are Home Depot., Staples, and Salesforce.com.  ...

How Internet access and pay-TV in the U.S. could become a three-horse race. ...

Urban Outfitters shares decline after first-quarter earnings fall short of Wall Street expectations even though revenue comes in better than expected. ...

GoPro, a maker of wearable cameras that have become popular with professional athletes, has publicly revealed its paperwork for an IPO that could reach $100 million. ...

Credit Suisse became the first financial institution in more than a decade to plead guilty to a crime when the Swiss bank admitted it conspired to aid tax evasion and agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle a long-running probe by the U.S. Justice Department. ...

The financial statements filed with U.S. regulators by extreme-sports-camera company GoPro Inc. in connection with its proposed public offering show a growing company with strong profits, an anomaly in Silicon Valley at the moment. But the slowing of its first-quarter revenue growth may discourage some investors, writes Therese Poletti. ...

Thailand’s armed forces declare martial law in a surprise predawn move but say it isn’t staging a coup d’état to end the country’s sometimes violent political conflicts. ...

Seventy-nine percent of Millennial parents and 70% of Generation X parents make major purchasing decisions around their children, according to a new report. ...

Data released Tuesday by the American Customer Service Index show that cable companies are one of the most hated industries in America. ...

Satellite broadcaster is absent from latest wave of deals in communications sector. ...

Oil futures extend gains from last week, boosted by violence in Ukraine and Libya. ...

Low mortgage rates have cut the cost of borrowing, driving down the interest that Americans pay on their home loans to the slowest pace in almost 14 years. But that doesn’t mean that families are splurging. And despite a run-up in home prices over the past year, few are pulling cash out of their homes and credit-card debt is continuing to tumble. ...