Standard Chartered Reports Record Annual Profit

Standard Chartered PLC on Wednesday reported a seventh consecutive record ...

Costco Reports Rising Profits on Strong Global Growth

Strong overseas sales growth and increased gasoline prices boosted Costco ...

Radisson to Get $1.5 Bil. Upmarket Makeover in U.S.

Radisson hotels are getting a $1.5 billion luxury rebranding and ...

Toyota to Spend $250 Mil. to Help California Employees

Toyota said Wednesday it will spend $250 million to assist ...

Hulu May Start Charging for Access to Videos

Hulu's days as a free online video site could be ...

China's BYD Triples Profits Ahead of U.S. Plug-In Launch

BYD, the Chinese automaker with backing from billionaire Warren Buffett, ...

Lenovo to Refocus Business on Mobile Internet Devices

Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up ...

Haier Sells GE Appliances in Rural China

Chinese appliance maker Haier says it has joined with General ...

China Regulator Threatens Consequences for Google

China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey ...

European Markets Rise on Industrial Output Growth

European stock markets rose Friday after a strong set of ...

Surprise Retail Sales Growth Offset by Inventory Data

Stocks are rising in early trading after retail sales unexpectedly ...

Oil Demand Growth in 2010 to Be Led by China

World oil demand will rise this year due to surging ...

China to Bid on Building U.S. High-Speed Train Lines

China plans to bid for contracts to build U.S. high-speed ...

China's New Generation Choosy About Factory Jobs

Factory worker Chen Qinghai frowned as he looked at a ...

China Takes $3.1 Bil. Stake in Argentine Energy Firm

Leading offshore producer China National Offshore Oil Corp. said Sunday ...

Feds Can't Replicate Runaway Prius Claim

Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government could ...

Lawyer Rebuts Prius Acceleration Probe Results

The mystery surrounding a Toyota Prius whose driver reported a ...

U.S. Video Game Sales Fell 15% in February

U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in ...

Facebook Opens Operations Office in India

Social networking site Facebook is opening an operations office in ...

World Stocks Dip on Finance Reform Bill Anxiety

World stock markets fell Monday as investors fretted about the ...

Continental to Start Charging for Food

Continental Airlines is ending free hamburgers, barbecue and sandwich rolls ...

Toyota Dismisses March 8 Prius Acceleration Story

Toyota Motor Corp. dismissed the story of a man who ...

Twitter Still Blocked but Working on Mandarin Signup

Twitter is working on a way to allow Chinese users ...

Toyota to See Solid Profits Despite High Costs of Recalls

A massive global recall, mounting legal bills and a battered ...

Google's Likely Pullout Would Change China Tech Landscape

China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely ...

Toyota Engineers Head to New York Prius Crash

Toyota engineers on Wednesday will examine a Prius in suburban ...

Fed Keeps Interest at Record Lows on High Jobless Rate

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday repeated its pledge to hold ...

iPads May Help Boost Magazine Circulations

Magazine publishers may have a new way to boost flagging ...

Microsoft's Bing Gains Search Share from Google, Yahoo

Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine gained market share in the ...

Japan Revises Down Q4 Growth Rate

Japan says its economy grew notably less in the fourth ...

Daimler Sells Off Stake in India's Tata Motors

German automaker Daimler AG says it has sold all of ...

China Passenger Car Sales Jumped 55% in February

China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year ...

Ford Launches First Subcompact Made for India

Ford Motor Co. launched its first made-for-India compact car Tuesday, ...

Cisco Debuts High-Speed Router for Internet Backbone

Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one ...

Success of Specials Masks TV's Shrinking Audience

While special events are doing very well for broadcasters — ...

China February Exports, Imports Soar 45%

China's exports rose in February in a new sign of ...

Working Chinese Left Out of Soaring Housing Market

The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way ...

Asian Stocks Trade in Narrow Range Again

Asian stock markets were little moved in early trading Wednesday ...

Bailout Firms' Stocks Surge on Likely Sale by Gov't

Shares of four companies that have received huge infusions of ...

Samsung, Panasonic Begin Selling 3-D TVs

Want to be the first one on your block with ...

Inventories Fell Despite 10th Monthly Sales Rise

Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January ...

Japan Central Bank Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged

Cable Operators Ask FCC to Stop Network Blackouts

The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. ...

Prius Complaints May Be Feeding on Themselves

Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked ...

India Aims to Pass China As Fastest Growing Economy

Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who ...

China's Inflation Rate Surges in February

China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on ...

Sony Hopes Sophisticated Motion Controller Is Wii-Killer

Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come ...

Trade Deficit Shrank on Falling Oil, Auto Imports

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a ...

Bank of Korea Keeps Interest Rates at Historic Lows

South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate at ...

China Inflation Fears Subdue Stock Markets

The stock market traded in a tight range for a ...