Networks May Ditch Broadcast TV As Ad Profits Shrink

For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, ...

Consumer Confidence Up in December but Still Weak

Americans are ending 2009 feeling better about the economy than ...

Nokia Claims All Apple Products Infringe Patents

Nokia Corp. is broadening a legal dispute it already has ...

GMAC Gets $3.5 Bil. More Federal Aid

GMAC Financial Services is expected to receive $3.5 billion more ...

Japan Almost Makes Up for Plunge in U.S. Hawaii Visits

The number of visitors traveling to Hawaii fell 1.4 percent ...

JAL Shares Dive on New Bankruptcy Fears

Ford Shakes Up U.S. Car Market with Transit Connect

The new Ford Transit Connect has a strange name, a ...

Kodak Sells Organic LED Unit to LG

Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday it had completed the previously ...

Carmakers Can't Meet China's Exploding Demand

Minivan salesman Zhu Yi has a problem that most auto ...

Whole Foods Founder Wants to Go Back to Healthy Roots

The chocolate fountain is a symbol for Whole Foods CEO ...

Hyundai Launches China Truck Venture

Hyundai Motor Co. said Sunday it has agreed to launch ...

Made-for-Web Shows Start Seeing Off-Line Profits

Web sites that buy original video clips often pay so ...

Natural Gas May Power Global Warming Fight

An unlikely source of energy has emerged to meet international ...

Wall Street Awaits Visit from Santa Claus Rally

Skeptical kids can doubt whether Santa Claus exists. But for ...

Japan Encouraged by Smaller Export Decline

Japan's exports posted their smallest fall in 14 months in ...

Sands Delays Singapore Casino Opening to April

Las Vegas Sands Chairman Sheldon Adelson said the opening of ...

China's 8% GDP Target for 2010 Seen As Conservative

China's government is targeting 8 percent growth next year as ...

Gasoline Prices Flatten Below $2.60

The world's biggest oil producers seem content with the price ...

Ray Young Replaced As GM CFO by Microsoft CFO

General Motors Co. has hired the chief financial officer of ...

Amkor Raises Q4 Outlook on Surprising Chip Demand

Amkor Technology Inc. raised its fourth-quarter revenue outlook Monday, citing ...

Second Boeing 787 Set for Tuesday Test flight

Boeing says its second 787 will take to the skies ...

Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo for Space Tourists

After five years of secret construction, the cloak is coming ...

Economic Growth Accelerates in 4th Quarter

The economy started the year in free-fall but is on ...

Home Sales Rose Again in November

Home resales are expected to have risen to their highest ...

Microsoft Ordered to Change Word Software Code

A federal appeals court ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay a ...

A-Power Wins Biomass Power Plant Contract in Thailand

A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. said Tuesday that it has ...

Louisiana Rice Hopes to Replace Thai Jasmine in U.S.

The U.S. rice industry is making way for the Jazzman. ...

Jump in U.S. Home Resales Boosts Asia, Europe

Asian and European stock markets were higher Wednesday after a ...

China Plan for Rare Earth Reserve Worries Tech Sector

China will create a reserve for rare earths next year ...

Ford to Complete Volvo Sale to Geely in Q1

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it is close to selling ...

Samsung to Pay Kodak for Patent Infringement

Eastman Kodak says electronics maker Samsung Electronics has agreed to ...

New Home Sales Plunged 11% in November

Sales of new homes plunged unexpectedly last month to the ...

China Firm Gets Control of Hawaii Solar Panel Supplier

A Chinese company is now the majority owner of a ...

Blackberry Slammed by 2nd Outage in Week

When Corey Marshall's Blackberry mysteriously stopped sending and receiving messages, ...

Praxair to Sell Key Gases to China Solar Panel Maker

Praxair Inc.'s Chinese unit has signed a multiyear agreement to ...

Singapore Economy Grows for 2nd Straight Qtr

Singapore said its economy would expand as little as 3 ...

Sony Chief Outlines Turnaround Plan

Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and ...

U.S., Japan Expected to Recover Faster than EU

The world's rich and developed economies will grow faster next ...

GM Analysts Predict Strong November Sales

U.S. auto sales could top an annual rate of 10.8 ...

Dollar Rises, Stocks Fall on Weak Economic Data

Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of ...

Old Navy Recovery Boosts Gap Profits

Shoppers spent more money at low-price Old Navy stores in ...

Nissan Makes Bid for Electric-Car Leadership

The head of the Nissan-Renault alliance said Thursday that customers' ...

Sony Hopes Online Service Will Build Brand Loyalty

Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its ...

IPO Boom Looks to Continue into 2010

The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation ...

Electronic Editions Save Some Papers from Sharp Declines

While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, ...

Employers to Add Jobs Starting Q1

Economists expect the joblessness that has weighed down the nation's ...

California Squeezes into Europe's Olive Oil Monopoly

An oil boom is under way in California's agricultural heartland, ...

Gold Hits Record High As World Markets Rally

World markets rose sharply Monday amid further hopeful signs about ...

Home Construction Slowdown Cools Stock Market

Investors are turning cautious as an unexpected drop in home ...

Home Sales Growth Restarts Stock Rally

Investors halted stocks' three-day losing streak Monday, buying across the ...