Surprise Drop in Jobless Rate Spurs Optimism

A surprising drop in the unemployment rate and far fewer ...

Chevron to End East Coast Retail Operations

Chevron will pull its name from about 1,100 service stations ...

Tuna Farmers Raise Real Chicken of the Sea

Thousands of tuna, their silver bellies bloated with fat, swim ...

Kuwait Takes $1.1 Bil. Profit from Sale of Citi Stake

Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund said Sunday it booked a profit ...

China Wind Power Companies Expand Overseas

China's Goldwind Science & Technology Ltd. is one of the ...

Hawaii, California, Vegas Vie for Chinese Travelers

Hawaii, California and Las Vegas are among American tourist destinations ...

Online Ad Revenues Show Quarterly Rebound

Online advertising revenue in the U.S. fell 5.4 percent in ...

Toyota Slashes Executive Bonuses 20%

Toyota is slashing bonus pay for managers as the Japanese ...

China Stimulus Could Fuel Trade Conflicts Says EU Report

China's stimulus spending has fueled massive overexpansion in industrial capacity ...

Sony Pins Turnaround Hopes on 3D, OLEDs

A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV ...

Japan's Recovery Threatened by Deflation, High Yen

Japan got word Friday that prices fell again in October, ...

Japanese Carmakers Boost Production, Sales

Honda Motor Co. set record production in Asia and China ...

Asian Stocks Fall on Dubai Fears, Low Dollar

Asian stock markets tumbled Friday, with Hong Kong and South ...

iPhone Rings Up Impressive Orders Ahead of Korea Launch

The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz ...

Sina Sells Shares to Chao's V.I. Holding Company

Sina Corp., an operator of Chinese language Web sites, said ...

Horse Industry Monitors Dubai Crisis

The debt crisis in Dubai was being closely monitored Friday ...

iPhone Arrives in Korea to Rockabilly, Lines

Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday ...

Black Friday Spending Edges Up, Online Soars

Shoppers who endured long lines and sometimes-frigid temperatures spent only ...

Japan Consumer Spending Rose 2.6% in August

Japan's jobless rate fell and household spending climbed in August ...

Road Out of Recession May Be Long, With Surprises

The road from recession to recovery is rarely smooth, straight ...

Emerging Markets to Dominate Global Economy

The world economy will start growing again in 2010 but ...

Sharp Gains Edge with Fully Automated LCD Plant

Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding ...

Sands China Tumbles 13% After IPO

Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Macau operation tumbled more than 13 ...

National Parks Seek Cut of Science Profits

A soon-to-be-implemented policy for scientists who are permitted to conduct ...

Newspapers Consider Alternatives to Google

There's an intriguing idea floating around the media: Microsoft Corp. ...

Oct. Global Chip Sales Down on Year, Up on Month

Worldwide semiconductor sales fell 3.5 percent in October from a ...

Continental Shifts to Cashless Cabin Purchases

Continental Airlines Inc. said Monday that credit and debit cards ...

GE to Buy Vivendi's Stake in NBC for Comcast Deal

General Electric Co. has reached an agreement to buy the ...

Asian Markets Recover As Dubai Fears Ease

Asian stock markets rose Tuesday following modest gains on Wall ...

Japan Central Bank Boosts Money Supply

Japan's central bank decided Tuesday to further ease monetary policy ...

U.S. Manufacturing Grew on Overseas Demand

U.S. manufacturing activity likely continued to grow in November as ...

Disenfranchised Chrysler Dealers Forced into Fire Sales

Japanese Firms Cut Spending by Record Amount

Prius Regains Top Spot in Japan Amid Green Car Surge

U.S. Pork Industry Suspects Motive for China, Russia Bans

Wal-Mart to Create 22,000 New Jobs in 2009

Jobs Data Offsets Weak Retail Sales

Productivity Increase Better Than Expected in Q1

Mitsubishi Unveils $47,000 All-Electric Plug-In

Surprise Jobs Data Sends World Markets Surging

Toyota Strains to Meet Surging Demand for New Prius

Merck Heart, Kidney Drug Fails Late-Stage Clinical Trial

Job Losses Slow As Unemployment Hits 9.4%

GM Breakup Gives U.S. Market Access to More Foreign Cars

Taiwan May Loosen Restrictions on China Chip Investments

Yahoo CEO Says Microsoft Deal Not Key to Bright Future

Audi, BMW Report Surprisingly Strong Demand in May

China Eastern, Shanghai Airlines Trading Suspended

McDonalds Same Store Sales Rose 5.1%

Apple Unveils New iPhone, Cuts Entry Price to $99