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Honda Fit Hybrid Goes on Sale in Japan

Honda's new hybrid Fit subcompact went on sale in Japan ...

China Launches Quest for Domestic Potash Sources

China has launched a search for domestic sources of potash ...

95,000 Jobs Lost in Sept on Massive Gov't Layoffs

A wave of government layoffs in September outpaced weak hiring ...

Wholesale Buying, Inventories Rise

Businesses have been restocking store shelves since the recession ended, ...

China Oil Co Signs Big Gas Deal with French Utility

Chinese offshore oil and gas company CNOOC agreed Saturday to ...

China Signals Gradual Rise in Yuan Value

The head of China's central bank says he agrees that ...

Google Tests Self-Driving Cars on Calif. Roads

Google Inc. is road-testing cars that steer, stop and start ...

China Buys a Third of Chesapeake's S. Tex Oil Field

China's state-owned offshore oil and gas company has bought a ...

World Markets Flat, Dollar Slides Awaiting Fed Move

World stock markets were steady Thursday ahead of European interest ...

Stalled Foreclosures Could Derail Housing Recovery

Karl Case, the co-creator of a widely watched housing market ...

World Stocks Stay Up on Fed Easing Hopes

Global stock markets rose Monday amid ongoing expectations that the ...

Microsoft Stakes Wireless Future on Cell Phone Software

Microsoft Corp. knows the cell phone world is where it's ...

IBM Shares Hit All-Time High Monday

IBM shares hit an all-time high Monday. The stock rode ...

Stocks Fall As China Seeks to Slow Lending

Stock futures dropped Tuesday following reports that China is again ...

Icahn Tries to Fold MGM into Lions Gate

Lions Gate is offering to combine its business with MGM ...

France Begins Mass Strikes Over Pension Reforms

Workers tried to shut down France on Tuesday with strikes ...

Fed Rate Setter Dampens Market Hopes

World markets fell Tuesday after a leading U.S. rate-setter dampened ...

Pfizer to Buy King Pharmaceutical

Pfizer Inc., the world's largest pharmaceutical company by revenue, said ...

China Raises Big Bank Reserve Ratio for 2 Months

China has raised reserve requirements for the six biggest commercial ...

Google to Build Off-Shore Wind Farms

Google will invest heavily in a network of deepwater transmission ...

Apple Shares Touch New Record on iPad Hopes

Apple Inc.'s stock flirted with $300 Tuesday as investors high ...

Fed Leans toward 2-Step Stimulus

The Federal Reserve is leaning toward taking two steps to ...

Retail Sales Rose Modestly in September

Americans kept spending carefully last month, buying electronics and back-to-school ...

Toshiba Unveils Glasses-Free 3-D TVs

Toshiba Corp. believes it has a solution for television viewers ...

Sanofi-Aventis Launches Hostile Bid for Genzyme

France's Sanofi-Aventis on Monday launched an $18.5 billion hostile takeover ...

Asia Stocks Up, Europe Down Ahead of U.S. Data

The continued relative strength of the yen hurt Japanese stocks ...

Poor Americans Bear High Cost of Going Bankless

The nickel-and-diming never stopped. The fees were constant: $28 to ...

Toyota Repaired 3.7 Mil. Cars Under Recalls

Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it had fixed about 3.7 ...

Feds Sue 3 Major Credit Card Cos., Settle with 2

The Justice Department on Monday sued the three largest U.S. ...

Foreigners Find Irresistable Deals in U.S. Housing Bust

The Viceroy, a swanky condominium complex in downtown Miami, gives ...

Content Partners Sign Up for Google TV's October Launch

Google Inc.'s effort to wed Web surfing with television viewing ...

Japan Cuts Key Interest Rate to Near Zero

Japan's central bank has cut its key interest rate to ...

Eurozone Retail Sales Fell Unexpectedly in August

Retail sales in the 16 countries that use the euro ...

Japanese Stocks Lead World Markets After Rate Cut

Japanese stocks led world markets higher Tuesday after the country's ...

Service Sector Grew in September for 9th Straight Month

The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominate employer, expanded in ...

Ford to Cut Lincoln Dealerships to Revitalize Brand

Ford Motor Co. plans to eliminate more than a third ...

Stocks Tilt Back Up After Fed Speaks

Stocks and bonds rose Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said ...

Asia, Europe Stocks Rally on Fed Rate Cut Hopes

Global stock markets extended their rally Wednesday as investors remained ...

Costco Income Rises on Overseas Strength

Increased revenue from selling memberships and strength overseas helped push ...

J&J Buys Dutch Biotech Crucell for $2.41 Bil.

Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it is buying Crucell N.V. ...

China Growth to Offset U.S. Weakness Says IMF

The global economy will likely strengthen the rest of this ...

Fitch Downgrades Ireland Credit Rating

Ratings agency Fitch cut Ireland's credit worthiness another notch Wednesday, ...

Apple Readies iPhone for CDMA Markets

A new report says Apple is getting ready to manufacture ...

Midnight Grocery Runs a Sign of Hard Times

Once a month, just after midnight, the beeping checkout scanners ...

GE Taps Natural Gas Boom with Dresser Deal

General Electric Co. is expanding its energy business by tapping ...

Cisco to Sell HD Home Video-Conferencing Box

Cisco Systems Inc., seeking to become a bigger name in ...

Verizon Wireless to Roll Out 4G in 38 Cities

Verizon Wireless said Wednesday that its new wireless broadband network, ...

Samsung Expects Earnings to Fall Below Record

Samsung Electronics, the world's biggest seller of computer memory chips, ...

Japan Forex Reserves Hit New High After Failed Intervention

Japan's foreign exchange reserves hit an all-time high in September ...

Toyota Steps Up Efforts to Win Back Customers

Aiming to win back customer trust after its string of ...