Majority of GM Bondholders Support Debt Swap

Opel Deal Caps Rags-to-Riches Rise of Magna Founder

China Sends Big Buying Delegation to Taiwan

Opel, Chrysler Set to Go to Magna, Fiat

Tiffany Sales Drop Far Less Severe in Asia, Europe

Dollar Sinks on Asia Recovery Signs

U.S. Falls to 2nd in Economic Competitiveness

The United States has lost its place as the world's most competitive economy, mainly because of the financial crisis and accumulated fiscal deficits, according to ...

Japanese Suppliers Seek Gov't Help for GM Bankruptcy

Economic Slump Seen Easing in Q2

Japan's Industrial Output Jumps Most in 56 Years

Durable Goods Orders Rose 1.9% in April

Market Expects Rise in Sales of New Homes, Durable Goods

Japan's Auto Output Continued Slide in April

Japan Retail Sales Fall for 8th Straight Month

AMD Reports Strong Sales on Rising CPU Demand

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. lost money in the third quarter but said Thursday that sales were stronger than expected, adding to mounting evidence that consumer ...

Peanuts Have Crackerjack Year After Salmonella Scare

Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for ...

China to Open Stock Market for Small Firms

Trading on China's new stock market catering to smaller companies will begin Oct. 23, the chairman of the country's securities regulator said Saturday.

2009 Federal Deficit to Reach $1.4 Tril.

What is $1.42 trillion? It's more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of ...

U.S. Assets Attract Rising Foreign Demand

Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets rose in August even though China trimmed its holdings of Treasury securities. Foreigners purchased $28.6 billion more

BOA Reports $2.2 Bil. Loss on Rising Bad Loans

Bank of America Corp. says it lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as its loan losses continued to rise. The nation's second-largest ...

Twitter Launches Japanese Mobile Site

Twitter Inc. now speaks Japanese — and it plans to be multilingual within months. The popular microblogging service launched a Japan-based mobile version Thursday, hoping ...

IBM Profits Jump, Boosts '09 Guidance

IBM Corp. has jacked up its profit guidance for the second time this year, a sign of the company's confidence that it can uncork more ...

Google Earns Record Profit on Revenue Growth

Google Inc. shifted into a higher gear in the third quarter and began to leave the recession behind as the 11-year-old Internet search leader recorded ...

California Home Sales Up 1% in September

The number of homes sold in California last month ticked up last month from August, as low mortgage rates and eagerness to cash in on ...

India's Natural Gas Tied Up by Brothers' $17 Bil. Fued

An ashen Anil Ambani, one of the world's richest men, stood before a clutter of television cameras, close to tears. "There is only pain, hurt ...

China Sept. Data Shows Return to Robust Growth

China's foreign direct investment and power usage rose in September, in the latest evidence the country's economic recovery is gaining momentum. Foreign direct investment in ...

Gap to Resume TV Ads, Expand into China

The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus,

House Banking Panel Votes to Regulate Derivatives

A House panel voted Thursday to regulate for the first time privately traded derivatives, the kind of exotic financial instruments that helped bring down Lehman ...

Goldman Earnings Top $3 Bil. on Trading Profits

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings more than tripled from the depths of the financial crisis as income from the company's trading operations offset a ...

VisionChina Media to Buy Subway Advertising Leader

VisionChina Media Inc., which operates digital advertising screens on mass transportation systems in China, said Thursday it will buy subway advertising company Digital Media Group ...

Asian Markets Extend Rally on U.S. Profits Data

Asian stocks extended their rise Thursday after better-than-expected earnings reports from U.S. companies helped push the Dow Jones industrial average pass the 10,000 mark for ...

S&P Downgrades Southwest Airlines

Standard & Poor's downgraded Southwest Airlines Co. one notch on Wednesday, citing lower demand for travel and weak pricing that have cut into the company's ...

JPMorgan Earned $3.6 Bil. Despite High Loan Losses

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported strong third-quarter earnings Wednesday as its thriving investment banking business more than offset rising loan losses that the bank warned ...

Morgan Stanley Sells Consumer Unit to Invesco

Morgan Stanley said Tuesday it will sell its retail asset management business, including the Van Kampen division, to money manager Invesco Ltd. for $1.5 billion ...

Yahoo Q3 Profits Triple on Cost-Cutting, Ad Recovery

Yahoo Inc. may finally be pulling out of a three-year slump that cast aside two CEOs and spurred a cost-cutting campaign that led to about ...

UAL Says Business Travel Improving Despite Loss

United Airlines said on Tuesday that it's seeing early signs of a recovery in business travel as it reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss. The recession ...

Coach Sales Rise with Help from Lower-Priced Line

Coach Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell slightly, but revenue rose as new, lower-priced handbag lines helped juice sales. The company blamed heavy promotions spurred by ...

Asia Stocks Up, Europe Down on U.S. Earnings

Most Asian stock markets climbed Tuesday as a rash of better-than-expected earnings reports from major U.S. companies buttressed confidence in the world economy. European markets ...

Toyota Pushes into Hyundai Country

Toyota is making a push into South Korea — the home market of international rival Hyundai Motor Co. — introducing four models including the Camry ...

Toyota Unveils Bigger Hybrid-Only Model

Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology ...

China Crosses 10 Mil. A Year Auto Production Mark

China's annual auto production surpassed 10 million for the first time on Tuesday, as a new "Liberation" model truck rolled off the assembly line at ...

Video Game Sales Improve in September

After six straight months of double-digit declines, U.S. video game sales finally saw an improvement in September. But the rebound was much more muted than ...

Honda May Move Fit Production to U.S.

Honda Motor Co. says it may move production of the popular Fit hatchback to the U.S. to offset the effects of a stronger yen. Spokesman ...

Online Subs Put WSJ Ahead of USA Today

The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States. The Audit Bureau of Circulations won't be releasing ...

Apple Earnings Surge 47% on iPhone Sales

Apple Inc. increased its net income 47 percent in the most recent quarter as more people bought Mac computers and gave in to the iPhone ...

Stocks Rise as Earnings Beat Views

Investors found a fresh appetite for stocks Monday after a handful of earnings reports revived hopes that the economy is improving.

JAL Shares Surge on Gov't Rescue Plan

Shares of Japan Airlines surged nearly 12 percent Monday following a report the government is expediting a rescue for the struggling carrier.

China Growth Over 7% for Jan-Sept 2009

China's economy expanded more than 7 percent in the first nine months of the year and will certainly surpass the 2009 growth target of 8 ...

Asia Stocks Rise Eyeing U.S., China Earnings

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as investors looked to bellwether U.S. companies and China for guideposts to the strength of recovery in two ...