Suburban Families Downsize from SUVs to Crossovers
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Stocks Resume Rally After Brief Break
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Asia, Europe Stocks Drop on Export Fear of Weak Dollar
European and Asian stocks drifted lower Wednesday as a drop in the value of the dollar hit world exporters, pushing investors to cash in on ...
Rick Niu Promoted to CMO for ING's US Retirement Services
Rick Niu, who has been heading up ING's multicultural growth strategy and execution in the U.S., was promoted to chief marketing officer for ING U.S. ...
China Could Be $1 Tril. Green Tech Market
China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable "green technologies," a group of businesses and experts said ...
Japanese Machinery Orders Fell 9.3%
Japanese machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of corporate capital spending, fell back in July after rising the previous month, the government said Thursday, suggesting ...
Asia, Europe Rise on Fed Optimism
European and Asian stocks rose Thursday and Wall Street was expected to gain at the open after a Federal Reserve report boosted hopes the U.S. ...
Cal High Court Lets Stand Starbucks Award Reversal
The California Supreme Court will not review a appeals court ruling that wiped out an $86 million judgment against coffee giant Starbucks over tip sharing ...
Rhapsody Streaming Music App Okayed for iPhones
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Fed Survey Shows U.S. Recession Ended
The recession is ending and the economy is finally growing again. That's the message implicit in the Federal Reserve's latest survey of businesses around the ...
Small Businesses Becoming More Optimistic
Small business owners are joining consumers and investors in showing some cautious optimism about the economy. An index that measures owners' optimism rose last month, ...
China's Beijing Auto Joins in Saab Takeover Bid
China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings has struck a preliminary deal to become a minority stakeholder in Koenigsegg Group AB's takeover of Saab Automobile from General ...
Trade, Jobless Data Support Recovery Optimism
The U.S. trade deficit in July hit the highest level in six months as a record rise in imports outpaced a third straight increase in ...
Fed Plan to Boost Int'l Visitors Includes $10 Fee
Lawmakers are working together at least one bipartisan venture before turning their full attention to health care. The Senate appears poised to pass a bill ...
Palm to Release Cheaper Lighter Version of Pre
Palm Inc., which revitalized its product line with the Pre smart phone launch in June, is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of ...
Taxpayers Likely to Lose Billions on Auto Bailout
Taxpayers face losses on a significant portion of the $81 billion in government aid provided to the auto industry, an oversight panel said in a ...
Buyers Hold the Power in Home Sales
The American dream of homeownership is still attainable. Buyers just have to deal with a new set of realities. A year after the collapse of ...
China Commissions World's Biggest Solar Power Plant
First Solar Inc. said Tuesday it has received initial approval from the Chinese government to build what may become the largest solar field in the ...
At 50 Motown Recalls Founder Berry Gordy
On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a little-known group called The Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. ...
Global Stocks Rise on M&A Activity, Recovery Signs
The stock market headed for a higher open Tuesday as merger news raised investors' optimism about an economic recovery. U.S. stock futures rose, following the ...
China Unveils 200-Seat Jet at Asia Air Show
China showcased its newest and biggest commercial plane Tuesday — a jetliner with as many as 200 seats that could boost the country's fledgling aviation ...
Airlines Cut Flights to Lowest Level Since 2001
The U.S. airline industry is shrinking to a size not seen since the months after the 2001 terror attacks. The airlines have been trimming flights ...
Yahoo Gains $150 Mil. on Sale of Alibaba Stake
Yahoo has cashed out of its investment in China's leading e-commerce site, Alibaba.com. The sale announced Monday is expected to generate a pretax windfall of ...
JAL Shares Surge on American, Delta Interest
Shares of Japan Airlines Corp. surged Monday amid speculation that American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are vying to buy stakes in the money-losing carrier. ...
NEC, Casio, Hitachi to Merge Cell Phone Business
Japanese electronics makers NEC Corp., Casio Computer Co. and Hitachi said Monday they will combine their mobile phone handset-manufacturing operations by April next year in ...
Majority of Americans Still Troubled by Economy
One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to ...
World Markets Rattled by U.S.-China Tire Tariff Dispute
European and Asian markets fell Monday, shaken by news of a trade dispute between the U.S. and China over tariffs on tires. Germany's DAX fell ...
U.S. Banks Return to Risky Investments
A year after the financial system nearly collapsed, the nation's biggest banks are bigger and regaining their appetite for risk. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and ...
Last U.S. China Maker Survives on Vintage Design
Born of the Great Depression, it was a glossy, color-saturated line of cups, bowls and plates meant to affordably brighten lives and dinner tables. Seven ...
American, Delta Mull Stake in JAL
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. is negotiating for closer ties and possibly an investment in financially troubled Japan Airlines Corp., according to a person familiar ...
World Stocks Gain on Upbeat Asia Assessment
European stock markets followed Asia higher on Tuesday after the Asian Development Bank upgraded its growth forecasts for major economies like China and India and ...
Struggling JAL Considers Tieup with Air France-KLM
Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. has entered talks with Air France-KLM over a capital tie-up, a newspaper said Saturday. Asia's biggest airline hopes to expand its ...
GM Rescinds Spring's White-Collar Pay Cuts
General Motors Co. has rescinded white-collar pay cuts it made last spring as it desperately tried to conserve cash and avoid filing for bankruptcy protection. ...
World Stocks Rise on Good News from China, U.S.
European and Asian stock markets rose Friday on strong economic data from China and comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who said the financial ...
China Output, Consumer Spending Surged in August
China's recovery gained momentum in August as stimulus spending helped boost industrial output, investment and retail sales in the world's third-largest economy, offsetting a slump ...
China's Exports, Trade Surplus Fell in August
China's exports languished in August, contracting 23 percent, increasing the onus on Beijing's massive stimulus spending to drive an economic recovery. Customs data released Friday ...
Japan's Q2 Growth Was Weaker Than Estimated
Japan's growth in the second quarter was weaker than initially thought, but government figures still show that the world's second largest economy has managed to ...
GM Kicks Off Aggressive Money-Back Campaign
General Motors kicks off a marketing campaign next week pitched by its new chairman and featuring a money-back guarantee — unsatisfied car buyers can get ...
Chinese Gov't to Help Finish Revel's Atlantic City Casino
Revel Entertainment has turned to the Chinese government for help finishing its lavish Atlantic City casino. China State Construction Engineering Corp., the construction arm of ...
IBM Undercuts Google with Corporate Email Service
IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market. The weapon: a bare-bones e-mail service that IBM is selling to ...
Coach Sues Target for Alleged Copies of Handbags
Coach Inc. is suing low-price retailer Target Corp. over bags the luxury handbag maker says too closely resemble its own designs. Coach wants Target to ...
Olympics Urged to Plug into YouTube Generation
The Olympic movement needs to learn from the likes of YouTube or risk losing young viewers for life, IOC members were told Monday. Communications guru ...
Vonage Apps Allow Free Foreign Calls for iPhone, BB
Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of ...
Mazda to Raise $1.1 Bil. for R&D
Japanese automaker Mazda now expects about half the red ink it previously forecast for the fiscal year, crediting a rise in demand from "green" car ...
Consumer Spending Now Driven by Amazing Bargains
There has never been a better time to be a consumer. America is on sale. The Great Recession has caused massive job losses and hardship ...
China Tycoon Floats $8 Bil.-Plan for U.S. Green Cars
Yang Rong was once celebrated as a pioneering automobile entrepreneur who founded the first Chinese company to be listed on Wall Street. Then, seven years ...
Manhattan Apartment Sales Soared in Q3
Blink. What housing downturn? Sales of apartments and co-op units in Manhattan soared between 46 and 69 percent from the second to the third quarter, ...
Japan Consumer Spending Rose 2.6% in August
Japan's jobless rate fell and household spending climbed in August — a double dose of good news for the world's No. 2 economy though it ...
Toyota Warns Against Wrong-Size Floor Mats
Toyota's president said it was "extremely regrettable" an American family died in a crash in which a floor mat in one of the Japanese automaker's ...
Suburban Families Downsize from SUVs to Crossovers
Suburban mom Shana Rampersad is looking for a new family car, and it's got to be fuel efficient, stylish and roomy. That eliminates sedans, sport ...
Multinationals Break Vietnam Laws Promoting Breast-Feeding
Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has ...
Stocks Resume Rally After Brief Break
Investors popped the stock market's rally back in gear Friday after analyst upgrades boosted their optimism about the economy. A 36-point advance in the Dow ...
Asia, Europe Stocks Drop on Export Fear of Weak Dollar
European and Asian stocks drifted lower Wednesday as a drop in the value of the dollar hit world exporters, pushing investors to cash in on ...
Rick Niu Promoted to CMO for ING's US Retirement Services
Rick Niu, who has been heading up ING's multicultural growth strategy and execution in the U.S., was promoted to chief marketing officer for ING U.S. ...
China Could Be $1 Tril. Green Tech Market
China potentially could be a $500 billion to $1 trillion a year market for environmentally sustainable "green technologies," a group of businesses and experts said ...
Japanese Machinery Orders Fell 9.3%
Japanese machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of corporate capital spending, fell back in July after rising the previous month, the government said Thursday, suggesting ...
Asia, Europe Rise on Fed Optimism
European and Asian stocks rose Thursday and Wall Street was expected to gain at the open after a Federal Reserve report boosted hopes the U.S. ...
Cal High Court Lets Stand Starbucks Award Reversal
The California Supreme Court will not review a appeals court ruling that wiped out an $86 million judgment against coffee giant Starbucks over tip sharing ...
Rhapsody Streaming Music App Okayed for iPhones
RealNetworks Inc.'s subscription music service Rhapsody has been approved for use on iPhones and iPod Touches, the first time Apple Inc. has allowed an on-demand ...
Fed Survey Shows U.S. Recession Ended
The recession is ending and the economy is finally growing again. That's the message implicit in the Federal Reserve's latest survey of businesses around the ...
Small Businesses Becoming More Optimistic
Small business owners are joining consumers and investors in showing some cautious optimism about the economy. An index that measures owners' optimism rose last month, ...
China's Beijing Auto Joins in Saab Takeover Bid
China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings has struck a preliminary deal to become a minority stakeholder in Koenigsegg Group AB's takeover of Saab Automobile from General ...
Trade, Jobless Data Support Recovery Optimism
The U.S. trade deficit in July hit the highest level in six months as a record rise in imports outpaced a third straight increase in ...
Fed Plan to Boost Int'l Visitors Includes $10 Fee
Lawmakers are working together at least one bipartisan venture before turning their full attention to health care. The Senate appears poised to pass a bill ...
Palm to Release Cheaper Lighter Version of Pre
Palm Inc., which revitalized its product line with the Pre smart phone launch in June, is hoping to keep momentum going with the release of ...
Taxpayers Likely to Lose Billions on Auto Bailout
Taxpayers face losses on a significant portion of the $81 billion in government aid provided to the auto industry, an oversight panel said in a ...
Buyers Hold the Power in Home Sales
The American dream of homeownership is still attainable. Buyers just have to deal with a new set of realities. A year after the collapse of ...
China Commissions World's Biggest Solar Power Plant
First Solar Inc. said Tuesday it has received initial approval from the Chinese government to build what may become the largest solar field in the ...
At 50 Motown Recalls Founder Berry Gordy
On Jan. 12, 1959, Elvis Presley was in the Army. The Beatles were a little-known group called The Quarrymen casting about for gigs in Liverpool. ...
Global Stocks Rise on M&A Activity, Recovery Signs
The stock market headed for a higher open Tuesday as merger news raised investors' optimism about an economic recovery. U.S. stock futures rose, following the ...
China Unveils 200-Seat Jet at Asia Air Show
China showcased its newest and biggest commercial plane Tuesday — a jetliner with as many as 200 seats that could boost the country's fledgling aviation ...
Airlines Cut Flights to Lowest Level Since 2001
The U.S. airline industry is shrinking to a size not seen since the months after the 2001 terror attacks. The airlines have been trimming flights ...
Yahoo Gains $150 Mil. on Sale of Alibaba Stake
Yahoo has cashed out of its investment in China's leading e-commerce site, Alibaba.com. The sale announced Monday is expected to generate a pretax windfall of ...
JAL Shares Surge on American, Delta Interest
Shares of Japan Airlines Corp. surged Monday amid speculation that American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are vying to buy stakes in the money-losing carrier. ...
NEC, Casio, Hitachi to Merge Cell Phone Business
Japanese electronics makers NEC Corp., Casio Computer Co. and Hitachi said Monday they will combine their mobile phone handset-manufacturing operations by April next year in ...
Majority of Americans Still Troubled by Economy
One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to ...
World Markets Rattled by U.S.-China Tire Tariff Dispute
European and Asian markets fell Monday, shaken by news of a trade dispute between the U.S. and China over tariffs on tires. Germany's DAX fell ...
U.S. Banks Return to Risky Investments
A year after the financial system nearly collapsed, the nation's biggest banks are bigger and regaining their appetite for risk. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and ...
Last U.S. China Maker Survives on Vintage Design
Born of the Great Depression, it was a glossy, color-saturated line of cups, bowls and plates meant to affordably brighten lives and dinner tables. Seven ...
American, Delta Mull Stake in JAL
American Airlines parent AMR Corp. is negotiating for closer ties and possibly an investment in financially troubled Japan Airlines Corp., according to a person familiar ...
World Stocks Gain on Upbeat Asia Assessment
European stock markets followed Asia higher on Tuesday after the Asian Development Bank upgraded its growth forecasts for major economies like China and India and ...
Struggling JAL Considers Tieup with Air France-KLM
Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. has entered talks with Air France-KLM over a capital tie-up, a newspaper said Saturday. Asia's biggest airline hopes to expand its ...
GM Rescinds Spring's White-Collar Pay Cuts
General Motors Co. has rescinded white-collar pay cuts it made last spring as it desperately tried to conserve cash and avoid filing for bankruptcy protection. ...
World Stocks Rise on Good News from China, U.S.
European and Asian stock markets rose Friday on strong economic data from China and comments by U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who said the financial ...
China Output, Consumer Spending Surged in August
China's recovery gained momentum in August as stimulus spending helped boost industrial output, investment and retail sales in the world's third-largest economy, offsetting a slump ...
China's Exports, Trade Surplus Fell in August
China's exports languished in August, contracting 23 percent, increasing the onus on Beijing's massive stimulus spending to drive an economic recovery. Customs data released Friday ...
Japan's Q2 Growth Was Weaker Than Estimated
Japan's growth in the second quarter was weaker than initially thought, but government figures still show that the world's second largest economy has managed to ...
GM Kicks Off Aggressive Money-Back Campaign
General Motors kicks off a marketing campaign next week pitched by its new chairman and featuring a money-back guarantee — unsatisfied car buyers can get ...
Chinese Gov't to Help Finish Revel's Atlantic City Casino
Revel Entertainment has turned to the Chinese government for help finishing its lavish Atlantic City casino. China State Construction Engineering Corp., the construction arm of ...
IBM Undercuts Google with Corporate Email Service
IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market. The weapon: a bare-bones e-mail service that IBM is selling to ...
Coach Sues Target for Alleged Copies of Handbags
Coach Inc. is suing low-price retailer Target Corp. over bags the luxury handbag maker says too closely resemble its own designs. Coach wants Target to ...
Olympics Urged to Plug into YouTube Generation
The Olympic movement needs to learn from the likes of YouTube or risk losing young viewers for life, IOC members were told Monday. Communications guru ...
Vonage Apps Allow Free Foreign Calls for iPhone, BB
Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of ...
Mazda to Raise $1.1 Bil. for R&D
Japanese automaker Mazda now expects about half the red ink it previously forecast for the fiscal year, crediting a rise in demand from "green" car ...
Consumer Spending Now Driven by Amazing Bargains
There has never been a better time to be a consumer. America is on sale. The Great Recession has caused massive job losses and hardship ...
China Tycoon Floats $8 Bil.-Plan for U.S. Green Cars
Yang Rong was once celebrated as a pioneering automobile entrepreneur who founded the first Chinese company to be listed on Wall Street. Then, seven years ...
Manhattan Apartment Sales Soared in Q3
Blink. What housing downturn? Sales of apartments and co-op units in Manhattan soared between 46 and 69 percent from the second to the third quarter, ...
Japan Consumer Spending Rose 2.6% in August
Japan's jobless rate fell and household spending climbed in August — a double dose of good news for the world's No. 2 economy though it ...
Toyota Warns Against Wrong-Size Floor Mats
Toyota's president said it was "extremely regrettable" an American family died in a crash in which a floor mat in one of the Japanese automaker's ...
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