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

Amazon Exhorts Judge Chin to Block Google Book Deal

Online bookseller Amazon.com Inc. is warning a federal judge that Internet search leader Google Inc. will be able to gouge consumers and stifle competition if ...

GM Bondholder Offer Fails, Bankruptcy Likely

Toyota Resumes Normal Production, Ramps Up Prius

U.S. May Get Up to 70% of GM Stock

Japan Export Decline Slows in April

Phillips Q3 Profits Treble

Royal Philips Electronics NV reported net profit of €174 million ($256 million) for the third quarter on Monday, three times the depressed levels of a ...

India Auto Sales Jump 17.1% in September

India's auto sales rose 17.1 percent in September from a year earlier to 212,975 vehicles, as holiday buying, easier credit and rising consumer confidence fueled ...

Natural Gas Shale May Be Next Big Boom or Bubble

The promise of enough natural gas to last the United States more than 100 years based on discoveries of vast shale formations could be the ...

Comcast Deal Lets GE Unwind Stake in NBC Universal

A proposed deal to acquire media giant NBC Universal would give current owner General Electric Co. the ability to unwind its stake over several years, ...

Asian Stocks Rise on Solid Growth Data

Most Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday, with Japanese and Hong Kong benchmarks gaining 1 percent or more, amid signs of economic improvement in Asia and ...

China Hainan Airlines to Begin Service to Hawaii

China's Hainan Airlines has received approval to begin service from Beijing to Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Transportation approved the flights, which initially will be ...

Sidekick Phones Lose All Personal, Contacts Data

Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal information they put on the device, including contact numbers, because of a failure of servers ...

Carly Simon Sues Starbucks for Poor Promotion

Singer Carly Simon is suing Starbucks Corp., saying the coffee company's now-defunct music venture didn't adequately promote her 2008 album, dooming the record before it ...

Singapore Economy Surges for 2nd Straight Quarter

Singapore's economy surged for a second straight quarter, and the government boosted its 2009 growth forecast, as manufacturing cemented the city-state's emergence from recession.

2 IPOs to Test U.S. Appetite for China Stocks

Two Chinese IPOs expected to start trading this week are going to be a gauge for Americans' taste for Beijing's offerings, some of which have ...

Russian Economy Sank More than Forecast Says Medvedev

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that Russia's economy was hit harder than expected by the global financial crisis, but Kremlin measures helped the country ...

Comcast to Send Popups to PCs with Virus Infection

Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers — the armies of infected personal computers, known ...

Japan Suspends U.S. Beef Shipments Again for Violation

Japan has suspended beef shipments from an American meatpacking plant after finding cattle parts banned under an agreement to prevent the spread of mad cow ...

Hummer Now Owned by China's Sichuan Tengzhong

Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America's love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker. General Motors ...

USA Today Posts 17% Circulation Drop

USA Today expects to report the largest decline in circulation in its 27-year history, threatening its No. 1 position among U.S. dailies as the growth ...

Shanghai Leads Global Stock Rally on Rising Dollar

Chinese stocks rallied Friday as traders returned to their desks following a weeklong holiday, when the rest of the world's major markets shot higher amid ...

Audi Sales Decline Eased by Strong Asia Growth

German carmaker Audi AG said Friday it delivered 6.8 percent fewer cars in September than a year earlier as the global downturn continued to affect ...

AP, News Corp Want Search Engines to Pay for News

The leaders of two of the world's major news organizations said Friday that it is time for search engines and others who use news content ...

PC Shipments Rise in Q3, Bodes Well for Holidays

Worldwide shipments of personal computers edged back up in the third quarter, according to researchers, a promising sign for the industry as it heads into ...

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 ...

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 ...

Oracle Turns Up Rhetoric As Server Sales Go to IBM

Larry Ellison ratcheted up his rhetoric against IBM Corp. on Wednesday, challenging Oracle Corp.'s longtime partner and rival to "make our day" in a battle ...

Dow Closes Above 10,000 for First Time in Year

The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed five figures Wednesday seven months after ...

Infosys Raises Outlook Despite Profit Dip

Infosys Technologies Ltd. reported a slight decrease in quarterly profit Friday but raised its revenue and earnings forecasts — a signal the worst may be ...

Non-Auto Retail Sales Better Than Expected in Sept.

Retail sales declined in September by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted following the end of the government's popular Cash for Clunkers ...

China Export Slump Eases, Lending Surges

China's export slump eased in September as global demand showed signs of recovery and banks stepped up lending to help fuel a turnaround in the ...

Dollar Hits 14-Month Low Against Euro

The dollar slid to a 14-month low against the euro Wednesday as investor appetite for risk increased following upbeat comments from Intel Corp.

Intel Boosts Wall Street Despite Profits Drop

Intel Corp. has been asserting for months that the personal computer business is rebounding from its deepest slump in nearly a decade. Its stock jumped ...

Kindle eBooks Get Mixed Reviews on College Campuses

It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this ...

Bloomberg to Buy BusinessWeek for Pittance

Bloomberg LP is buying BusinessWeek magazine in a deal that brings together a financial news service specializing in rapid-fire updates with a print publication struggling ...

China Widens Auto Sales Lead with 78% September Jump

China has widened its lead over the U.S. as the world's top auto market, with September sales vaulting 78 percent, spurred by tax cuts and ...

New Apps Turn Cell Phones into Localized Guides

You're walking down the street, looking for a good place to eat. You hold up your cell phone and use it like the viewfinder on ...

Samsung to Report Record Profits for Q3

Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday that profit likely surged in the third quarter on higher sales, amid a brightening outlook for the world's largest manufacturer ...

Bailed Out Dairy Industry Must Restructure: Ag Sect'y

The struggling U.S. dairy industry must be restructured to avoid cycles of boom and bust, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Monday, less than a week ...