New Jobless Claims Show Surprising Rise
First-time claims for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week, a sign employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak. And ...
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GM Kills Off Saturn
For those who expected General Motors' once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, there has been a sad twist. Saturn, once billed ...
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Microsoft Video on Windows 7 Launch Parties Amuses
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TV Nets Weave More Ads into Series Plotlines
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Stocks Fall After Home Sales Data Shows Drop
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GM Ends Trial Selling Cars on eBay
General Motors Co. said Tuesday that it is concluding its partnership with eBay Inc. in which the automaker used the auction site to sell new ...
CIT May File Chapt. 11 If Lender Meeting Fails
CIT Group Inc.'s shares soared Tuesday on a report that hedge fund manager John Paulson is considering merging the troubled finance company with failed mortgage ...
China Romantic Comedy Gets Fox Investment
Fox Filmed Entertainment says it has invested in its first Chinese film, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to enter the booming mainland movie market. The ...
AT&T to Sell Garmin GPS-Hybrid Nuvifone
After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S. Garmin, based in ...
Leading China Filmmaker Plans $91 Mil. IPO
Huayi Brothers, one of China's leading filmmakers, has listed itself on ChiNext with an eye toward raising 620 million Chinese yuan ($91 million) in an ...
Warner to Return Music to YouTube Under New Deal
Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to return songs and music videos from its artists to the YouTube video site, after a monthslong boycott over ...
Singapore Recoups Half of Big Loss from Crash
Singapore state investment company GIC said Tuesday its investments fell more than 20 percent in the 12 months ending March, but have recovered more than ...
Young Americans Seek Careers in China
When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took ...
Intel's Hardball Sales Tactics Detailed by EU
The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over ...
Emmies Show Acknowledges Decline of TV
A year after its least-watched telecast ever, the Emmy Awards plaintively acknowledged TV's changing role in the Internet age, bringing a collective sense of reckoning ...
World Markets Slip Ahead of Fed Meeting
World stock markets were modestly lower Monday as investors look to this week's Federal Reserve meeting for more clues about the strength of the U.S. ...
10 Mil. Jobs Would Reward Climate Action Says Blair
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes to break the "deadlock" in global climate talks with evidence that 10 million jobs could be ...
California Moves toward Major Tax Overhaul
A special commission this week is scheduled to recommend a sweeping overhaul of California's antiquated tax system, a move designed to bring fiscal sanity to ...
Wynn Boosts Size of HK IPO for Macau Assets
Casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd. will increase the size of its Hong Kong initial public offering for its Macau casino assets, as it looks to ...
Many Publishers to Start Charging for Online News
With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some ...
Meltdown Shattered Cherished Assumptions About Investing
The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way. Last year's financial meltdown knocked the ...
Dell to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9
Dell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business ...
China Says State Firm Profits Fell Last Year
Profit at China's top state-owned companies fell 30 percent last year, hurt by the global financial crisis, but assets have increased. The 141 banks, airlines, ...
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 ...
Arena's Obesity Drug Effective but Disappointing
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. says its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin succeeded in a clinical study, but the drug did not appear to be as effective as ...
Housing, Jobless Data Show Fragile Recovery
Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week. Still, the reports suggested ...
World's Carmakers All Aboard Electric Bandwagon
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U.S. Net Worth Grew for First Time Since 2007
Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded. Still, household ...
Fed Likely to Leave Supports in Place
Nurturing a nascent recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low and probably will keep other economic ...
World Stocks Fall on Jitters Over Possible Stimulus Cuts
World stock markets fell Thursday amid a big drop in oil prices and as investors worried that support measures for the fragile global economy will ...
Japan Air Lines Seeks Bailout
The president of Japan Airlines said Thursday the money-losing carrier is applying for public funds to help turn around a company that's been pummeled by ...
Falling Exports Keep Japan Mired in Recession
Japan's exports tumbled 36 percent in August — with car shipments falling by half — and imports also contracted sharply, the government said Thursday, showing ...
Honda Introduces Tiny Personal Mobility Device
Honda's new "personal mobility" device looks like a unicycle, but all you need to do to zip around on it — sideways as well as ...
Baidu Founder Robin Li a Rock Star in Google Country
The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University — and it wasn't one of the guys that ...
Top Russian Tycoon to Buy New Jersey Nets
Could the New Jersey Nets become the Nyets? The basketball team once known as the New Jersey Americans is a step closer to being owned ...
Stocks Take Break from Rally Ahead of Fed Decision
Stock futures are creeping higher Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. Markets overseas were mixed. Asian markets fell slightly overnight, ...
Choosy McDonald's Sets Rules for Potato Farmers
From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: ...
Sanyo Aims to Keep Top Battery Spot into Age of Plug-Ins
Sanyo is aiming to maintain its position as the world's No. 1 in rechargeable batteries in the years ahead, taking advantage of the size
Ford Adds Low-Cost Compact to India Lineup
Ford Motor Co. will manufacture a low-cost compact car in India from early next year, the automaker said Wednesday, as it seeks to boost sales ...
Yahoo to Spend $100 Mil. to Build Brand Buzz
Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to ...
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 ...
Suntory Bids $2.7 Bil. for European Drink Maker Orangina
Japan's Suntory Holdings has made a binding offer to buy European drink maker Orangina from private equity firms Blackstone and Lion Capital, the equity firms ...
Singapore Cuts Citigroup Holdings to Below 5%
A Singapore sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it has cut its stake in Citigroup Inc. from 9 percent to below 5 percent, reducing its holding ...
Facebook Scraps Beacon Tracking to Settle Lawsuits
Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over ...
August Leading Indicators Higher Than Forecast
A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the recession has ended. The Conference Board said ...
Sprint Nextel Reverses Subscriber Losses
Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday that it gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve
Siemens Reports 4% Revenue Growth
A strong increase in orders in a recovering economy helped push earnings at Siemens AG 9 percent higher
New Jobless Claims Show Surprising Rise
First-time claims for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week, a sign employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak. And ...
GM Kills Off Saturn
For those who expected General Motors' once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, there has been a sad twist. Saturn, once billed ...
Economy Shows Many Recovery Signs
Consumer spending, the bulwark of economic growth, is showing signs of life as the economy transitions from recession to recovery. The key question is whether ...
Microsoft Video on Windows 7 Launch Parties Amuses
You almost have to feel bad for Microsoft. The software maker isn't known for hip marketing tactics, and now that a Windows 7 video has ...
TV Nets Weave More Ads into Series Plotlines
In television's latest quest to discourage viewers from skipping ads, actors from NBC and ABC shows are appearing in character in commercials to interact with ...
Stocks Fall After Home Sales Data Shows Drop
Investors pulled away from stocks after an unexpected drop in home sales and a slide in oil prices fanned worries about the pace of the ...
GM Ends Trial Selling Cars on eBay
General Motors Co. said Tuesday that it is concluding its partnership with eBay Inc. in which the automaker used the auction site to sell new ...
CIT May File Chapt. 11 If Lender Meeting Fails
CIT Group Inc.'s shares soared Tuesday on a report that hedge fund manager John Paulson is considering merging the troubled finance company with failed mortgage ...
China Romantic Comedy Gets Fox Investment
Fox Filmed Entertainment says it has invested in its first Chinese film, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to enter the booming mainland movie market. The ...
AT&T to Sell Garmin GPS-Hybrid Nuvifone
After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S. Garmin, based in ...
Leading China Filmmaker Plans $91 Mil. IPO
Huayi Brothers, one of China's leading filmmakers, has listed itself on ChiNext with an eye toward raising 620 million Chinese yuan ($91 million) in an ...
Warner to Return Music to YouTube Under New Deal
Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to return songs and music videos from its artists to the YouTube video site, after a monthslong boycott over ...
Singapore Recoups Half of Big Loss from Crash
Singapore state investment company GIC said Tuesday its investments fell more than 20 percent in the 12 months ending March, but have recovered more than ...
Young Americans Seek Careers in China
When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took ...
Intel's Hardball Sales Tactics Detailed by EU
The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over ...
Emmies Show Acknowledges Decline of TV
A year after its least-watched telecast ever, the Emmy Awards plaintively acknowledged TV's changing role in the Internet age, bringing a collective sense of reckoning ...
World Markets Slip Ahead of Fed Meeting
World stock markets were modestly lower Monday as investors look to this week's Federal Reserve meeting for more clues about the strength of the U.S. ...
10 Mil. Jobs Would Reward Climate Action Says Blair
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes to break the "deadlock" in global climate talks with evidence that 10 million jobs could be ...
California Moves toward Major Tax Overhaul
A special commission this week is scheduled to recommend a sweeping overhaul of California's antiquated tax system, a move designed to bring fiscal sanity to ...
Wynn Boosts Size of HK IPO for Macau Assets
Casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd. will increase the size of its Hong Kong initial public offering for its Macau casino assets, as it looks to ...
Many Publishers to Start Charging for Online News
With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some ...
Meltdown Shattered Cherished Assumptions About Investing
The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way. Last year's financial meltdown knocked the ...
Dell to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9
Dell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business ...
China Says State Firm Profits Fell Last Year
Profit at China's top state-owned companies fell 30 percent last year, hurt by the global financial crisis, but assets have increased. The 141 banks, airlines, ...
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 ...
Arena's Obesity Drug Effective but Disappointing
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. says its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin succeeded in a clinical study, but the drug did not appear to be as effective as ...
Housing, Jobless Data Show Fragile Recovery
Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week. Still, the reports suggested ...
World's Carmakers All Aboard Electric Bandwagon
The race is on among the world's auto companies to make electric cars go farther on a single charge, bring the price down to compete ...
U.S. Net Worth Grew for First Time Since 2007
Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded. Still, household ...
Fed Likely to Leave Supports in Place
Nurturing a nascent recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low and probably will keep other economic ...
World Stocks Fall on Jitters Over Possible Stimulus Cuts
World stock markets fell Thursday amid a big drop in oil prices and as investors worried that support measures for the fragile global economy will ...
Japan Air Lines Seeks Bailout
The president of Japan Airlines said Thursday the money-losing carrier is applying for public funds to help turn around a company that's been pummeled by ...
Falling Exports Keep Japan Mired in Recession
Japan's exports tumbled 36 percent in August — with car shipments falling by half — and imports also contracted sharply, the government said Thursday, showing ...
Honda Introduces Tiny Personal Mobility Device
Honda's new "personal mobility" device looks like a unicycle, but all you need to do to zip around on it — sideways as well as ...
Baidu Founder Robin Li a Rock Star in Google Country
The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University — and it wasn't one of the guys that ...
Top Russian Tycoon to Buy New Jersey Nets
Could the New Jersey Nets become the Nyets? The basketball team once known as the New Jersey Americans is a step closer to being owned ...
Stocks Take Break from Rally Ahead of Fed Decision
Stock futures are creeping higher Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. Markets overseas were mixed. Asian markets fell slightly overnight, ...
Choosy McDonald's Sets Rules for Potato Farmers
From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: ...
Sanyo Aims to Keep Top Battery Spot into Age of Plug-Ins
Sanyo is aiming to maintain its position as the world's No. 1 in rechargeable batteries in the years ahead, taking advantage of the size
Ford Adds Low-Cost Compact to India Lineup
Ford Motor Co. will manufacture a low-cost compact car in India from early next year, the automaker said Wednesday, as it seeks to boost sales ...
Yahoo to Spend $100 Mil. to Build Brand Buzz
Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to ...
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 ...
Suntory Bids $2.7 Bil. for European Drink Maker Orangina
Japan's Suntory Holdings has made a binding offer to buy European drink maker Orangina from private equity firms Blackstone and Lion Capital, the equity firms ...
Singapore Cuts Citigroup Holdings to Below 5%
A Singapore sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it has cut its stake in Citigroup Inc. from 9 percent to below 5 percent, reducing its holding ...
Facebook Scraps Beacon Tracking to Settle Lawsuits
Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over ...
August Leading Indicators Higher Than Forecast
A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the recession has ended. The Conference Board said ...
Sprint Nextel Reverses Subscriber Losses
Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday that it gained subscribers in its latest quarter, the first such gain in three years, as it continued to improve
Siemens Reports 4% Revenue Growth
A strong increase in orders in a recovering economy helped push earnings at Siemens AG 9 percent higher
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