FedEx Sees Solid Global Recovery Led by Asia

FedEx says the global economic recovery is broadening, as Asia continues to show strong growth and the U.S. economy gains steam.

105 Owners of Repaired Toyotas Complain of Acceleration

Complaints of sudden acceleration in Toyotas repaired under recalls have nearly doubled in the past two weeks, according to an Associated Press analysis

Hollywood Joins Bollywood to Fight Indian Film Piracy

Hollywood and Bollywood linked arms Thursday to fight piracy, with the announcement of a coalition among the Motion Picture Association of America

Nissan to Make Leaf Electric Cars in Britain

Nissan Motor Co. said Thursday it will make its electric vehicle, the Leaf, in England from early 2013 as the automaker gears up for global ...

China Mobile Profits Grow 2.3% Amid Intense Competition

China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by subscribers, said Thursday its 2009 profit rose 2.3 percent over a year earlier

Akio Toyoda Admits Fast Growth Hurt Worker Training

Toyota's training of workers to maintain quality control failed to keep up with the company's rapid growth, its president Akio Toyoda said in an interview

China Regulator Threatens Consequences for Google

China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise

GM Has Shot at 2010 Profit Says New CFO

Japan Central Bank Pushes Lending to Fight Deflation

Japan's central bank is escalating the fight against deflation by offering more cheap loans to banks.

World Bank Boosts China Growth Forecast to 9.5%

The World Bank raised its China growth forecast this year to 9.5 percent from 9 percent on Wednesday but said Beijing needs to cool inflation

China Partners Press Google for Word on Future

Chinese companies that sell advertising on Google's China search engine have appealed for information on its future and say they might want compensation

Woods Return to Golf Boosts Loyal Sponsors

Tiger Woods' return to the golf course is a long-awaited boon to sponsors that stood by him and marketers who stand to get big exposure

Microsoft's Bing Gains Search Share from Google, Yahoo

Microsoft Corp.'s Bing search engine gained market share in the U.S. in February, according to research groups.

iPads May Help Boost Magazine Circulations

Magazine publishers may have a new way to boost flagging circulation: the iPad.

Sony to Begin Selling 3-D TVs in June

Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will start selling 3-D televisions in June, joining a competitive industrywide push to convince consumers to embrace

Asian Stocks Trade in Narrow Range Again

Asian stock markets were little moved in early trading Wednesday after investors in the U.S. seemed to pause and look back on a year of ...

Working Chinese Left Out of Soaring Housing Market

The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home.

China February Exports, Imports Soar 45%

China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese currency rise.

Success of Specials Masks TV's Shrinking Audience

While special events are doing very well for broadcasters — capped off by an Oscars telecast that was the most-watched entertainment program in five years ...

Cisco Debuts High-Speed Router for Internet Backbone

Cisco Systems Inc. announced Tuesday that it is upgrading one of its biggest pieces of networking hardware, a router that's used to power the most ...

Ford Launches First Subcompact Made for India

Ford Motor Co. launched its first made-for-India compact car Tuesday, as the U.S. automaker continues its push into fast-growing Asian markets.

China Passenger Car Sales Jumped 55% in February

China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and ...

Daimler Sells Off Stake in India's Tata Motors

German automaker Daimler AG says it has sold all of its shares in India's Tata Motors to various groups of investors through the capital markets.

Bailout Firms' Stocks Surge on Likely Sale by Gov't

Shares of four companies that have received huge infusions of taxpayer cash soared Tuesday after a report that the government would sell its stake

China Resists Reading Politics into U.S. Debt Holdings

An official in charge of China's foreign reserves tried to ease American concern Tuesday about the political impact of its huge holdings of U.S. government ...

TV Fee Disputes Produce Station Blackouts on Cable

Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.

Roche Suspends Arthritis Drug Study After Deaths

Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Group said Monday it has suspended a late-stage trial for a new rheumatoid arthritis and lupus drug

McDonald's Sales Jumped 4.8% on Overseas Growth

McDonald's Corp. said Monday that sales at restaurants open at least a year climbed 4.8 percent in February on strong overseas growth

Toyoda Meets Hatoyama, Vows to Restore Trust

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda met with Japan's prime minister Monday and promised to restore trust in the automaker's cars

World Stocks Up on U.S. Jobs Data, Recovery Hopes

World stock markets gained Monday as a better-than-expected report about the U.S. job market lifted confidence in the economic recovery.

Employer-Consumer Standoff Makes for Slow Recovery

To understand why jobs are so scarce, consider John McFarland and Nicole Rosen. The two share something in common: They're reluctant to spend freely.

Sony Hopes Sophisticated Motion Controller Is Wii-Killer

Sony has a new message for Nintendo Wii gamers: Come join us. The Japanese maker of the PlayStation 3 unveiled Thursday its highly anticipated motion ...

Haier Sells GE Appliances in Rural China

Chinese appliance maker Haier says it has joined with General Electric in selling GE appliances to rural areas, the focus of subsidies intended to boost ...

Lenovo to Refocus Business on Mobile Internet Devices

Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing ...

U.S. Video Game Sales Fell 15% in February

U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower ...

Export Growth Seen As Bright Spot for U.S. Economy

U.S. exports dipped in January, the government said Thursday, but economists weren't fazed. They predict export growth will be a bright spot

U.S. Household Wealth Up for 3rd Straight Quarter

Americans regained more of their shrunken wealth last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios.

China Inflation Fears Subdue Stock Markets

The stock market traded in a tight range for a fourth day Thursday after China reported a jump in inflation. Mixed U.S. economic news also ...

Bank of Korea Keeps Interest Rates at Historic Lows

South Korea's central bank left its key interest rate at a record low Thursday amid international sovereign debt concerns

Trade Deficit Shrank on Falling Oil, Auto Imports

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly shrank in January, reflecting a big drop in imports of oil and foreign cars. American exports also fell, a potential ...

Stocks Rise in Asia, Europe on U.S. Rebound

Most global markets rebounded modestly Tuesday, following Wall Street higher as financial stocks recovered from a sell-off prompted

China's Inflation Rate Surges in February

China's inflation spiked higher in February, adding to pressure on Beijing to prevent overheating and keep the recovery in the world's third-largest economy

India Aims to Pass China As Fastest Growing Economy

Just how fast can India grow? Ask Manal Farooq, who can't make gloves quickly enough. "We are facing a major problem," said Farooq

Prius Complaints May Be Feeding on Themselves

Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals

Cable Operators Ask FCC to Stop Network Blackouts

The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards.

Japan Revises Down Q4 Growth Rate

Japan says its economy grew notably less in the fourth quarter than initial estimates.

Inventories Fell Despite 10th Monthly Sales Rise

Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January even though sales rose for a 10th consecutive month. The dip in inventories

Samsung, Panasonic Begin Selling 3-D TVs

Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.

Asia, Europe Stocks Rise on Asian, U.S. Data

World stocks rose Thursday as investors put Europe's debt problems behind them — for now — and instead concentrated on strong Asian economic growth

Suicide-Plagued Foxconn Raises Worker Wages

The Taiwanese electronics company buffeted by a spate of suicides at its China factories said Friday it will raise the pay of workers by an ...