China's Factories Face Surprising Labor Shortage

During the first half of this year, Yang Zongfu's blue ...

Wal-Mart to Sell Products from Other Retailers

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has launched an addition to its online ...

PetroChina Takes $1.7 Bil. Stake in Canadian Oil Sands

PetroChina Co., Asia's largest oil and gas company, is making ...

Service Growth, Home Sales Data to Stimulate Hiring

Employers holding out for more evidence that the economic recovery ...

Ford, GM March Sales Surge on Incentives War

An incentives war touched off by Toyota boosted sales at ...

Disgruntled Publishers Strike New e-Book Deal with Amazon

Amazon.com Inc. has reached new agreements with some publishers that ...

Daimler Missed Chance to Avoid Bribery Troubles

At a 1999 meeting in Germany, board members at Daimler, ...

Most New Jobs in 3 Years Added in March

The nation's economy posted its largest job gain in three ...

Asian Markets Rise on Signs of Solid U.S. Growth

Asian stock markets rose slightly Friday after expanding U.S. manufacturing ...

Sharp Debuts No-Glasses 3-D for Portable Devices

Sharp's latest 3-D displays deliver bright, clear imagery without the ...

China Steel Buyers Seek Clout Against Mining Giants

A state-affiliated industry group vowed Friday to tighten control over ...

Apple iPad Arrives Amid Anticipation, Scorn

Apple Inc. began selling its much-anticipated iPad on Saturday, drawing ...

Asia Stocks Gain on U.S. Job Gain

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday after an encouraging ...

Apple Sells 300,000 iPads on Debut Day

Apple says it sold more than 300,000 iPads on Saturday, ...

Interest Rates Rise on Stronger Growth Data

Interest rates rose Monday in the bond market on fresh ...

Shortened URLs Not As Risky As Once Thought

Link-shortening services such as TinyURL seem ideal for criminals because ...

Hollywood Scorns Proposed Betting on Box Office

Think you're better than Hollywood at gauging whether an upcoming ...

Toyota to Be Fined Record $16.4 Mil. for Late Recall

The government accused Toyota of hiding a "dangerous defect" and ...

Hitachi Sees Green Refocus As Path to Profitability

Money-losing Hitachi will focus on ecological businesses including hybrid railways ...

Prius Tops Japan Car Sales for 11th Month

Toyota's Prius hybrid was Japan's top-selling car in March for ...

Samsung Sees Spectacular Jump in Q1 Profits

Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday forecast a surge in first ...

Verizon CEO Refuses to Confirm iPhone Tieup

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says the company has told Apple ...

Renault-Nissan Ties Up with Daimler for Parts, Research

Renault SA and Nissan Motor Co. will unveil a parts-sharing ...

Asian Stocks Continue Rally on Strong Growth Signs

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday amid expectations low ...

Japan Central Bank Leaves Interest Rate Unchanged

Growth Expected to Slow in 2010 for Rich Countries

Growth in leading rich economies will slow in the first ...

Half of U.S. Households Pay No Income Tax

Tax Day is a dreaded deadline for millions, but for ...

GM to Repay Some Gov't Loans Five Years Early

General Motors Co., steadily returning to health after its near-collapse ...

Nissan's Leaf Plug-In Electric to Cost $25,000

Nissan's new electric car will cost just over $25,000 when ...

Ericsson Signs $1.8 Bil. Deals with China Mobile, Unicom

Swedish wireless equipment maker L.M. Ericsson AB says it has ...

Sinopec Profits More Than Doubled in 2009

Sinopec, Asia's biggest refiner by volume, said profit more than ...

Boeing Says 787 Airworthiness Tests Positive

Boeing Co. said the results of a key airworthiness test ...

Consumer Spending Rise Shows Decent Recovery Pace

Consumers spent modestly last month, a sign that the economic ...

Geithner Says Commercial Real Estate Loans Problematical

Mounting losses from commercial real estate loans will continue to ...

iPad May Be Kindle's First Serious eBook Threat

Amazon.com, which has dominated the young but fast-growing electronic book ...

Japan February Factory Output Broke Rising Trend

Cautious Japanese companies laid off more workers and hit the ...

World Stocks Gain on Brightening U.S. Outlook

World stocks rose Tuesday as the outlook for economic recovery ...

McDonald's Opens Hamburger U in Shanghai

China's newest university has no football field or fancy library. ...

Geely to Plow $900 Mil. More into Volvo

Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group expects to spend hundreds ...

Consumer Confidence Rise Beats Expectations

Americans' confidence in the economy rebounded in March after a ...

Apple Shares Hit Recod High on iPhones for Verizon

Apple Inc. shares have hit another all-time high now that ...

United, US Airways in Merger Talks

United Airlines and US Airways are in talks about combining ...

NASA to Probe Toyotas for Electronic Glitches

NASA and the National Academy of Sciences are joining the ...

Novell Wins Utah Jury Verdict in Unix Copyright Suit

Novell Inc. never sold ownership rights to Unix computer software ...

March Jobs Data Disappoints Investors

European and U.S. stock markets fell Wednesday after weak U.S. ...

Russia Borrows for First Time Since 1998 Default

Russia is likely to raise money on capital markets in ...

Factory Orders Rose for 10th Time in 11 Months

Factory orders rose in February, bolstered by strong demand for ...

Ford, Microsoft to Collaborate on Home Electric Car Grid

Ford Motor Co. and Microsoft Corp. have signed a deal ...

Toyota March Sales Surge 40% on Incentives

Toyota sales surged 40 percent in March compared with last ...

Japan Business Confidence Rose for 4th Straight Qtr.

Confidence at Japanese companies rose for a fourth straight quarter ...