Interest Rates Rise on Stronger Growth Data

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

French Growth Slows to Crawl in 2010

The pace of France's economic growth slowed at the start ...

Sweden's Electrolux Bids for Daewood Electronics

Swedish appliance maker Electrolux AB says it has made a ...

Google Ties with China Partners Being Severed

A popular Chinese Web portal said Wednesday it is taking ...

Fiat to Cut 5,000 Jobs

Fiat will cut 5,000 jobs in Italy, slash the number ...

Go Daddy Joins Exodus from China Business

Two U.S. companies that sell Internet addresses to Web sites ...

China to Buy Brazil's Itaminas Iron Ore Mine

A state-run Chinese mining company said Thursday it has agreed ...

Improving Laptop, TV Sales Boost Best Buy

Better sales of notebook computers and flat-panel TVs helped Best ...

Oracle Revenues, Profits Top Wall Street Views

Oracle Corp.'s quarterly profit edged past Wall Street's estimates as ...

Initial Jobless Claims Fall More Than Expected

New claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last ...

Nano Safety Questioned As New Car Bursts into Flames

When it was launched less than a year ago, the ...

China to Launch Stock Futures Trading

China will launch trading of stock futures on April 16, ...

Toyota to Pause UK, France Production on Weak Demand

Toyota said Friday it is stopping production at its factories ...

EU, IMF Agree on Greek Bailout Plan

Heavily indebted Greece won a major pledge of financial support ...

Shortened URLs Not As Risky As Once Thought

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

Verizon Winds Down Costly FiOS Expansion

If Verizon Communications Inc. hasn't already started wiring your city ...

China's Geely to Buy Volvo for $1.8 Bil.

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group signed a binding deal Sunday to ...

Japan Auto Production Surge in Feb. Led by Toyota

Japanese automakers said their global production surged in February, as ...

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. ...

Wall Street Boosts Hiring of Investment Managers

Wall Street is hiring again. Among those in demand: traders ...

Microsoft Kin Phones to Take on iPhone, Blackberry

Microsoft Corp. unveiled two cell phones Monday that are meant ...

Budget Deficit Falls to $65.4 Bil. for March

The budget deficit for March showed a dramatic decline as ...

GM Says Chevy Volt Electric on Target for Dec Launch

Real-world tests show that General Motors Co.'s rechargeable electric car ...

China Continues Oil Binge with Syncrude Buy

China's not done shopping the globe for oil. On Monday, ...

Paramount Bundles Movies with Seagate Hard Drives

Paramount Pictures is exploring a new frontier by participating in ...

Honda Jumps Into Green Game with Electric Scooters

The green fad in Japan is expanding from cars to ...

Infosys Profits Up 8.7%

Infosys Technologies Ltd., India's bellwether information technology outsourcing company, said ...

Shanghai Tops Taiwanese Foreign Investments

Shanghai topped the list of favorite foreign investment sites for ...

Feb. Trade Deficit Grows with Consumer Spending

The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in February ...

Toyota Pulls Lexus GX460 After Alarming Rollover Report

Toyota says it will temporarily stop selling the Lexus GX460 ...

Singapore GDP Jumped 32.1% in Q1

Singapore says its economy soared in the first three months ...

Intel Q1 Profits Quadruple

Intel Corp. said Tuesday its net income in the first ...

World Markets Rise on Intel Earnings Report

World markets mostly rose Wednesday after better-than-expected first quarter earnings ...

Hawaiian Tops in Service Among 18 Busiest Carriers

Hawaiian Airlines again tops a list of 18 of the ...

Households Feel Income Squeeze Despite Low Inflation

The deep recession has caused inflation to all but melt ...

More Americans Feel Effects of Recovery

A flurry of reports out Wednesday suggested that many Americans ...

China Q1 Growth Surged to 12% but Inflation Low

Global PC Sales Surged 20% in Q1

Worldwide personal computer shipments increased more than 20 percent in ...

Toyota Conducts Safety Tests on All SUV Models

Toyota announced safety tests on all its sport-utility vehicle models ...

Germany to Grow 1.5% in 2010

The German economy will continue its slow recovery with growth ...

China Trims U.S. Treasuries for 4th Straight Month

China trimmed its holdings of U.S. Treasury debt 1.3 percent ...

Jobless Claims, Weak Industrial Output Cool Markets

Stocks traded in a tight range Thursday after mixed economic ...