China Output, Consumer Spending Surged in August

China's recovery gained momentum in August as stimulus spending helped ...

Honda China Plant Stopped by Worker Strike

Honda's four auto assembly plants in China have ground to ...

Consumer Confidence Rises Again in May

Americans' confidence in the economy rose in May for the ...

Home Prices Fell from February to March

Home prices fell in March from the previous month, a ...

Dow's Intraday Plunge Signals Turbulence Ahead

The Dow Jones industrials plunged below 10,000 to their lowest ...

Ghosn Charged Up about Leaf Electric's U.S. Debut

Nissan Motor Co. CEO Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday he's not ...

Recovery Gains Steam in Developed Economies

Durable Goods Orders Rise 2.9% in April

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods surged in ...

Durables, New Home Sales Buffer Against Europe

Sales of new homes posted another large gain in April ...

Facebook Faces Growing Privacy Protests

Facebook is simplifying its privacy controls amid growing unrest from ...

Euro Slide Pushes Dow to Sub-10K Close

A drop in the euro set off a late-day slide ...

Feds Profit from $6.2 Bil. Sale of Citigroup Stock

The Treasury Department said Wednesday it raised $6.2 billion from ...

Yahoo Paints Brighening Picture Through 2013

Yahoo Inc. raised its financial target Wednesday, reflecting expectations that ...

Asian Stocks Fall on Europe Debt Fears

Asian stock markets fell in early trading Thursday after the ...

China's Stock Market Defies Robust Real Growth

Shanghai has Wall Street-size ambitions for its financial markets, and ...

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

World stocks rose Thursday as investors put Europe's debt problems ...

Wal-Mart Slashes 3G iPhone Prices in Half

Wal-Mart says it's cutting the price of the most up-to-date ...

Costco Profits Jump 46% on Sales, Memberships

Costco Wholesale Corp.'s profit climbed 46 percent in the fiscal ...

Tiffany Profits Double on Soaring Asia Sales

Jewelry and gift seller Tiffany & Co.'s net income more ...

Stocks Surge on Word China to Hold European Debt

Stocks had another turnaround Thursday and rocketed higher after China ...

J&J Probed for "Phantom Recall" of Pain Relievers

Congressional investigators said Wednesday that Johnson & Johnson hired a ...

Ford May Be About to Discontinue Mercury Line

Mercury could soon be the latest Detroit car brand to ...

Japan Carmakers Enjoy Sales, Export Boom in April

Japan's biggest automakers posted major production and sales gains in ...

Suicide-Plagued Foxconn Raises Worker Wages

The Taiwanese electronics company buffeted by a spate of suicides ...

iPad Launch Draws Long Lines in Asia, Europe

Shoppers are mobbing Apple's flagship store in London in hopes ...

April Consumer Spending Hints at Slow Recovery

Consumer spending was stagnant in April while incomes posted a ...

Japan Factory Output Up for 2nd Straight Month

Japan's industrial production rose for a second straight month in ...

Panasonic Buys Sanyo, Seeks Solar Power Lead

Panasonic Corp. is banking on the solar-panel business that it ...

India Returns to Pre-Recession Growth

A rebound in manufacturing and recovering farm output drove India's ...

Honda to Restart China Line After Parts Plant Strike

Honda Motor Co. said Monday that it hopes to resume ...

AsusTek Unveils Tablet PC Running Windows 7

Taiwan's AsusTek Computer Inc. unveiled Monday a portable tablet computer ...

PepsiCo to Invest $2.5 Bil. More in China

PepsiCo says it plans to invest an additional $2.5 billion ...

Oil Falls to $68 on Europe Fears

Oil prices fell to near $68 a barrel Wednesday, extending ...

Target Profits Up 29% on Card Boost, Clothing Sales

Target Corp. reported a 29 percent increase in first-quarter net ...

Japan's Economy Grows for 4th Straight Quarter

Japan's economic growth accelerated in the first quarter, as robust ...

Singapore GDP Soars 15.5% in Q1

Singapore revised up its first quarter economic growth to a ...

Toyota Expert Calls for Akio Toyoda to Step Down

An influential writer with ties to Toyota's past presidents is ...

Sears Income Falls on Bigger Appliance Discounts

Sears Holdings Corp.'s first-quarter net income fell 38 percent on ...

Staples Income Rises on Sales Growth

Staples Inc.'s first-quarter net income climbed 30 percent as both ...

Vanishing Inflation Helps Consumers, Borrowers

Inflation has essentially disappeared, and that gives the Federal Reserve ...

New Jobless Claims Jump Most in Three Months

The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits ...

Dell Income Jumps 52% on PC Sales, Services

Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its first-quarter net income ...

Stocks Suffer Biggest Plunge in Over 1 Year

Stocks took their deepest plunge in more than a year ...

Toyota to Invest $50 Mil. in Tesla Electric Car Plant

The heads of Tesla Motors Inc. and Toyota Motors Corp. ...

World Markets Falls on Europe Debt Fears

World markets tumbled Friday, extending a wave of selling amid ...

German Business Confidence Dips on Debt Crisis

German business confidence slipped marginally in May, it's first such ...

iPad Sales Hit 2 Mil. Mark

Apple Inc. said Monday that iPad sales have topped 2 ...

3-D Shrek Shocks Moviegoers with $20 Tickets

A few theaters seemed to flirt with the idea of ...

Stocks End Higher After Year's Biggest Slide

Stocks ended sharply higher a day after posting their biggest ...

Chrysler Adds 1,100 Jobs at Detroit Jeep Plant

Chrysler Group LLC gave a big boost to the battered ...