Samsung Profits Soar on Big Chip Sales Jump

Samsung Electronics said Friday that net profit surged in the ...

Toyota Creates Design Quality Division

Toyota, its reputation battered by global recalls, is setting up ...

Japan Factory Output Rises But More Unemployed

Japan received an uneven assessment of its economic health Friday ...

World Stocks Rise on Greek Bailout Hopes

European stocks traded in a narrow range Friday as investors ...

China Manufacturing Accelerated in April on Domestic Demand

A survey says China's manufacturing accelerated in April as domestic ...

Shanghai Expo Irresistable Draw for Business World

China's commercial capital of Shanghai has always been all about ...

Asian Stocks Drop as China Raises Bank Reserve

Asian stocks fell Monday after China ordered banks to raise ...

United, Continental Merge into World's Biggest Airline

United and Continental Airlines said Monday they have agreed to ...

Avis Offers to Top Hertz Bid for Dollar Thrifty

Avis says rival rental car company Dollar Thrifty is selling ...

Consumer Spending Growth Financed from Savings

Consumer spending rose in March by the largest amount in ...

GM's 6.4% April Sales Growth Less Than Expected

General Motors Co.'s sales rose 6.4 percent in April as ...

GM Celebrate's Suburban's 75th Birthday

The Chevrolet Suburban, the roomy choice of hunters, law enforcement ...

Oil Slips on Rising Dollar, Inventories

Oil prices slumped to below $85 a barrel Tuesday as ...

ADM Profits Surge on Biofuel Demand

Archer Daniels Midland Co. reported that its third-quarter profit soared ...

French Growth Slows to Crawl in 2010

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

Japan Exports Jumped 45% in February

Japan says exports in February jumped 45.3 percent from a ...

Asian Stocks Up on Data from U.S., Asia

Asian stocks were up modestly Wednesday as encouraging economic reports ...

Big Aussie Energy Deal Signed As Rio Tinto Trial Ends

Australia and China signed a multibillion dollar energy deal Wednesday, ...

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 ...

U.S. Blocking Free Trade Talks Says Dutch Minister

The Dutch economic affairs minister has accused the U.S. government ...

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. ...

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 ...

Health Care Bill Would Tax Investments, Health Insurers

High-income families would be hit with a tax increase on ...

China Partners Press Google for Word on Future

Chinese companies that sell advertising on Google's China search engine ...

World Bank Boosts China Growth Forecast to 9.5%

The World Bank raised its China growth forecast this year ...

Japan Central Bank Pushes Lending to Fight Deflation

Japan's central bank is escalating the fight against deflation by ...

GM Has Shot at 2010 Profit Says New CFO