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Stocks Fall After Home Sales Data Shows Drop

Investors pulled away from stocks after an unexpected drop in home sales and a slide in oil prices fanned worries about the pace of the ...

World Stocks Fall on Jitters Over Possible Stimulus Cuts

World stock markets fell Thursday amid a big drop in oil prices and as investors worried that support measures for the fragile global economy will ...

Japan Air Lines Seeks Bailout

The president of Japan Airlines said Thursday the money-losing carrier is applying for public funds to help turn around a company that's been pummeled by ...

Falling Exports Keep Japan Mired in Recession

Japan's exports tumbled 36 percent in August — with car shipments falling by half — and imports also contracted sharply, the government said Thursday, showing ...

Honda Introduces Tiny Personal Mobility Device

Honda's new "personal mobility" device looks like a unicycle, but all you need to do to zip around on it — sideways as well as ...

Leading China Filmmaker Plans $91 Mil. IPO

Huayi Brothers, one of China's leading filmmakers, has listed itself on ChiNext with an eye toward raising 620 million Chinese yuan ($91 million) in an ...

Economy Shows Many Recovery Signs

Consumer spending, the bulwark of economic growth, is showing signs of life as the economy transitions from recession to recovery. The key question is whether ...

Microsoft Video on Windows 7 Launch Parties Amuses

You almost have to feel bad for Microsoft. The software maker isn't known for hip marketing tactics, and now that a Windows 7 video has ...

TV Nets Weave More Ads into Series Plotlines

In television's latest quest to discourage viewers from skipping ads, actors from NBC and ABC shows are appearing in character in commercials to interact with ...

Prius Boosts Size, Gas Mileage for 2010

There's a little something extra for car buyers who have their hearts set on top fuel mileage in the Toyota Prius. But they'd better not ...

GM Ends Trial Selling Cars on eBay

General Motors Co. said Tuesday that it is concluding its partnership with eBay Inc. in which the automaker used the auction site to sell new ...

CIT May File Chapt. 11 If Lender Meeting Fails

CIT Group Inc.'s shares soared Tuesday on a report that hedge fund manager John Paulson is considering merging the troubled finance company with failed mortgage ...

China Romantic Comedy Gets Fox Investment

Fox Filmed Entertainment says it has invested in its first Chinese film, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to enter the booming mainland movie market. The ...

AT&T to Sell Garmin GPS-Hybrid Nuvifone

After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S. Garmin, based in ...

Baidu Founder Robin Li a Rock Star in Google Country

The billionaire founder of a popular search engine drew a big crowd Wednesday at Stanford University — and it wasn't one of the guys that ...

Warner to Return Music to YouTube Under New Deal

Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to return songs and music videos from its artists to the YouTube video site, after a monthslong boycott over ...

Singapore Recoups Half of Big Loss from Crash

Singapore state investment company GIC said Tuesday its investments fell more than 20 percent in the 12 months ending March, but have recovered more than ...

Asian Stocks Rise on Yen Fall, Wall Street Jump

Asian stocks bounced back Tuesday as big corporate takeovers in the U.S. gave investors a new shot of confidence and the yen retreated from a ...

CNN to Charge Fee to Download Its iPhone App

CNN is coming out with an iPhone application Tuesday that has a feature few other news apps have tried: a price tag. There's been a ...

Japan Fears Deflation on Record Drop in Prices

The government says prices in Japan tumbled at a record pace in August amid growing worries about jobs and wages. The country's core consumer price ...

California Tax Panel Recommends Total Overhaul

A commission charged with reforming California's tax structure will recommend repealing the state sales and corporate taxes, flattening the income tax rate and taxing businesses ...

China Gives Bombardier $4 Bil. Hi-Speed Train Contract

Train maker Bombardier Inc. said Monday its Chinese joint venture has been awarded a $4 billion contract to build 80 high-speed trains for China's railway ...

Arena's Obesity Drug Effective but Disappointing

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. says its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin succeeded in a clinical study, but the drug did not appear to be as effective as ...

Wynn Boosts Size of HK IPO for Macau Assets

Casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd. will increase the size of its Hong Kong initial public offering for its Macau casino assets, as it looks to ...

Many Publishers to Start Charging for Online News

With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some ...

Meltdown Shattered Cherished Assumptions About Investing

The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way. Last year's financial meltdown knocked the ...

Young Americans Seek Careers in China

When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took ...

China Says State Firm Profits Fell Last Year

Profit at China's top state-owned companies fell 30 percent last year, hurt by the global financial crisis, but assets have increased. The 141 banks, airlines, ...

Suburban Families Downsize from SUVs to Crossovers

Suburban mom Shana Rampersad is looking for a new family car, and it's got to be fuel efficient, stylish and roomy. That eliminates sedans, sport ...

Multinationals Break Vietnam Laws Promoting Breast-Feeding

Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has ...

Stocks Resume Rally After Brief Break

Investors popped the stock market's rally back in gear Friday after analyst upgrades boosted their optimism about the economy. A 36-point advance in the Dow ...

California Moves toward Major Tax Overhaul

A special commission this week is scheduled to recommend a sweeping overhaul of California's antiquated tax system, a move designed to bring fiscal sanity to ...

Housing, Jobless Data Show Fragile Recovery

Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week. Still, the reports suggested ...

World's Carmakers All Aboard Electric Bandwagon

The race is on among the world's auto companies to make electric cars go farther on a single charge, bring the price down to compete ...

U.S. Net Worth Grew for First Time Since 2007

Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded. Still, household ...

New Jobless Claims Rose Last Week

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits likely rose last week, evidence that jobs remain scarce. Wall Street economists forecast that first-time claims ...

Kodak to Shore Up Balance Sheet with Capital Infusion

Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday it expects to raise up to $700 million through a series of debt sales in an effort to shore up ...

China's BYD Sets Sights on Overtaking Toyota

Fast-growing Chinese battery and automaker BYD Co. is thinking big — really big. It aims to overtake Toyota Motor Co. to become the global auto ...

Asia Markets at New Highs for Year

Asian stock markets climbed to new highs for the year Thursday after strong U.S. industrial production data boosted confidence the world's largest economy is growing ...

Singapore Cuts Citigroup Holdings to Below 5%

A Singapore sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it has cut its stake in Citigroup Inc. from 9 percent to below 5 percent, reducing its holding ...

Top Russian Tycoon to Buy New Jersey Nets

Could the New Jersey Nets become the Nyets? The basketball team once known as the New Jersey Americans is a step closer to being owned ...

Stocks Take Break from Rally Ahead of Fed Decision

Stock futures are creeping higher Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. Markets overseas were mixed. Asian markets fell slightly overnight, ...

Choosy McDonald's Sets Rules for Potato Farmers

From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: ...

Fed Likely to Leave Supports in Place

Nurturing a nascent recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low and probably will keep other economic ...

Ford Adds Low-Cost Compact to India Lineup

Ford Motor Co. will manufacture a low-cost compact car in India from early next year, the automaker said Wednesday, as it seeks to boost sales ...

Yahoo to Spend $100 Mil. to Build Brand Buzz

Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to ...

World Stocks Gain on Upbeat Asia Assessment

European stock markets followed Asia higher on Tuesday after the Asian Development Bank upgraded its growth forecasts for major economies like China and India and ...

Suntory Bids $2.7 Bil. for European Drink Maker Orangina

Japan's Suntory Holdings has made a binding offer to buy European drink maker Orangina from private equity firms Blackstone and Lion Capital, the equity firms ...

Nordstrom Profits More Than Double

Carrying less inventory helped upscale retailer Nordstrom Inc. more than double its second-quarter profit compared with a year earlier

Facebook Scraps Beacon Tracking to Settle Lawsuits

Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over ...