China Manufacturing Expanded in May

China's Exports, Trade Surplus Fell in August

China's exports languished in August, contracting 23 percent, increasing the onus on Beijing's massive stimulus spending to drive an economic recovery. Customs data released Friday ...

GM's Fate Adds Undertainty to Changing Auto Market

Majority of GM Bondholders Support Debt Swap

Opel Deal Caps Rags-to-Riches Rise of Magna Founder

China Sends Big Buying Delegation to Taiwan

Opel, Chrysler Set to Go to Magna, Fiat

Tiffany Sales Drop Far Less Severe in Asia, Europe

Dollar Sinks on Asia Recovery Signs

World Markets Like Revised US Q1 GDP Figures

Japanese Suppliers Seek Gov't Help for GM Bankruptcy

Asia Stocks Fall on Wells, China Stimulus Cut Fears

World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investor optimism was dented by a broker downgrade of U.S. bank Wells Fargo and concerns about future Chinese ...

Home Sales Rebound on Tax Credit, Foreclosures

With homebuyers rushing to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires, a report Friday is expected to show strong September sales.

Amazon Profits Blow Past Estimates

Amazon.com Inc.'s third-quarter results blew past analyst expectations, showing that consumers are comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer despite the still-shaky economy.

Kia Profits Swell to Record on Sales Growth

Kia Motors Corp. said net profit swelled to a record 402 billion won ($339 million) in the third quarter boosted by a weak South Korean ...

$300-Bil Est. for National High-Speed Rail Lines

Communities and companies seeking to build high-speed rail systems haven't yet received the $8 billion in stimulus money the Obama administration promised for the projects

Taiwan Lifts Ban on U.S. Beef in Bone

Taiwan says it will lift a ban on imports of a range of U.S. "beef in bone" products including Porterhouse steak.

Hynix Reports First Quarterly Profit in Two Years

Hynix Semiconductor Inc. recorded its first quarterly net profit in two years as prices for memory chips rose in a rapidly recovering market. The company ...

Netflix Q3 Earnings Surge 48% on Subscriber Boom

Netflix Inc. has been doing so well during the recession that it's getting tougher for the DVD-by-mail pioneer to live up to investors' lofty expectations. ...

Feds Unveil Plans to Limit Top Executive Pay at Banks

The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with deep, unprecedented cuts in executive compensation at companies living on taxpayer money and a ...

Hulu May Start Charging for Video Access

Hulu, the free online video site where television shows and movies can be watched in their entirety, will start charging fees at some point, one ...

India's Reva to Build Electric Cars in New York

An Indian car company has chosen upstate New York for a factory to build a new generation of electric cars for North America, a state ...

Fortune Makes Big Changes to Cope with Ad Slump

Fortune is embarking on an ambitious redesign of its business magazine, as a vicious advertising slump is forcing the publication to cut the number of ...

Hyundai Posts Treble in Q3 to New Record

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker and a growing force in the global industry, said third-quarter net profit more than tripled to a record ...

China Growth Revs Up to 8.9% in Q3

China's economy charged ahead in the third quarter, expanding by 8.9 percent thanks to lavish stimulus spending that sparked a boom in construction, share prices ...

Chain Restaurants Compete to Lure Elusive Diners

Fortunes at chain restaurants are tumbling, the fallout from a strategy of slashing menu prices in the hopes that a cheap meal will be enough ...

Qi Lu Announces Microsoft Search Deal with Twitter

Microsoft Corp. has picked up a new weapon in its Internet search duel with Google — full access to Twitter's communications hotbed. The partnership announced ...

Motorola Cliq May Impress Some As "Sick"

Imagine how you'd feel if you peaked in middle school. That's pretty much what happened to cell phone maker Motorola Inc., which had a megahit ...

Comcast to Debut Shows Online for Subscribers

You'll be able to watch popular cable television series such as HBO's "Entourage" and AMC's "Mad Men" on your computer by the end of the ...

Oil Shale Trials Show Promise But Leases Shrink

Efforts to mine oil from rock are ongoing in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, speakers at a symposium said Tuesday, the same day Interior Secretary Ken ...

Wind Power Industry Adds Capacity with Federal Grants

Armed with nearly $1 billion in federal grants, wind farm developers installed more capacity and got projects off the drawing board in the third quarter. ...

Obama Shifts Bailout Focus to Small Banks, Businesses

President Barack Obama wants smaller community banks to have greater access to the government's $700 billion financial rescue fund as the administration refocuses the bailout ...

Baidu Q3 Profits Jump 42% but Outlook Soft

Baidu Inc., which runs China's leading Internet search engine, said Monday that its third-quarter profit jumped 42 percent as revenue from online marketing services climbed.

7 Calif Cities Top Nation in Median Home Values

Many college graduates are passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, which have been hit hard by the recession, in favor of ...

Bill Zeroes in on Overseas Tax-Dodge Schemes

Key lawmakers unveiled a bill Tuesday aiming to crack down on wealthy tax dodgers hiding money overseas.

IBM Adds $5 Bil. to Share Buyback Program

IBM Corp. has boosted its stock buyback program by $5 billion, a sign of the company's ability to spit out cash despite the fact the ...

Nissan Unveils New Platform for Global Minicars

It has become a vexing, billion-dollar question for the world's automakers: How do you build small, cheap cars profitably?

Honda Avoids Loss, Forecasts Surprising Profits

Japanese government incentives for green cars and strong sales in China helped Honda Motor Co. avoid red ink for the first half and raise its ...

Newspapers Report Record Circulation Losses

Circulation at newspapers shrank at an accelerated pace in the past six months, driven in part by stiff price increases imposed by publishers scrambling to ...

Recession Over but Suffering Continues

It's about to become official: The recession is over — but not the pain. The government will release figures this week expected to show that ...

Hertz Boosts Earnings Guidance for 2009

Hertz Global Holdings Inc. on Monday raised its earnings guidance for the year by more than 40 percent

Asian Stocks Drop on Doubts Over U.S. Recovery

Asian stocks retreated Tuesday, following losses on Wall Street amid rising concerns the markets have gotten ahead of economic realities. European markets gained modestly.

Yahoo Q3 Profits Triple on Cost-Cutting, Ad Recovery

Yahoo Inc. may finally be pulling out of a three-year slump that cast aside two CEOs and spurred a cost-cutting campaign that led to about ...

Dollar Rises After Hitting 14-Month Low

The dollar reversed direction after hitting a 14-month low against the euro in volatile trading Monday after a regional Chinese central bank researcher argued for ...

Corning Profits Slip but TV Glass Demand Rises

Corning Inc. said Monday that demand is rebounding for its flat-screen television glass but the specialty glass maker's third-quarter profit fell 16 percent from a ...

Netflix to Stream Movies Through PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox ...

3-D Likely to Be Next Big Home TV Upgrade

Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have ...

Internet to Expand with Non-Latin Domain Names

The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names ...

S. Korea Economy Grew at Fastest Pace in 7 Years

South Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in over seven years in the third quarter amid strength in manufacturing and capital spending as Asian ...

Capmark Files for Chapter 11 Protection

Capmark Financial Group, one of the nation's largest commercial real estate lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting bad debt.