Asia, Europe Stocks Drop on Export Fear of Weak Dollar

European and Asian stocks drifted lower Wednesday as a drop in the value of the dollar hit world exporters, pushing investors to cash in on ...

Dollar Sinks on Asia Recovery Signs

World Markets Like Revised US Q1 GDP Figures

Japanese Suppliers Seek Gov't Help for GM Bankruptcy

Economic Slump Seen Easing in Q2

Japan's Industrial Output Jumps Most in 56 Years

Durable Goods Orders Rose 1.9% in April

Market Expects Rise in Sales of New Homes, Durable Goods

Japan's Auto Output Continued Slide in April

China Growth Over 7% for Jan-Sept 2009

China's economy expanded more than 7 percent in the first nine months of the year and will certainly surpass the 2009 growth target of 8 ...

Toyota Pushes into Hyundai Country

Toyota is making a push into South Korea — the home market of international rival Hyundai Motor Co. — introducing four models including the Camry ...

Toyota Unveils Bigger Hybrid-Only Model

Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled a more expensive and bigger hybrid-only model than its hit Prius, underlining the Japanese automaker's ambitions to make green technology ...

China Crosses 10 Mil. A Year Auto Production Mark

China's annual auto production surpassed 10 million for the first time on Tuesday, as a new "Liberation" model truck rolled off the assembly line at ...

Video Game Sales Improve in September

After six straight months of double-digit declines, U.S. video game sales finally saw an improvement in September. But the rebound was much more muted than ...

Honda May Move Fit Production to U.S.

Honda Motor Co. says it may move production of the popular Fit hatchback to the U.S. to offset the effects of a stronger yen. Spokesman ...

Morgan Stanley Sells Consumer Unit to Invesco

Morgan Stanley said Tuesday it will sell its retail asset management business, including the Van Kampen division, to money manager Invesco Ltd. for $1.5 billion ...

Apple Earnings Surge 47% on iPhone Sales

Apple Inc. increased its net income 47 percent in the most recent quarter as more people bought Mac computers and gave in to the iPhone ...

Stocks Rise as Earnings Beat Views

Investors found a fresh appetite for stocks Monday after a handful of earnings reports revived hopes that the economy is improving.

JAL Shares Surge on Gov't Rescue Plan

Shares of Japan Airlines surged nearly 12 percent Monday following a report the government is expediting a rescue for the struggling carrier.

Asia Stocks Up, Europe Down on U.S. Earnings

Most Asian stock markets climbed Tuesday as a rash of better-than-expected earnings reports from major U.S. companies buttressed confidence in the world economy. European markets ...

Asia Stocks Rise Eyeing U.S., China Earnings

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as investors looked to bellwether U.S. companies and China for guideposts to the strength of recovery in two ...

Wall Street Awaits Earnings of Consumer Bellwethers

After getting worrisome signs about consumers from bankers' earnings reports, investors will be looking at a broad range of companies this week for further insights ...

Chevron Announces New Gas Find Off Australia

Energy company Chevron Corp. said Sunday it has made an additional discovery of natural gas in the giant Gorgon gas field being developed off the ...

States Sue Feds for Billions in Unclaimed Savings Bonds

The federal government is facing a lawsuit over billions in unclaimed bonds that date back to the patriotic fundraising efforts of World War II, leading ...

India's Natural Gas Tied Up by Brothers' $17 Bil. Fued

An ashen Anil Ambani, one of the world's richest men, stood before a clutter of television cameras, close to tears. "There is only pain, hurt ...

Peanuts Have Crackerjack Year After Salmonella Scare

Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for ...

China to Open Stock Market for Small Firms

Trading on China's new stock market catering to smaller companies will begin Oct. 23, the chairman of the country's securities regulator said Saturday.

2009 Federal Deficit to Reach $1.4 Tril.

What is $1.42 trillion? It's more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of ...

U.S. Assets Attract Rising Foreign Demand

Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets rose in August even though China trimmed its holdings of Treasury securities. Foreigners purchased $28.6 billion more

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOA Reports $2.2 Bil. Loss on Rising Bad Loans

Bank of America Corp. says it lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as its loan losses continued to rise. The nation's second-largest ...

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 ...

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 ...

UAL Says Business Travel Improving Despite Loss

United Airlines said on Tuesday that it's seeing early signs of a recovery in business travel as it reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss. The recession ...

Coach Sales Rise with Help from Lower-Priced Line

Coach Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell slightly, but revenue rose as new, lower-priced handbag lines helped juice sales. The company blamed heavy promotions spurred by ...

Asian Stocks Rise on Solid Growth Data

Most Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday, with Japanese and Hong Kong benchmarks gaining 1 percent or more, amid signs of economic improvement in Asia and ...

Dollar Hits 14-Month Low Against Euro

The dollar slid to a 14-month low against the euro Wednesday as investor appetite for risk increased following upbeat comments from Intel Corp.