Diesel cars made by Mercedes-Benz produced more nitrogen oxide emissions than the official Euro 5 and Euro 6 standards.
In labor actions that union leaders called the first ever strike against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and that company officials called a “publicity stunt,” employees at 28 of the company’s...
Gold rallied $20.30 to $1.621.80 as Congress and The White House failed to reach an accord on the debt cap late Sunday.In Japan, the Nikkei dropped .5% at the open to 10,080.82. DJIA futures indicate...
A123 Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: AONE) was supposed to be a hot IPO in the hot sector of lithium-ion batteries and systems.  Unfortunately, the earnings reaction isn’t so hot.  The revenue growth did...
The recovery and consolidation of the airline industry since the recession has helped the sales of both Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and Airbus. But the momentum has started to shift the other way as high...
The worst U.S. drought in more than half a century has pushed the prices of soybeans and corn to record highs. Although the American economy has been largely free of inflation, the costs of these two...
The theory that some or all the economies of the developed world could fall into a double dip recession got support today as the euro zone reported that growth among its nations rose only .1% in the...
Toyota Motor (NYSE: TM) has been hit by labor strikes in China. The Toyoda Gosei Co. plant in the northern city of Tianjin is owned 42% by Toyota along with a local partner. The work stoppage follows...
Lehman Brothers has been the victim of fraud to the tune of $250 million. According to The Wall Street Journal "swindlers used forged documents from one of Japan’s biggest trading...
Is the world about to trade one massive infectious disease attack for another?
The consumer price index (CPI) for February was higher than expected, partly because motor vehicle insurance was up sharply.
A recession is about to begin, or has begun already. One debate about the downturn is whether it will be long or deep.
A new report says that the climate conflagration so many scientists have worried about is all but inevitable.
Amid news that gasoline prices will rise in coming weeks, the price of a gallon of regular, on average, has hit $3 in California.
Somewhat lost in all the news about the coronavirus was the passing of country legend Kenny Rogers on March 20 at age 81. Beginning in the 1970s, the singer had an exceptional 36 Top 10 singles, 21...