Americans likely stepped up spending at retail businesses in May, helped by another month of strong auto sales. The gain would show consumers remain resilient despite higher taxes and could help drive ...

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Bargain hunters from around the world flock to Manhattan's Chinatown for legally sold bags, jewelry and other accessories bursting onto sidewalks from storefronts along Canal Street. But hidden around ...

Japanese automakers Nissan and Mitsubishi are joining forces to grab a bigger share of the country's lucrative market for tiny cars, now dominated by their three rivals. The new model, sold as Dayz for ...

Clothing retailer Hallenstein Glasson is expecting a 10 per cent decline in profit because of a late start to the winter season, and difficult trading conditions.

Brazil's government is offering $8.7 billion in low-interest loans for people enrolled in a low-income housing program to outfit their homes with furniture and appliances. President Dilma Rousseff launched ...

Chrysler Group is recalling 6,900 heavy-duty Ram pickup trucks from the 2012 model year because part of the front axle could fracture and cause them to lose power. The automaker said Wednesday that the ...

LEASING'S APPEAL: Auto leasing has its benefits, especially if you want to drive a new car every couple of years while keeping monthly payments low. KEY DIFFERENCES: Experts say a lease will be more favorable ...

A tire maker whose main market is in India is buying Ohio's Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. for $2.2 billion and making a commitment to maintain the company's three U.S. manufacturing plants and retain its management ...

Even with low interest rates that make buying a car more affordable, many consumers are leasing a new car or truck instead. New vehicle leasing climbed in the first three months of 2013 to the highest ...

Safeway Inc. is selling its supermarket operations in Canada to food retailer Sobeys for 5.8 billion Canadian dollars ($5.7 billion). Sobeys, a unit of Empire Company Limited, is already the No. 2 grocery ...

Discount retailer Five Below Inc., which sells games, candy and other goods for $5 or less, said it swung to a profit in the fiscal first quarter as sales increased more than 30 percent. The company's ...

Safeway Inc. says it's selling its supermarket operations in Canada to Sobeys Inc., a Canadian food retailer, for 5.8 billion Canadian dollars ($5.7 billion). Sobeys, a unit of Empire Company Limited, ...

A company that had planned to build high-tech police cars in a vacant plant that once housed a rust belt city's largest employer has filed for bankruptcy, dashing the hopes of a community desperate for ...

A Michigan snack food maker is recalling sunflower seeds due to the potential of listeria contamination. Lipari Foods in Warren, north of Detroit, says Wednesday the recall includes Raw Sunflower Seeds, ...

Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s shares sank again Wednesday following the unexpected announcement that the yoga clothing company's CEO is stepping down. THE SPARK: Lululemon said late Monday that Christine ...

Cost-cutting efforts and fresh new vehicles should help General Motors Co. boost its North American pretax profit margin to 10 percent by the middle of this decade, company officials said Wednesday. The ...

TIRE TIE-UP: A tire maker whose main market is in India, Apollo Tyres Ltd., is buying Ohio's Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. for $2.2 billion, creating a company that will rank as the industry's seventh largest. ...

Wisconsin's Assembly has passed a bill making changes to the state's lemon law which covers when consumers can sue auto manufacturers. The bill passed 88-8 on Wednesday. Most Democrats removed their opposition ...

NEW SERVERS: Facebook started processing data through its first server farm outside the United States, on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. THE RATIONALE: The company said the new servers should ...

House Speaker John Boehner says he will vote for a wide-ranging farm bill headed to the House floor this month, a major boost for the five year, half-trillion dollar legislation that stalled in the House ...

Britain will start regulating electronic cigarettes and other products containing nicotine as medicines, according to the country's top regulator. E-cigarettes are battery-operated products that turn nicotine ...

Facebook on Wednesday started processing data through its first server farm outside the United States, on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. The company inaugurated servers in about half of its new, ...

Wisconsin's Assembly is poised to vote on changes to the state's lemon law which covers when consumers can sue auto manufacturers. The bill up for a vote Wednesday removes the ability to receive double ...

India's Apollo Tyres Ltd. is buying Ohio's Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. for about $2.22 billion, boosting its presence in North America and other key markets around the world. Apollo said Wednesday that the ...

The U.S. Olympic Committee is observing the bidding for the 2020 Games, hoping to learn something from Istanbul, Madrid and Tokyo as they try to land the Olympics. The USOC board met Tuesday and received ...

Maine food retailers would have to put special labels on products that contain genetically modified ingredients, under a measure advanced by the House on Tuesday. Maine residents have the right to know ...

Japanese baseball officials have been criticized for introducing a new ball this season without notifying players. With nearly 60 games already played, Nippon Professional Baseball acknowledged this week ...

More than two years after Japan's nuclear disaster, damaged vehicles, twisted metal and other debris remains strewn about the Fukushima plant. Scores of black and gray pipes and hoses cover the ground ...