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DETROIT–With a government-imposed deadline for massive restructuring less than a week away, Chrysler LLC and U.S. Treasury Department officials are still holding out hope […]

With the Pentagon seeking to scale back orders for some military aircraft, Boeing’s Integrated Defense Systems is facing uncertainties and may have to lean […]

Thailand will probably miss its 2009 investment target by 38 percent as anti-government riots and the global recession delay projects.
The Board of Investment […]

Genetically engineered crops do little to improve yields and instead promote the proliferation of herbicide-resistant weeds that curb production, according to a study by […]

For Ben Veligdan, a music teacher in Brooklyn’s Coney Island neighborhood, opening the electric bill became a monthly surprise.
There’s no way more […]

Stock markets surged today as the spring rally got another shot of momentum after U.S. bank Wells Fargo & Co. delivered an early profit […]

Sharp Corp, the world’s No.3 LCD TV maker, doubled its loss estimate for the year just ended on a slump in sales of its […]

The 10-year anniversary of an important milestone in the history of the Internet in Canada passed last month without any notice.
On March 11, 1999, […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday said the Fed will use all tools to stabilize markets and set the stage for an economic […]

OTTAWA – Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is warning that Canada is currently suffering through the worst economic downturn in a half century […]