• Review: Updated 2011 Honda Accord is good, but not great

    • September 3rd, 2010
    Honda massaged the Accord for the 2011 model year and came up with normal cosmetic tweaks and a notable boost in fuel economy.  Read More →

  • VW plans to be No. 1 car seller in the world by 2018

    • September 3rd, 2010
    The world’s third-biggest car company, Volkswagen, is revving up a plan to become the very biggest on the planet. Can it pull that off?  Read More →

  • Paper Savings Bonds being phased out for electronic ones

    • September 3rd, 2010
    U.S. Savings Bonds, long favored by gift-givers and conservative investors, are going paperless.  Read More →

  • Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system

    • September 2nd, 2010
    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shut down …  Read More →

  • Growth slows in health spending

    • September 2nd, 2010
    Health care spending this year has grown at its at the slowest rate in a half-century, a USA TODAY analysis of government data finds.  Read More →

  • Could investors fleeing stocks become a lost generation?

    • September 2nd, 2010
    Investors are on strike. The fear on Wall Street is that this buyer’s strike will linger for years, resulting in a lost generation of invest …  Read More →

  • Chrysler sales rise in August, but other automakers see drops

    • September 1st, 2010
    Chrysler Group sales rose 7% in August over July as many of its models saw gains, but auto sales, once a bright spot in the U.S. economic recovery, …  Read More →

  • Should cars warn when there’s a child inside on hot days?

    • September 1st, 2010
    Safety advocates want regulators to make carmakers install warning systems to stop parents from leaving kids in cars, preventing heat deaths. …  Read More →

  • Elvis Presley stores recovering; that may be good for economy

    • August 31st, 2010
    But Elvis is back in the building, those businesses say and economists suggest it may be a sign of better economic times ahead.  Read More →

  • June home prices up 1% as tax credit lured home buyers

    • August 31st, 2010
    Home prices rose in June for the third straight month thanks to a burst of home-buying due to tax incentives that have since expired.  Read More →

  • As economy seeks balance, businesses hold key

    • August 31st, 2010
    When will companies feel confident enough to open their wallets and hire more people, or give current employees a raise?  Read More →

  • Chrysler dealers will sell Fiat minicars in U.S. this year

    • August 30th, 2010
    Chrysler on Monday told 400 dealers about its plans to bring the Fiat brand back to the U.S. after a 30-year absence, starting with the Fiat …  Read More →

  • Economists agree: Stimulus created nearly 3 million jobs

    • August 30th, 2010
    A recent study by two prominent economists credits the stimulus with averting “what could gave been called Great Depression 2.0.”  Read More →

  • Baby carrots take on junk food with hip marketing campaign

    • August 29th, 2010
    Bolthouse Farms and nearly 50 other carrot growers, Monday will unveil plans for the industry’s first-ever marketing campaign.  Read More →

  • Egg industry resorts to blaming the victim in recall, critics say

    • August 29th, 2010
    n the wake of one of the largest egg recalls on record critics say the egg industry is resorting to the worst tactic of all blaming the victim. …  Read More →
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