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Northwest to pay $38 million cargo price-fixing fine

40 min 28 sec ago
Northwest Airlines will plead guilty and pay a $38 million fine for conspiring to fix cargo rates, the Justice Department announced Friday.

Face Off: Test-driving Gillette's new razor

47 min 52 sec ago
General Motors' legendary CEO Alfred P. Sloan invented the annual styling change when he ordered a new body for the 1923 Chevrolet to cover up the car's nine-year-old technology. The new design made the old model feel out-of-date and was the first step in GM's drive to pass Ford Motor and its unchanging Model T to become the largest automobile company in the world.

China says it tops Japan as No. 2 economy

59 min 31 sec ago
China has surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest economy, lagging only behind the United States, a Chinese government official said in remarks published on Friday.

Worst job on Earth: BP calling all applicants

1 hour 14 min ago
It could quite possibly be called the worst job on Earth -- and the position is open.

GM to boost Chevy Volt production

1 hour 22 min ago
General Motors announced Friday that the automaker has raised its planned production of the Chevrolet Volt electric car to 45,000 in 2012.

Stocks slide toward the close

1 hour 24 min ago
Stocks headed lower Friday, after languishing for most of the day, as investors weighed mixed reports on U.S. economic growth, consumer confidence and regional manufacturing activity.

Bulls tiptoe into homebuilder stocks

1 hour 52 min ago
It takes a lot of courage to be a bull on homebuilder stocks these days. They exist, for sure. And they aren't on mind-bending drugs. In fact, they see the world much as the housing stock bears do. You won't find any uplifting messages in their reports on the economy and housing.

Recovery spin wars: White House vs. business

3 hours 32 min ago
The Obama administration gave a positive spin to second-quarter economic numbers released Friday, with the administration's chief economist saying they show a "steady recovery from the recession continues."

U.S. recovery sputters

3 hours 34 min ago
The U.S. economy continued to grow during the second quarter, the government reported Friday. But the pace slowed more than economists were expecting, raising concern about growth - or even another recession - in the months ahead.

Consumers not spending like drunken sailors

3 hours 34 min ago
The economy is heading nowhere fast. That's the bad news. But the good news is that it still seems like consumers may have actually learned a lesson or two about reckless fiscal behavior.

States go deeper into debt

3 hours 35 min ago
The states are broke, and like many consumers, they're borrowing big time to get out of their fiscal binds.

Let's fund every entrepreneur

3 hours 59 min ago
There was a great conversation Thursday at Y Combinator's AngelConf in Silicon Valley. Anthony Ha of Venturebeat had a couple posts on it that I just read, one on Paul Graham's comments, and another on Ron Conway and Mike Arrington's comments. I would have enjoyed being part of that discussion, so I'll join in now.

Why spend $300 a night for a hotel?

5 hours 1 min ago
Book a hotel in a popular destination and you know what to expect: a bed, a mini-fridge, and a big bill at checkout. In Europe's big cities, for example, you can easily spend anywhere from $150 to $300 a night (hotels in Florence average $205).

Why a flounder gigger's suit against BP is one to watch

5 hours 51 min ago
Although it's probably not BP's top priority at the moment, an ominous lawsuit was filed against it last month in state court in Mobile, Alabama, by a man named Obie F. Carlisle.

SEC charges billionaire brothers with fraud

5 hours 55 min ago
Two billionaire brothers face federal fraud charges for selling stock in companies which they helped oversee and then trying to conceal some $550 million in gains.

Disney sells Miramax for $660 million

6 hours 1 min ago
The Walt Disney Company said Friday it has agreed to sell Miramax Films for around $660 million to an investor group.

Pay gap persists for African-Americans

6 hours 15 min ago
African-American workers continue to earn far less than whites, according to statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Stocks headed for early selloff

6 hours 19 min ago
U.S. stocks were headed toward an early selloff Friday, following a weaker-than-expected reading on second-quarter economic growth.

How Amway weathered the storm, one sale at a time

6 hours 58 min ago
Don't be fooled into thinking that direct sales are a thing of the past just because you haven't seen a pink Mary Kay Cadillac in a while. Amway is not only still alive and well, it's actually growing, even as many retailers continue to struggle.

BP's Hayward: 'I became a villain for doing the right thing'

8 hours 11 min ago
Outgoing BP chief executive Tony Hayward is defending his leadership of the company in the aftermath of the oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers and led to the worst offshore spill in U.S. history.