Google May Trade Phone Sales for Free Speech
Google Inc.’s decision to stop censoring search engine results in China and potentially shut down its local Web site may prevent it from selling its new mobile phone…
Google Threatens to Leave China
Google Inc. defied the Chinese government by saying it will end self-censorship of its search engine and may quit the world’s largest Internet market after attacks on e-mail…
Bank CEOs Call for Change, Defend Practices
Leaders of four of the biggest U.S. banks will call for regulatory changes ranging from lower leverage to better consumer protection when they testify to the Financial Crisis…
Obama to Announce Fee on 20 Banks
President Obama will announce he intends to impose a fee on more than 20 large banks and financial institutions to help recoup taxpayer bailout funds and cut the…
Attacks Presage U.S.-China Internet Battle
Google Inc.’s threat to pull out of China because of hacking and censorship may further the Communist government’s resolve to shape the Internet to its political advantage rather…
Google, Under Attack, May Leave China
Google defied the Chinese government by saying it will end self-censorship of its search engine and may quit the market after attacks on e-mail accounts of human-rights activists
Google Briefed Clinton on China
Google Inc., which said yesterday it may shut its Chinese Web site, informed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week on the situation, a senior U.S. official familiar…
Human Rights Watch Praises Move
Google Inc.’s announcement that it wishes to avoid censoring its Chinese search engine “is an important step to protect human rights online,” New York-based Human Rights Watch said…
Google, Under Attack, May Leave China
The search giant has clashed with Chinese authorities and says other large companies have been targeted by the "highly sophisticated" attacks. It also plans to stop censoring search…
Ex-Merrill CEO Thain in Talks To Run CIT
John Thain, who was Merrill Lynch & Co.’s chief executive officer before being ousted a year ago, has held talks to become the head of CIT Group Inc.,…
Obama Eyes $120 Billion Bank Fee
President Barack Obama plans to raise as much as $120 billion through a fee on financial institutions to help recoup losses from the Troubled Asset Relief Program and…
Mercedes Plans Green Attack on BMW
Daimler AG, the world’s second- largest maker of luxury vehicles, plans to challenge Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s leadership by rolling out new technology and models that reduce carbon-dioxide…
Obama Eyes $120 Billion Bank Fee
The president plans to include in his budget a fee on banks to help recoup losses from TARP and reduce the deficit, according to an administration official
Goldman Sachs Still Glitters for MBAs
The bank's reputation remains strong among aspiring MBAs, despite fierce public criticism linking Goldman Sachs to the financial crisis
Fee on Banks Considered to Trim Deficit
President Obama may propose a fee on financial-services companies as a way to cut the budget deficit in half, administration officials say
Ford Must Get Small-Car Buyers to Pay Up
Ford Motor Co. says it improved the redesigned Focus compact with safety and fuel-saving features like those found on Porsche SE sports coupes. Now the automaker must persuade…
Bank Fee Considered to Trim Deficit
President Obama is considering a fee on financial services companies as a way to cut the federal deficit, an administration official says
Daimler’s Smart Car Sputters in U.S.
Daimler AG’s two-year effort to win over U.S. drivers with a plastic-clad minicar is running out of steam
Toyota Plans Compact Hybrid
Toyota Motor Corp., the largest seller of gasoline-electric autos, said a small hybrid car may be the first of a U.S. lineup using the Prius name and it…
Chrysler Offers Glimpse of Fiat Future
Chrysler Group LLC, the U.S. automaker run by Fiat SpA, offered a glimpse of plans for future technology sharing by displaying variants of two of the Italian company’s…
To Sell Small Cars, Ford Must Convert Customers
Ford says it improved the redesigned Focus compact with safety and fuel-saving features. Now the automaker must persuade consumers to pay more for a small car
Daimler’s Smart Car Sputters in U.S.
Daimler AG’s two-year effort to win over U.S. drivers with a thrifty, plastic-clad minicar is running out of steam, adding urgency to the German automaker’s effort to find…
U.S. Payrolls Drop by 85,000
An unexpected decrease in jobs brings unemployment to 10% and signals labor-market improvement will be halting
White House May Push Retiree Annuities
The Obama administration is weighing how the government can encourage workers to turn their savings into guaranteed income streams
Payrolls in U.S. Drop 85,000; 10% Unemployment
An unexpected decrease in U.S. jobs in December signals that improvement in the labor market will be halting
Frank: Fed’s Role in AIG ‘Troubling’
Representative Barney Frank said the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s 2008 order to American International Group Inc. to suppress disclosures of bank payments is “troubling” and he…
Frank: Fed’s Role in AIG ‘Troubling’
Representative Barney Frank said the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s decision to tell American International Group Inc. to limit disclosures on payments to banks is “troubling” and…
Motorola Adds New Android Device
Motorola Inc., the largest U.S. mobile-phone maker, added another device to its lineup based on Google Inc.’s Android software, aiming to find a hit product that rivals Apple…
Ford to Add Social Networking to Cars
Ford Motor Co. plans to bring social networking, Web browsing and iPod-style thumb controls into 80 percent of its models by 2015 as automakers woo consumers with communications…
GM CEO Sees a Return to Profits in 2010
General Motors Chief Executive Ed Whitacre predicted that the government-owned automaker will end five years of annual losses
AT&T to Release Palm, Android Phones
AT&T;Inc., the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, plans to introduce phones with Palm Inc.’s and Google Inc.’s operating systems this year to expand its lineup beyond the iPhone and…
Johnson Next in Line on Senate Banking Panel
Sen. Tim Johnson would succeed retiring Sen. Christopher Dodd as chairman of the committee writing legislation to overhaul financial rules
Cadbury Shares Fall on Buffett Opposition
Cadbury Plc shares fell for a second day in London to trade less than 1 percent above the value of Kraft Foods Inc.’s offer, the smallest spread since…
Lexus Keeps Luxury Lead
Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus posted a 22 percent surge in December U.S. sales, finishing its 10th consecutive year in the top spot for luxury autos after fending off…
Apple Said to Unveil Tablet This Month
Apple Inc., seeking to win a larger share of the market for handheld computers, is planning to unveil a tablet PC this month, according to a person familiar…