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Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP is planning to list up to eight companies it owns and sell at least five others, the Financial […]

General Motors Co signed a deal on Friday to sell its iconic but tarnished Hummer brand to an investment partnership headed by an obscure […]

U.S. housing prices may still fall more than 10 percent, killing an incipient recovery, as demand from first-time home buyers fades, leading economist Nouriel […]

Taiwan’s exports fell at the slowest pace in 11 months in September on improved demand for telephones, computers and electronic goods from China.
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Southwest Airlines is spending $175 million to fit its fleet with advanced navigation equipment aimed at saving time and fuel — an effort stalled […]

One steady bit of good economic news: Inflation remains near zero. So who would want to pay extra these days to add a dose […]

In the first month after the end of the cash for clunkers program, automakers on Thursday reported virtually across-the-board sales declines with Chrysler and […]

U.S. auto sales tumbled by 23 percent in September as showrooms emptied after the government-funded boom from the “cash for clunkers” program, with General […]

Chevron Corp said on Wednesday David O’Reilly would retire as chairman and chief executive of the second-largest U.S. oil company at the end of […]