Manufacturing

July 20 2012 7:20 AM

General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), the largest U.S. conglomerate, said Friday its second-quarter continuing earnings rose 7 percent as strong U.S. demand for energy related equipment offset falling European demand and the effect of a strong dollar.

July 19 2012 1:31 PM

Honda Motor Company (NYSE: HMC) is recalling 166,609 model year 2012 CR-V and 12013 Acura ILX vehicles in the U.S., a number which could swell to as many as 321,453 vehicles globally, according to Automotive News Thursday. Honda declined to comment on the price of the fix.

July 18 2012 3:30 PM

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is making moves to expand production in India to feed a growing export market in the company's Asia Pacific and Africa region.

July 17 2012 9:26 AM

Tata Motors Ltd. (Bombay: 500570) is looking to its UK luxury car unit, Jaguar Land Rover, to drive global sales growth particularly in emerging markets like Brazil by shifting production of the Freelander out of the UK to free up assembly line space for the popular premium model, the Range Rover Evoque.

July 16 2012 2:17 PM

The credit default swaps (CDS) market is pricing in a probable default by PSA Peugeot-Citroen (Paris: UG) as the company struggles with the French government to shed 14,000 jobs and close a plant to cut costs and ensure the survival of the troubled European automaker.

July 11 2012 1:26 PM

Aircraft maker Airbus SAS has scrapped its goal of selling 30 A380 superjumbo jets this year as airline appetites for jumbo jetliners isn't quite as big as the European aerospace giant had expected.

July 10 2012 4:33 PM

It's common knowledge that parking in New York is a miserable experience. Finding spots can be frustrating, parking is expensive, street-side parking notices are inscrutable and you have to move your car often.

July 09 2012 3:16 PM

As investors await second-quarter earnings from leading technology companies, several warning signs indicate that save for special cases, it won?t be a blow-out.

July 09 2012 9:50 AM

BMW AG (Frankfurt: BMW) will increase Mini production in a big way with a £250 million ($387 million) investment over three years in UK manufacturing, the BBC reported Monday.