BUSINESS

The Japanese auto giant sees little mainstream demand for electric vehicles right now, or possibly ever.

China is undergoing a demographic shift that will have profound economic and social consequences.

S&P will be charged by federal and state authorities for alleged wrongdoing in its ratings of mortgage-backed securities that it issued before 2008.

China's government is cutting back on its officials' lavish receptions. Great for the treasury, bad for people who do banquets for a living.

The Walt Disney Company will report first-quarter 2013 earnings on Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 4:15 p.m. EST after an eventful three-month period.

A dramatic video shows more than a dozen Iranian natural gas workers jumping into the Persian Gulf to escape a rapidly sinking production rig.

After the great power outage in New Orleans' Superdome, the recriminations begin.

Court filings suggest America’s second-largest bank gave lending relief to homeowners at the expense of investors.

Harmony Gold Mining Co, Randgold Resources Ltd, Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Trina Solar Ltd, Deckers Outdoor Corp, Herbalife Ltd, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, Banco Santander and Nokia Corporation are among the companies whose shares are moving in premarket trading Monday.

The U.S. housing market remains a challenging one, but there are several tactics sellers can deploy that should help sell their home quicker.

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open Monday ahead of the Commerce Department's factory orders report.

The country’s monetary base advanced 10.9 percent in January from an 11.8 percent rise in December.

Just days before East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers were about to go on strike, negotiators reached a tentative labor pact.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were Susser Petroleum Partners LP, LIN TV Corp, Centrais El and Frontline Ltd. The top after-market NYSE losers were Sensata Technologies Holding NV, Roundy's Inc, Pebblebrook Hotel Trust and Ball Corporation.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Friday were Concurrent Computer Corporation, PDF Solutions Inc, iRobot Corporation, Frontier Communications Corporation and TeleCommunication Systems Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were magicJack VocalTec Ltd, Primoris Services Corporation, The Medicines Company and SHFL entertainment Inc.

Having just weathered a blizzard of economic reports, investors and traders can look ahead to a fairly light calendar next week.

Most of the Asian markets rose for the week as investor confidence was lifted amid encouraging economic indicators from China.

The Detroit Three and Japanese rivals began the year in the fast lane as seasonally adjusted annual sales in January topped 15 million.

A booming market and rampant corruption have China's government worried about a real estate price bubble. But Beijing isn't sitting idly by.

Brazil's president has a bold plan to cut electricity prices. But South America's biggest economy has serious problems with power generation.

The widely followed blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average finished above 14,000 for only the sixth time in its history.

Detroit’s Big Three saw double-digit sales growth in January - a continuation of an impressive recovery that's supporting US GDP.

Two-thirds of US companies that have reported fourth-quarter results have beaten analyst expectations.

On Friday, the DJIA came within less than 200 points of its record high following the latest nonfarm payrolls report.

Recent economic indicators prompt the question: Is the recovery for real? One economist says the results are mixed, at this stage.

Burger King announced on Thursday that it had terminated its relationship with European supplier Silvercrest Foods after finding traces of horse meat in beef patties at a Silvercrest facility.

A 10-pound bag of marijuana that took a wrong turn on a cross-country shipment was delivered to surprised employees at a Kmart in Seattle.

Chrysler Group LLC, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, turned in a robust January as sales surged 16 percent.

The U.S. unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent last month.