General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co both reported weaker-than-expected U.S. sales gains in June as they again dialed back deals for car buyers despite the shaky economy.
Ford Motor Company posted strong sales results for June, up 10 percent from the same month one year ago. General Motors also showed a June sales increase, but its numbers were below analyst expectations.
General Motors Co on Friday reported a weaker-than-expected gain in June U.S. sales and tempered its full-year forecast for the industry as some consumers were still holding back on buying cars.
General Motors sales increased more than 10 percent in June, but the results reported today are lower than analyst expectations.
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Tokyo's Levitating Girl, Natsumi Hayashi, is a Japanese teenager who has garnered an international Internet fan base after she published photos of herself floating on her blog.You too can 'levitate,' now that Hayashi has revealed her secret power:
Japan must prevent currency rates and electricity costs from driving companies abroad after the March 11 earthquake raised concerns about the reliability of suppliers and the availability of power, Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Friday.
A top Federal Reserve official said on Thursday large-scale bond buying can be an effective monetary policy substitute when the central bank runs out of room to cut interest rates.
The Federal Reserve should be prepared to act to support the economic recovery again if growth disappoints, a top official said on Thursday, the day the central bank's latest bond buying round ended.
While Japan's 'Levitating Girl' Natsumi Hayashi has become an Internet sensation, China has also come up with three levitating government officials.
While Japan's 'Levitating Girl' Natsumi Hayashi has become an Internet sensation, China has also come up with three levitating government officials.
The color red appears to have a long positive association in Russian culture – from long before the rise of Communism.
New-car retail sales in the U.S. market cooled in the third week of June from the stronger pace of the first two weeks, a top industry consulting firm said on Thursday.
Business activity in the U.S. Midwest grew more than expected this month, helped by a jump in new orders, a report showed on Thursday.
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday that while the central bank's massive bond buying program impacted financial markets immediately, its effect on the broad economy will lag by as much as a year.
Wall Street rose for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday in an end-of-quarter rally that was boosted by a surprisingly strong economic report covering the U.S. Midwest.
Much-wanted Brazilian striker Neymar is said to have chosen Real Madrid over Barcelona, Chelsea, Inter Milan and a host of other clubs who met his release clause.
St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said on Thursday that while the central bank's massive bond buying program impacted financial markets immediately, its effect on the broad economy will lag by as much as a year.
LONDON - Investors have become a little more upbeat heading into the second half of the year, lifting stock allocations from 2011 lows but remaining cautious with plenty of safe-haven cash and bonds.
Hitachi Ltd is in talks with Toshiba and Sony about joining the merger of their liquid-crystal display units, a move that would create the world's largest maker of small panels, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.
Stock index futures pointed to a fourth day of gains for Wall Street on Thursday, the day the Federal Reserve ends its QE2 bond buying program, as optimism that Greece's debt problems are getting resolved helped lift equities from their recent lows.
A magnitude 4.7 quake hit Eastern Honshu region of Japan on Thursday, injuring seven people.
