Sleep positioners marketed with the promise of helping babies sleep safely are too dangerous to use and should not be sold, U.S. officials warned on Wednesday.
Carmakers gathering in Paris this week will show off the cars they hope will win them access to booming emerging markets like China, while industry watchers seek clues on how the recovery is progressing closer to home.
French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen and U.S. counterpart Ford on Wednesday said they would develop a range of diesel engines to comply with new EU regulations, strengthening their existing partnership.
Loss-making Swedish carmaker Saab is to use BMW engines in a move by Dutch owner Spyker to help boost its recovery and appeal.
As many as 30 million U.S. homeowners would be able to refinance their mortgage at record low interest rates regardless of their credit situation under a plan unveiled on Tuesday by a Democratic lawmaker.
U.S. mortgage applications fell for a fourth straight week, reflecting the inability of many homeowners to take advantage of record low interest rates, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.
Fannie Mae, the largest provider of funding for U.S. home mortgages, on Wednesday said its mortgage investment portfolio shrank in August, while delinquencies on loans it guarantees slowed significantly in the month prior.
U.S. chief executive officers' view of the economy darkened in the third quarter, with top executives saying they were less willing to hire new workers as they fear sales growth will slow.
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic bill on Tuesday to end tax deductions enjoyed by companies that close their U.S. plants and move overseas.
J.M. Smucker Co, the maker of Jif peanut butter and Folgers coffee, said it would shut down two of its facilities in Ontario, cutting about 150 jobs, as it continues efforts to control costs and improve profit.
A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research to continue pending a full appeal, lifting an injunction issued by a federal judge who had said the Obama administration's policy violated the law.
U.S. researchers have discovered specific changes in the blood of patients with two deadly cancers that may allow doctors to diagnose them at an earlier stage.
Parents and caretakers who drink alcohol may put infants at a higher risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), new research suggests.
Valuemart Info Technologies Limited (Valuemart), a Bangalore based Software development and legal process outsourcing (LPO) firm, said it has bagged a contract for legal document processing from a leading US law firm.
Consumer confidence fell to its lowest level since February in September, underscoring lingering worries about the stremgth of the economic recovery, while home prices dipped in July.
Toys R Us Inc said it plans to hire about 45,000 seasonal workers -- 10,000 more than in the past three years -- ahead of the U.S. holiday shopping season as it opens 600 temporary stores, essentially doubling its domestic workforce.
Single-family home prices dipped in July, hovering above multi-year lows absent the homebuyer tax credit that ended in April, according a Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price report on Tuesday.
The Obama administration on Monday pleaded with a U.S. appeals court to allow federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research to continue, arguing a ban would ruin numerous projects and cost millions of dollars.
Suicide rates for middle-aged people are edging up -- particularly for white men without college degrees -- and a combination of poor health and a poor economy may be driving it, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Giving cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to more people could be a cost-effective way of preventing heart attacks, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
Employers can expect to pay nearly 9 percent more for health care costs for their workers in 2011, the highest level in five years, according to a forecast released on Monday.
President Barack Obama signed a $30 billion small business lending bill into law on Monday, claiming a victory on economic policy for his fellow Democrats ahead of November congressional elections.
