Ford Motor Co (F.N) of Canada was the country's top-selling automaker for a second month in a row in July, when sales jumped more than 47 percent from a year earlier even as its main rivals recorded another month of declines.
Demand for U.S. home loans rose last week as a decline in 30-year fixed mortgage rates to a three-week low boosted applications for refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.
Demand for U.S. home loans rose last week as a decline in 30-year fixed mortgage rates to a three-week low boosted applications for refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.
Pop stars Beyonce and Lady Gaga on Tuesday each earned nine nominations for next month's MTV Video Music Awards, more than any other artist, while Britney Spears continued her musical comeback with seven nods.
Paula Abdul has decided to quit the top-rated U.S. television show
U.S. stock index futures slipped further on Wednesday as investors turned cautious after data showed private-sector jobs losses were higher than expected in July, sparking concern about the strength of the economic recovery.
Planned layoffs at U.S. firms increased in July for the first time in six months, signaling more uneasy times for workers and a continued drag on consumer spending and the broader economy.
House shopping growing, Layoffs to grow, Consumer profit slides
U.S. private employers axed more jobs in July but at the slowest pace since October, offering a glimmer of hope the labor market is stabilizing.
Sony Corp will begin selling this month the cheapest digital book reader for the United States, heating up the competition with Amazon.com Inc in the small but fast-growing market for electronic readers.
U.S. private employers shed 371,000 jobs in July, compared with a revised 463,000 drop in June, a report by a private employment service said on Wednesday.
Oil rose toward $72 a barrel on Wednesday, ahead of key inventory data expected to show a fall in U.S. crude stocks and supported by higher European equities and a weaker U.S. dollar.
Demand for U.S. home loans rose last week as a decline in 30-year fixed mortgage rates to a three-week low boosted applications for refinancing, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Wednesday.
Two American journalists freed by North Korea from months of detention were due to return to U.S. soil early on Wednesday accompanied by former President Bill Clinton, who secured their release in a meeting with the hermit state's leader Kim Jong-il.
Americans fresh out of university are discovering their expensive degrees are not the entry ticket to a job they had hoped in the face of high unemployment.
Investors are banking on fresh government incentives in the United States and China to help pull the solar sector out of its slump, but it will be next year before demand from those markets even begins to make a dent in the global glut of solar panels.
U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday before key reports on the labor market, factory orders and the vast services sector.
Citigroup plans to sell 20 businesses in consumer finance area, many of them located in Europe, its CEO Vikram Pandit said in an interview with Singapore's Business Times.
A closely-watched gauge of U.S. factory activity likely rose in July but stayed below the level showing expansion, suggesting the economy might start to emerge from recession in the second half of the year.
Oil eased below $71 a barrel on Wednesday after inventory data showed a rise in United States fuel stocks, adding to doubts about demand from the world's biggest energy consumer.
Wall Street was expected to open lower on Wednesday, slipping back from a nine-month high, as investors awaited further pointers to a potential economic recovery, and more second-quarter earnings.
The U.S. service sector is forecast to show contraction last month, but less than it shrank in June, according to a Reuters' poll of economists.
