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Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) on Thursday announced that Linda R. Gooden, 53 would become the executive vice president of its Information & Technology Services (I&TS) division.

Johnnie Bryan Hunt Sr., the founder of the nation's largest publicly held truckload transportation company in North America, died on Thursday at the age of 79, the company said.

U.S. companies made up more than half of the World Economic Forum's list of Technology Pioneers 2007, the group announced on Tuesday.

Attracting and retaining staff is the number one business challenge facing every businesses according to a new survey.

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Ford Motor Co. (F, NYSE) said on Friday that U.S. auto sales fell by 9.7 percent for the current quarter compared to a year ago. The company also lowered its North American production estimate by 2.5 percent.

Smartphone sales over the next few years will be driven by emerging applications a new study finds, with different world regions seeking different mobile functionality.

Mattel Inc. (MAT) voluntarily recalled 4.4 million Polly Pocket Play Sets on Tuesday after three children swallowed tiny magnets from the toys and required surgery.

As U.S. shoppers gear up for the Black Friday post-Thanksgiving shopping spree, retailers have been rushing to draw attention to promotions and aggressive price cuts.

Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) announced on Monday that it has formed an advertising distribution alliance with seven companies representing more than 150 newspapers across the United States.

An index of leading U.S. economic indicators rose in October, driven by growing optimism among consumers and gains in stock prices, a report released Monday said.

Environment ministers from over 180 nations gathered on Friday in Nairobi to mark the end of a two-week UN climate summit. Delegates agreed to review the Kyoto Protocol in 2008 in order to expand the fight against global warming beyond 2012.

U.S. online apparel spending grew over 32 percent in the third quarter compared to a year ago. Specialty retailers accounted for the largest share of sales, according to new research.

It was the war between North and South, between slavery and freedom, between New York and ... itself. A new exhibit explores how slavery, while outlawed in New York state in 1827, continued to be an incredibly divisive issue, pitting the economic powerhouse of New York City's connection to the cotton trade against the moral outrage of white and free black New Yorkers disgusted by the institution.

In spite of the issues video on demand (VOD) has faced, on-demand services still offer the potential for a major revenue stream for distributors, with an expected reach of 65.9 million homes within the next 10 years, according to one researcher.

Perrigo Co.'s (PRGO) announcement last week recalling around 11 million bottles of Acetaminophen 500 mg caplets affected over 130 retailers nationwide, however the generic drug maker won't face a large hit on its earnings for the next quarter.

One of every 20 US web users in September visited an online social networking site with MySpace.com leading the way. The site received 82 percent of all social networking visitors, according to a new report released on Wednesday.

A new study released on Monday shows that European mobile phone users are more likely to access the internet on their handsets than American users.

Reports say leader regrets earlier test and would negotiate again if U.S. eases financial pressure.

Worldwide shipments of personal computers (PC) slipped to 7.9 percent in the third quarter of the year according to industry observers, driven down by weak sales in the United States.

DuPont Co., the third-largest chemical maker in the US, says that one of its new worker health studies suggests that a chemical in Teflon used to make nonstick products is not carcinogenic.