IBT Staff Reporter

Dear Sam: I have been employed with the same government agency for 16+ years. The last 7 years, I have also worked a part-time job as a gas station cashier. I am not getting any younger, and needless to say, I am very tired. The gas station is going to be cutting back on hours, since I am the oldest, and only able to work a few hours a week, guess who is being cut?

The surprise decision by General Motors Co to drop a plan supported by Chief Executive Fritz Henderson to sell the company's Opel unit has raised new questions about the standing of the veteran GM insider after just six months on the job.

Chrysler's new boss offered an ambitious outlook for the automaker on Wednesday, saying it would more than double sales, roll out a dozen new models built on Fiat platforms and pay back debt to U.S. taxpayers over the next five years.

The New York City government and the Yankees officially announced that a Parade will be held on Friday November 6 to celebrate the victory of the team's 27th World Series.

Ford Motor Co will continue meeting informally with United Auto Workers leaders to discuss labor issues following the rejection of concessions by U.S. rank-and-file workers, a top executive said on Wednesday.

The HTC Droid Eris will be available alongside the Motorola Droid this Friday, November 6 in Verizon stores and its appears to be ahead of its Droid competitor in three key aspects.

Toyota Motor Corp reported a surprise quarterly profit and slashed its annual loss forecast by more than half as sales and cost cutting beat its forecasts, putting it on track to follow Japanese rivals into the black next year.

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson expects to close its acquisition of key assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp very soon, a senior company executive said on Thursday.

Oil fell nearly 1 percent to below $80 a barrel on Thursday, as doubts about a recovery in oil demand outweighed positive economic signals.

U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, with big manufacturers' shares pushing the Dow industrials briefly up 2.1 percent to touch the 10,000 mark, after a rise in business productivity and a drop in jobless claims bolstered investor confidence in the economy.

Bank of New York Mellon Corp CEO Bob Kelly told the bank's senior managers he is not interested in the top job at Bank of America Corp , defusing speculation that he would leave his current post.

With less than 24 hours away from the release of the Motorola Droid, Verizon introduced the HTC Droid Eris which will also be released tomorrow, November 6 through the Verizon network.

Sara Lee Corp posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings and raised its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday, and its shares rose 3.5 percent.

Thomson Reuters Corp reported that quarterly revenue in its markets and legal businesses fell as customers cut costs in the wake of the financial crisis, but its CEO said the worst was ove

(Corrects description of commodity derivative gain in paragraph 7)

Natural gas spot prices fell over the week at most market locations, declining on average 16 cents per million Btu (MMBtu). Decreases ranged between 2 cents and 77 cents per MMBtu. In the few trading locations where prices rose, increases were modest, ranging between 1 and 4 cents per MMBtu. The Henry Hub natural gas spot price fell 10 cents on the week, closing at $4.49 per MMBtu.

Although U.S. President Barack Obama has never set foot there, China cast a long shadow in the Pacific region where he grew up.

The college application process that dominates senior year for many high school students is always stressful, but this year it's even worse.

Best Buy is offering to install Google mobile applications on smartphones sold at its stores as the electronics retailer steps up services to lure shoppers and tackle competition.

The modern workplace is an emotionally charged landscape of constant threats and unconscious fears that can addle or even destroy our brainpower, according to three recent books on neuroscience.

LONDON - The Beatles remasters are coming out on a limited-edition apple-shaped USB drive in time for Christmas, marking the first time the Fab Four's catalog has officially been sold as digital files separate from the CDs.

(In paragraph 3, corrects to 16GB from 16MB)

U.S. mortgage rates fell below 5 percent for the first time in three weeks, a key level that may boost home loan demand and help the hard-hit housing market recover, a closely watched mortgage survey showed Thursday.

Fourteen people were charged with fraud and conspiracy in a dramatic widening of an insider trading scandal that has ensnared hedge fund managers, top Silicon Valley executives and a bevy of white-shoe advisers.

The HTC Droid Eris will be available alongside the Motorola Droid this Friday, November 6 in Verizon stores and its proving to be a solid competitor to the Motorola Droid for several reasons.

The enormous, stately Citadel, the former palace of several emperors of the Nguyen

A U.S. diplomat said on Thursday that Washington was fully committed to its alliance with Japan, as the two governments prepared for a visit by President Barack Obama that has been clouded by a feud over a U.S. Marine base.

U.S. stocks jumped on Thursday after a rise in business productivity and a drop in jobless claims lifted investor confidence in the economy, while strong results from Cisco bolstered tech stocks.

More than half of U.S. retail chains posted October sales that fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations, raising doubts about a widespread recovery for the holiday season.