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General Motors Co said on Tuesday it planned to restore about 3,000 jobs at U.S. assembly plants and related facilities and is getting set to raise North American production by up to 45 percent next year.

Apple and rapper Eminem may be headed for trial on Thursday if they are unable to resolve a lawsuit over whether the singer's songs could be used on the popular iTunes service.

General Motors Co said on Tuesday that it would add shifts at three U.S. assembly plants, restoring 2,400 jobs, as it shutters other facilities or prepares them for new products.

Ford Motor Co and its Chinese partner will announce plans on Friday for their third car manufacturing plant in China, where sales may soon outpace its existing capacity, an industry source said on Tuesday.

For residents in the Midwest states, it can seem like there aren't many places to go aside from the big cities. Outside of Chicago, skyscrapers give way to strip malls and then it's just cornfields and cow pastures, right? Wrong.

Chrysler executive Jim Press has been sued by a California credit union for failing to repay more than $400,000 on a loan dating back to his stint as chief of Toyota Motor Corp's U.S. operations, court records show.

Jobless rates rose in the majority of U.S. states in August, tracking national trends, but unemployment rates fell in the Midwest and South, a government report showed on Friday.

Cramped living quarters on college campuses increase students' chances of being infected with all kinds of flu, but scrupulous hand hygiene and simple face masks may help some stay healthy, at least until swine fluvaccines become available next month, health experts say.

High exposure to certain now-banned industrial chemicals may lead to fewer female births, a new study suggests.

General Electric Co shares crossed into positive territory for 2009 on Wednesday, in their third day of steady gains, helped by recent brokerage upgrades and easing investor concern about its finance arm.

U.S. grocery store chain Kroger Co says shoppers are starting to buy national brands again instead of lower-priced store-label versions.

President Barack Obama's decision to restrict tire imports from China shows a more activist approach to enforcing rights Washington has negotiated in trade deals, as well as making good on a promise to labor groups that helped elect him.

Stung by a federal judge's rejection of settlement efforts with Bank of America Corp, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has a few ways to proceed in the case. None is good.

Former Pennsylvania coal miner Richard Trumka isn't president of America's biggest labor federation yet, but he's already cranking up rhetoric on issues from healthcare reform to making it easier to unionize.

There is little support in Congress for sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives said on Thursday, indicating possible trouble ahead for President Barack Obama.

The common wisdom of if something appears too good to be true, it must be is usually sage advice, but not in the case of vitamin E. Recent scientific studies have shown that this wonder pill is a pillar of excellent health.

U.S. mortgage applications surged last week to their highest since late May as consumers sought to take advantage of the lowest interest rates in months, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.

Philadelphia will take out a $275 million short-term loan from JPMorgan Chase to pay vendors that have gone without compensation since July because of one of the the worst budget crises in nearly 50 years, Democratic Mayor Michael Nutter said on Tuesday.

For more than two decades, Frank Ramirez has made a living working an unusual job in Silicon Valley: assembling cars and trucks for Toyota Motor Corp and General Motor Co.

U.S. stocks mostly slipped on Friday after a weak consumer sentiment report offset positive news from bellwethers Dell Inc and Intel Corp .

Worries over high unemployment pushed U.S. consumer confidence to a four-month low in August, while spending rose modestly in July, indicating the economy's recovery from recession would be lethargic.