American Suzuki files for bankruptcy protection

BREA (AP) - American Suzuki Motor Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and says it will cease selling automobiles in the U.S. as part of a plan to restructure its business. The company, based in Brea, Calif., is the sole distributor of Suzuki Motor Co. vehicles in the continental U.S. It said Monday that it will ...

Barea sparks ‘wolves in win vs. Kings

Keep it simple, stupid!

Hyundai, Kia overstated gas mileage, EPA finds

Stocks waterlogged by Sandy's mounting

Solid job growth in last reading before election

Kellogg says Pringles helped fatten profits

soft expands Internet, data centers in China

Micro SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Microsoft Corp. is expanding its data-center service and Internet version of its Office software suite into China. The deal announced Thursday calls for Microsoft to work with Beijing-based 21Vianet Group Inc. to sell Office 365 and Windows Azure to companies in the world's most populous country. The licensing agreement was negotiated with the help of the Shanghai's municipal ...

Consumers give economy a lift before election with more spending, confidence

LinkedIn 3Q results sail past expectations

Retailers' gains in October could hurt holidays

Stock market reopens after a two-day shutdown; trading resumes without hitch

Netflix stock soars on news of Carl Icahn's stake

Facebook down after post-IPO lock-up expires

NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook's stock price fell Wednesday, the day employees were eligible to start selling restricted stock in the company. A lock-up period that had prevented such sales expired on Monday. U.S. stock markets opened on Wednesday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast, so that's when employees could start selling. In ...

ABC News asks judge to toss 'pink slime' lawsuit

Macy's to open on Thanksgiving for the first time

BlackBerry ad campaign seeks to reassure customers

TORONTO (AP) - BlackBerry is publishing an open letter in major publications around the world in a bid to reassure customers that they can count on the distressed smartphone company.

We’re having too much fun spending our reduced Social Security benefits

'Bionic man' walks, breathes with artificial parts

NEW YORK (AP) - Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, after all. We have the technology.

Corn harvest above expectations

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Harvest is in full swing across the country, and farmers in many states are surprised at the abundance of corn they're getting from their fields.

Starbucks asks customers to sign petition

Safeway 3Q net income drops but beats Street

PLEASANTON (AP) - Safeway said Thursday its third-quarter net income fell 58 percent, hurt by a software impairment charge, higher theft and lower property gains. Results beat expectations however and shares rose 6 percent in aftermarket trading. The grocery chain, which operates 1,406 stores in the U.S., also says it's exiting the Chicago market by early 2014 to focus on more profitable business. It operates 72 Dominick's stores in Chicago that have been losing money. ...

Bloomberg caught up in Mexico soda tax fight

MEXICO CITY (AP) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's name has been drawn into the debate over a proposed 8-cent (1 peso) per liter tax on soft drinks to fund weight-control efforts in Mexico, which now has higher obesity rates than the United States.

New from Hershey: soft caramels

Certificates off to Never Never Land

Food stamp recipients fret as boost ends

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A temporary increase in food stamps expires Oct. 31, meaning for millions of Americans, the benefits that help put food on the table won't stretch as far as they have for the past four years.

Twitter, Comcast sign TV partnership

HP issues upbeat guidance for 2014

PALO ALTO (AP) - Hewlett-Packard is upbeat about 2014, saying it will be a year of "recovery and expansion." The technology bellwether on Wednesday projected earnings for the fiscal year starting in November that exceeded analysts' forecasts and predicted "stabilizing revenue declines." HP's stock rose 8.9 percent to close at $22.60. The shares have gained about 59 percent this year. HP has been trying to ease the pain of a declining PC market by cutting ...

Short-term funds show stress as default looms

NEW YORK (AP) - Fidelity Investments, the nation's largest money market mutual fund manager, has sold all of its short-term U.S. government debt - the latest sign that investors are increasingly nervous about the possibility of a government default.

USDA warns CA poultry producer linked to outbreak

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Agriculture Department is threatening to shut down three California poultry processing facilities linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 278 people across the country.