Business Highlights
Retailers are building bigger warehouses, using robots to process orders, shipping directly from stores and using sophisticated software to find the quickest, cheapest way to get orders shipped.
The automaker is recalling about 3,300 big pickup trucks and SUVs mainly in North America to fix the ignitions, which can get stuck in the "start" position and slip into "accessory" if jostled.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. manufacturing production fell for the second straight month in September as factories cranked out fewer appliances, computers, and electronics.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers advertised fewer job openings in August and kept hiring flat, another sign the American jobs market has lost strength since spring.
Consumer staples and health care stocks were among the biggest risers as investors assessed the latest company earnings and economic news.
After several weeks speculating about the implications of a slowdown in China and the timing of an interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve, traders are squarely tuned into company earnings as they hunt for insight into how the global economy is doing.
NEW YORK (AP) — Industrial conglomerate General Electric Co. on Friday reported a decline in third-quarter profit, but strong performances from its core units helped the company top Wall Street expectations.
General Electric has been making a push to focus on industrial businesses — making large, complicated equipment for other companies — and shrinking its other businesses that focus on finance.
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen is hiring a top anti-corruption manager from competitor Daimler as it struggles to clean up a scandal over cheating on U.S. diesel emissions tests.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The chief executives of 10 of the world's biggest oil and gas companies have pledged support for an "effective" deal to fight global warming at a Paris conference next month.
In a statement Friday, the CEOs