Home sales rebound to highest level in 2 years

Sales of existing homes rebounded sharply in September to their highest level in two years, getting a strong boost from first-time homebuyers, according to […]

Ditching Wall Street to make tequila

Drenched in sweat, Jonathan Rojewski stood in the middle of the agave field in Tequila, Mexico — his skin burned from hours in the […]

Chrysler’s credibility challenge

An auto company high executive who shall remain unnamed chuckled when asked about the competitive prospects of Chrysler:
"What’s their market share, 7%? And what […]

The Dow: An index by any other name …

Dear Rupert Murdoch,
I’ve heard that you are considering selling the Dow Jones index business. It’s understandable if you need to raise some cash […]

Twitter down: Denial of service

Social networking Web site Twitter was unavailable for roughly two hours Thursday morning after being hit by a denial of service attack.
Twitter went down […]

Detroit area jobless rate tops 17%

The Detroit metropolitan area held its position of having the highest unemployment rate among major U.S. cities, with the rate surging more than 2 […]

Invest $500,000, score a U.S. visa

Hunting for capital in this frozen economy? Some legislators think an obscure immigration program could help.
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to […]

Jury rules for Greenberg in AIG legal battle

A company run by former AIG CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg did not breach a trust when it ended an executive retirement scheme at the […]

Ford plant dumps SUVs, goes small

Ford Motor said Wednesday it will spend $550 million to convert a plant, which previously produced trucks and SUVs, into a "green" manufacturing complex […]

Chrysler worker: ‘Roller coaster isn’t over for us’

The deal that is supposed to save jobs has put Chrysler hourly workers out of a job for at least the next month.
"I was […]