Couple charged with GM hybrid tech theft
Federal authorities in Detroit charged a Michigan couple Thursday with stealing information about hybrid vehicle technology from General Motors and attempting to put it to use for a Chinese car company.
read moreUPS jumps 6% on blowout quarter
Shares of UPS surged Thursday after the world’s largest delivery company reported sales and earnings that beat analysts’ expectations and raised its outlook for the rest of the year.
read moreNewark mayor: No toilet paper for city offices
In a desperate attempt to fill a $70 million budget hole, Newark’s mayor is taking a chainsaw to the town’s budget — even going so far as to cut toilet paper from the 2010 budget.
read moreHouse votes to extend jobless lifeline
About 2.8 million jobless Americans are one signature away from getting the unemployment benefits back.
read moreNew blood changes Detroit’s old ways
The news that General Motors is paying $3.5 billion for AmeriCredit, an auto finance company, is another signal that change is coming to Detroit — and quickly.
read more5 way to keep your cool in a scary market
You knew it couldn’t go on forever. And deep down, the spectacular run-up in stocks that began when the bear market bottomed in March 2009 was actually making you a little nervous. An 80% surge in just 13 months was starting to feel a lot like bubble t…
read moreExisting home sales fall 5.1%
Sales of existing homes fell 5.1% in June, an industry group said Thursday.
read moreWhich college grads snag the best salaries
Attending school in California and becoming an engineering major can really pay off for college graduates — by thousands of dollars a year.
read moreFor sale: Superman’s cape just $35,000
Despite a tough economy, collectors at this week’s Comic Con are hoping this is the golden age for collecting movie and television props. Here’s something for everyone, from Trekkies to Lost fanatics.
read moreNew wave credit card abuses
A 2009 federal crackdown on abusive credit card practices has exposed a litany of other ways consumers are being hosed.
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