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Honda, Subaru Airlifting Parts Amid West-Coast Port Labor Talks

Japanese carmakers including Honda Motor Co. and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. are shipping some auto parts to the U.S. by air to bypass a labor dispute at West Coast ports that is delaying deliveries.

Stocks Slip on ECB's Greece Move as Oil Resumes Drop

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, erasing an earlier advance, while the euro extended losses after the European Central Bank tightened the terms of Greece’s bailout. Crude oil resumed its decline following a rise in American inventories. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slipped 0.4 percent by 4 p.m. in New York after a two-day rally. Energy producers and health-care stocks led declines, while Walt Disney Co. surged to a record on better-than-expected...

Companies Have Trouble Filling Sales Jobs

As the U.S. economy gains momentum, companies selling technology and other services to corporate customers are struggling to fill potentially lucrative sales jobs. Lauren Weber joins MoneyBeat. Photo: iStock/Geber86.

Shift in small business spending may curb Staples-Office Depot growth

It's the changing spending patterns of small business owners like Thomas Kean that helped prompt Staples Inc (SPLS.O) to buy Office Depot (ODP.O). It also may limit their post-merger growth prospects.

Mattel CEO is ousted after disappointing holiday sales

Traditional toys face heightened competition from electronic devices

Buffett Says Tough for Fed to Lift Rates Given Strong Dollar

Warren Buffett, the billionaire chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said it would be “very tough” for the Federal Reserve to lift interest rates this year because of the stronger U.S. dollar.

What's the Biggest Risk to the U.S. Economy?

Feb. 4 -- Bloomberg Senior Economist Carl Riccadonna and Bloomberg’s Michael McKee report on the state of the U.S. economy. They speak on “Market Makers.”

Yahoo to spin off Small Business unit with Alibaba stake

Yahoo has decided to spin off its Small Business unit as part of the spinoff of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N).