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.
(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...
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.
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.
Traditional toys face heightened competition from electronic devices
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.
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 has decided to spin off its Small Business unit as part of the spinoff of its stake in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N).
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