U.S. Manufacturing Gains Jobs as Wages Retreat
That is particularly true of global manufacturers like General Electric. With labor costs moving down at its appliance factories here, the company is bringing home the production of water heaters as...
View ArticleDealBook: Trying to Be Nimble, Knight Capital Stumbles
Brendan McDermid/ReutersTraders from the Knight Capital Group watched from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as Knight’s chief, Thomas Joyce, was interviewed on television. As the leader of one...
View ArticleBucks Blog: The Least (and Most) Expensive Cars to Insure
Ford Motor Co.A 2013 Ford Edge Not many people consider insurance when they go car shopping, but your premiums can vary a fair bit depending on the type of car you buy. Insure.com each year compiles a...
View ArticleMedia Decoder Blog: Ford Turns to the ‘Crowd’ for New Fiesta Ads
Four years ago, the Ford Motor Company brought out the Ford Fiesta subcompact with an innovative program that recruited young drivers – members of the target audience for the new car – to help...
View ArticleNo End to Falling European Car Sales
PARIS — European car sales keep falling, and American automakers are among the biggest losers in the shrinking market, industry data showed Tuesday. European Union new passenger car registrations slid...
View ArticleTrying to Be Hip and Edgy, Ads Become Offensive
Some of the biggest names in marketing, including Ford Motor, General Motors, Hyundai Motor, Reebok and PepsiCo, have been forced recently to apologize to consumers who mounted loud public outcries...
View ArticleA Stronger Economy Lifts June Auto Sales
DETROIT — The nation’s automakers continued to make gains in June, reporting the strongest performance in six years as the improving economy supported a continued uptick in sales. The Ford Motor...
View ArticleU.S. Factory Orders Suggest Manufacturing Is Improving
The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that factory orders rose 2.1 percent in May. April’s increase was revised higher, to 1.3 percent from 1 percent. Most of the increase in May was because of a big...
View ArticleStrong Sales Push Chrysler’s Earnings Up 16%
Chrysler, the third-largest American automaker behind General Motors and the Ford Motor Company, also reported quarterly revenue of $18 billion, a 7 percent improvement from the period a year earlier....
View ArticleRonald H. Coase, a Law Professor And Leading Economist, Dies at 102
Ronald H. Coase, whose insights about why companies work and when government regulation is unnecessary earned him a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 1991, died on Monday in Chicago. He was...
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