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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...

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DealBook: 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...

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Bucks 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...

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Media 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...

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No 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...

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Trying 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...

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A 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...

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U.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...

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Strong 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....

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Ronald 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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