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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc., up 28 cents at $1.58 While the auto rental company expects to post a...

From Tribune news services Stocks fell for the first time in four days on concern that a slump in corporate profits will stretch into this year, overshadowing speculation the government will revive the economy with tax cuts. Monday was considered the...

LONDON (AP) — British retailers Debenhams and Next saw sales drop over the Christmas season, but both companies said profits held up well as they had prepared for one of the toughest retail periods in a long time. Mid-market department store...

Toyota's and Honda's U.S. sales fell more than their U.S. competitors' in December, as consumers steered clear of showrooms because of the dismal economy. Toyota's 37 percent decline and Honda's 35 percent drop showed that the Japanese companies' fuel-...

Navistar International Corp. shares have surged more than 20 percent today – even though the Warrenville truck and engine maker offered a fiscal 2009 earnings forecast lower than some observers had been expecting – thanks to an upbeat conference call...

Japan auto executives gathered for an annual New Year's party Monday expressed hopes for a U.S. turnaround and a strengthening dollar to fix the faltering global market. Japan's export-dependent automakers have been battered by the slowdown in the U.S....

TOKYO (AP) — Japan auto executives gathered for an annual New Year's party Monday expressed hopes for a U.S. turnaround and a strengthening dollar to fix the faltering global market. Japan's export-dependent automakers have been battered by the...

The government will give new details on the growing ranks of unemployed Americans, and an agriculture firm and a grocer will report quarterly earnings. Employment situation The feeble U.S. job market likely got worse in December. Economists expect...

Let me offer two cheers — but not three — for one of the best decisions President-elect Barack Obama has made since winning election: abandoning his campaign promise to impose a "windfall profits tax" on American oil companies. Obama gets a...

GENERAL MOTORS -$0.97 (22%) to $3.52 Shares of the giant automaker had the biggest percentage decline in the Dow Jones industrial average. Credit Suisse Group cut its rating on the stock to "underperform" from "neutral" and cut its price estimate...

From Tribune news services Home sales declined dramatically last month and housing prices posted their sharpest decline in at least four decades as a rapidly slowing economy discouraged many potential buyers from getting into the market. Sales of...

WASHINGTON -- As the longest recession in a quarter century intensifies, analysts believe the small decline in economic activity in the third quarter has worsened significantly in the current fourth quarter. The Commerce Department said today that the...