By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DANA POINT, Calif. – The Kia Soul is the most successful alternatively shaped car (read: square box) on the...
Paul Davidson, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Many businesses are boosting hiring and investments with the money they’re saving on fuel as slumping oil prices bolster a...
(Bloomberg) – So much for secular stagnation. A November surprise that included a jump in wages as well as the biggest hiring surge in almost three...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A summer jobs program that engaged mentors to help troubled kids stay on track is linked with a...
LOS ANGELES (USA Today) – Struggling wireless carrier has tried seemingly everything to wean customers from Verizon and AT&T. Friday it begins its latest attempt...
(CNN) – It’s big, shiny and always churning. And it’s fancy — a whole lot fancier than your corner Starbucks. Dubbed the Starbucks Reserve Roastery...
BRANDON BAILEY, AP Technology Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs had seven words for a subordinate when he learned that a rival...
(CBS News) – Which cars go to the repair shop least and boast the lowest repair costs? Honda (HMC) tops this year’s manufacturer rankings by...
(CBS News) – Fast-food workers in more than 150 U.S. cities are expected to walk off their jobs Thursday, the latest in a series of protests...
DEE-ANN DURBIN, AP Auto Writers TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writers DETROIT (AP) — American shoppers passed on the malls and headed to the car dealerships over...
TRACY, Calif. (Los Angeles Times) — This holiday season, Amazon’s little helper is an orange, 320-pound robot called Kiva. The robots — more than 15,000...
TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — At least seven automakers are teaming up to find the cause of a problem with air bags used...
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers rolled out discounts and free shipping deals on Cyber Monday, with millions of Americans expected to...
(Reuters)—Mall crowds were relatively thin early on Black Friday in a sign of what has become the new normal in U.S. holiday shopping: the mad rush...
Kevin McCoy, USA Today (USA TODAY)—OPEC’s decision to maintain oil-production levels could threaten financing for some U.S. oil industry expansion and trigger market consolidation in...
(Computer World) – Apple’s discounts of the iPad Air and first-generation iPad Mini were “very aggressive,” a retail analyst said today, and were aimed at scooping...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Before some people opened their eyes, Black Friday was already well underway. The traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping...
(CNN Money) – They justify opening on the famous American holiday because of competition. Others are doing it, so they have to as well or...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration left out some of the business community’s top priorities, disappointing business leaders...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading companies will need to have at least 30 percent women on their supervisory boards from 2016, according to a new...
AboutThatCar.com By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist White Plains, N.Y. – Lexus of late is beginning to address an Achilles Hill that it has endured for...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Home Depot faces at least 44 lawsuits in the United States and Canada over a massive data breach earlier this year...
TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Honda is admitting that it failed to report more than 1,700 injury and death claims about its vehicles...
Jonathan Drew, ASSOCIATED PRESS RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has become an attractive market for smartphone-based car services such as Uber and Lyft,...
Dan Taylor, DAILY DIGEST NEWS (DailyDigestNews.com)—As Black Friday nears — the day after Thanksgiving when holiday shopping is busiest — shoppers may be overwhelmed...
