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Boeing takes big orders at Paris Air Show

Boeing is feeling the love at Le Bourget as it announced dozens of orders for new commercial passenger aircraft during the Paris Air Show. Article © AHN – All Rights Reserved View full post on Economy, Business And Finance Stories

Wheels: Reviewing the Mazda 2

A spirited subcompact from the Japanese automaker lets its thrill-seeking nature dominate its personality, but at the expense of fuel economy. View full post on All Stories

Six Things That Have Completely Changed for Investors

Filed under: Economy , Investing , Oracle , General Motors , Best Buy , Market News By David Sterman , StreetAuthority Friday’s employment report has created an even hazier backdrop for stocks. Recent economic data showed an economy starting to cool, but with 244,000 jobs created in April — the best showing in 11 months [...]

Five Reasons to Fear Auto Stocks

Despite recent earnings gains and strong March vehicle sales, investors should be cautious with automaker stocks right now. Continue reading Five Reasons to Fear Auto Stocks Five Reasons to Fear Auto Stocks originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:44:00. Filed Under: Company News , Economy , Investing , Honda Motor Co , [...]

Supreme Court to decide states and private groups’ right to sue polluters

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments April 19 in a case that will decide whether states and private groups can sue utilities for their greenhouse gas emissions. Additional legal briefs are due Monday in the case of American Electric Power [...]

Spiders prompt recall of 67,000 Mazda cars

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Mazda is recalling cars in the United States and Canada because of spiders in the fuel system. The Japanese automaker said the yellow sac spider leaves webs in the tank assembly of some Mazda 6 cars. The spider webs can grow into nests [...]

Will Toyota Build a Second Mexico Plant as Yen Surges?

Toyota may build another factory in Mexico to produce small cars as the world’s largest automaker shifts more capacity outside Japan to remain competitive. The yen’s strength on world markets is said to be prompting the move. Continue reading Will Toyota Build a Second Mexico Plant as Yen Surges? Will Toyota Build a Second Mexico [...]

Britain’s 4th largest grocer opens door to 12,000 apprentices

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News London, England, United Kingdom (AHN) – Britain’s fourth largest supermarket announced Sunday that it will open its door to 12,000 apprentices this year. Half of them are newly created apprentice positions with the aim of training youth in butchery, bakery and customer service. The other half are existing employees who [...]

Innu agreement paves the way for $6.5-billion Hydro-Quebec power project

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Montreal, Quebec, Canada (AHN) – Hydro-Quebec and aboriginal leaders belonging to the Innu community signed a $125 million compensation package Tuesday. The inking of the deal removes legal blocks to implement the power firm’s $6.5-billion La Romaine hydroelectric project. The $125 million deal is broken down into $80 million cash [...]

Ford shares drop after 4Q profit

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Dearborn, MI, United States (AHN) – Shares of Ford dropped on Friday after the automaker reported dismal fourth-quarter earnings. Stocks dropped more than 11 percent upon news that the Dearborn-based company’s profit plunged 79 percent in the last three months. Ford said net income from October through December was [...]