For workers who drive, no more excuses for shoddy mileage logs
More than 40 million Americans earn money while driving around in their cars, making them eligible for a valuable business mileage deduction from the Internal Revenue Service.
Nov 03, 2014 7:39 AM EST
U.S. student debt burden falling more on top earners, easing bubble fears
Young Americans with big college debts are often portrayed as struggling to pay their bills. The reality is somewhat different - those owing super-sized student loans tend to be higher paid.
Alibaba's first earnings to test mettle, investor enthusiasm
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (BABA.N) first full quarterly report card to Wall Street investors on Tuesday will be scrutinized by the hopeful seeking validation for lofty stock price targets and studied by the few skeptics searching for inauspicious signs.
Publicis to buy US digital ad firm Sapient for $3.7 billion
Publicis (PUBP.PA), the world's third-largest advertising agency, is to buy U.S.-based digital ad specialist Sapient (SAPE.O) for $3.7 billion in cash as it seeks to accelerate growth after a botched merger earlier this year.
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Stock futures edge lower with indexes at records
U.S. stock index futures ticked lower on Monday, with investors taking a pause following a sharp rally on Friday that took the Dow and S&P 500 to record levels.
Nov 03, 2014 7:24 AM EST
Continental AG CEO says Audi recall no threat to guidance
Continental (CONG.DE) said a fault with airbags installed at premium sportscar maker Audi could cost a double-digit million euro amount to fix, a sum which the German automotive supplier could absorb without revising its earnings guidance.
Nov 03, 2014 7:12 AM EST
Daimler buys into Agusta as motorbike and car tech converge
Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) will buy 25 percent of Italian motorcycle maker MV Agusta IPO-MVAG.MI - the latest sign that motorbike and car technologies are converging, driven by a push to lower emissions and improve safety.
Nov 03, 2014 7:08 AM EST
After the "bulldozer": Hyundai's consensus-building heir-apparent
When he attended design preview meetings for the Genesis luxury sedan, Hyundai Motor heir-apparent Chung Eui-sun suggested features he'd seen on high-end European rivals, such as a pop-up navigation screen and a gearshift that rises and retracts.
Nov 03, 2014 7:02 AM EST
Toyota says Oct China auto sales up 27.1 percent year/year
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) and its two Chinese joint ventures sold about 104,700 vehicles in China in October, up 27.1 percent from a year earlier, the Japanese automaker said on Monday.
Nov 03, 2014 6:55 AM EST
Daimler opens Beijing R&D centre to tune Mercedes-Benz to Chinese tastes
Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) has opened a research and development (R&D) centre in Beijing tasked with further tuning its Mercedes-Benz brand to wealthy Chinese tastes and closing the sales gap with Audi AG (NSUG.DE) and BMW AG (BMWG.DE).
Nov 03, 2014 6:49 AM EST
U.S. services sector growth slows, pending home sales miss forecast
U.S. services sector activity dipped to a six-month low in October, pointing to some moderation in economic growth early in the fourth quarter.
Oct 27, 2014 11:47 AM EDT
CVS Health, Rite Aid block Apple Pay in their stores: NYT
Drug retailers CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) and Rite Aid Corp (RAD.N) have disabled Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) new electronic payments service Apple Pay from their stores over the weekend, the New York Times reported.
Oct 27, 2014 11:46 AM EDT
Europe's bank test celebrations mask mounting challenges
Investors were spared immediate pain on Sunday after the European Central Bank's landmark banking health check did not force massive capital hikes amongst the euro zone's top lenders.
Oct 27, 2014 11:41 AM EDT
Worried on low inflation, Fed seen offering soothing words
The U.S. Federal Reserve this week will likely reinforce its stated willingness to wait a long while before hiking interest rates after a volatile month in financial markets that saw some measures of inflation expectations drop worryingly low.
Oct 27, 2014 11:37 AM EDT
Energy shares drag on Wall Street as crude prices fall
Energy shares dragged Wall Street lower on Monday as crude prices fell further, while readings on the services sector and home sales came in below forecasts.
Oct 27, 2014 11:32 AM EDT
U.S. appeals court rules for GM over Spyker's Saab sale
General Motors Co (GM.N) persuaded a federal appeals court to uphold the dismissal of a $3 billion lawsuit in which Spyker NV (SPYKF.PK) accused it of derailing a plan to sell the Swedish automaker Saab to a Chinese company.
Oct 27, 2014 11:23 AM EDT