COMPANIES

Black Friday deals are sold to consumers as if they're the best sales of the year. But evidence shows that they're often no better than other markdowns throughout the year.

GM’s ignition switch recall will keep CEO Mary Barra from receiving an award for being first woman to head a car company.

Baghdad and Iraqi Kurdistan reached a deal Thursday to ease tensions over oil exports through Turkey.

Consumers say they plan to spend less or about the same on holiday gifts, and retailers are cautious.

The federal loan program that backed failed solar firm Solyndra and other clean-energy firms is in the black and expects to earn billions more.

Amazon.com Inc. and Hachette Book Group announced Thursday they have reached a deal in their dispute over e-book prices.

The upcoming Chevrolet muscle car won’t feed South Korea’s growing appetite for imported cars. Because, noise.

Shoppers can find the lowest prices before and after --but not on-- Black Friday, says price-tracking firm ShopAdvisor.

A measure backing Keystone XL may pass Congress, but Obama is likely to veto any challenge to his authority over it.

Analysts said prices could soon drop further to $70 a barrel if demand stays flat and output rises.

A proposed rule would help protect prepaid card users from theft and high fees.

“I have always been impressed by Duracell, as a consumer and as a long-term investor in P&G and Gillette,” Buffett said.

Total revenue rose to $119 billion from $115.7 billion a year earlier.

The talks with Hasbro come more than a month after discussions with Japan's Softbank fell apart.

Takata called the New York Times report “untrue” because it confuses “multiple events occurring at different times and for different purposes.”

Analysts and project finance experts believe the company may have underestimated the difficulties of raising funds for the $7 billion project.

Regulations to curb power plant and tailpipe pollution, methane and refrigerants could help slash U.S. emissions.

With little else to lose at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, auto plant, the UAW sees hope in the company’s new deal.

The department store chain is in the final phase of a turnaround effort.

The department store chain lowered its full-year guidance on a weaker-than-expected third quarter but expects a better fourth.

The New York City MTA is considering raising MetroCard prices yet again under a new proposal.

New York's major airports aren't up to world standards, so airlines like JetBlue are deciding to go it alone and spend millions of dollars.

President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to curb greenhouse gas emissions in a first-of-its-kind deal Wednesday. Will it be enough?

Taiwan’s first light-rail service uses Spanish electric trains that charge wirelessly instead of using overhead catenary lines.

The International Energy Agency in its annual outlook report said demand could rise by 37 percent by 2040.

The department store chain reported a 30 percent rise in profit but with disappointing sales.

Declining shipments to India would drag on global coal markets grappling with oversupply as China too tries to move toward cleaner fuels.

Toyota is the largest seller of automobiles in the world, having recently pulled ahead of other players like Volkswagen and General Motors.

The fines were imposed after a year-long investigation into allegations of rigging of forex markets between 2008 and 2013.