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General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) posts 7 percent rise in total sales in February, to 224,314 units.

How did "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis become indebted to a Las Vegas tycoon for a reported $10.3 million?

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said Friday it sold 195,822 vehicles last month, its best February in six years.

Chrysler sold 139,015 units in the U.S. in February, a 4 percent year-over-year increase.

A California winery submerged four cases of cabernet sauvignon in Charleston Harbor to see how the ocean affects the aging of the wine.

The Mongolian government blocked mining licenses for Entree Gold, Inc. Is this resource nationalism? Probably not.

Rising royalty costs prompt U.S. online streaming music company Pandora Media to limit free mobile listening.

Lego Group reports stellar 2012 sales after the Danish toy company released a line of products tailored to girls.

Basketball legend and average golfer Michael Jordan is moving onto a golf course on a lake near Charlotte.

When complete, the skyscraper with be 1,776 feet with 104 stories in Lower Manhattan - the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

As tough as times still are for job seekers and employers alike, recovery signs keep popping up in financial services - particularly at the big banks.

Shell has spent more than $4.5 billion on its search for oil in the Chukchi and Beaufort. But it's faced setbacks this winter.

Jhaqueil Reagan, 18, was walking to an appointment at an Indianapolis Dairy Queen that was 10 miles away.

Apple CEO Tim Cook will tell his shareholders' meeting what his plans are for the company's $137 billion cash pile.

A $5 million class-action lawsuit has been filing claiming Budweiser is watered down. The lawsuits take aim at Anheuser-Busch and were filed after testimony from former employers who detailed the deceptive practice.

Citing antitrust concerns, the European Commission again blocked the merger of two Dublin-based carriers.

Beijing is now buying up depressed assets on foreign soil. And their favorite destination is Europe.

Home prices are up, but how much you get for your dollar depends on where you buy.

Lexus earned the top score in Consumer Reports' 2013 annual ranking of car brands and vehicles.

U.S. house prices jumped 7.3 percent in 2012, and December's gain was the 11th straight monthly rise.

DKNY's public relations nightmare over its unauthorized use of Humans of New York photographs continued Tuesday, a day after the company took steps to end a controversy that had gone viral the day before.

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is hitting more turbulence as Japan’s All Nippon Airways says it will cancel all flights using the widebody jet.

Zynga announced Monday that it is closing down and "consolidating" its offices in New York and Texas to cut costs.

Check out this list of five new affordable cars under $15,000.

Swedish furniture giant Ikea's meatballs, labeled as pork and beef, are found to have horsemeat in them.

Investors will get a good read on economic conditions via a slew of quarterly earnings reports by big-name retailers this week.

For $349,000, you can own and live in rock 'n' roll history on the Jersey shore, where Bruce Springsteen wrote his greatest work.

Big food brands such as Smucker, Jif and Folgers are thinking outside the box to keep 2013 sales rising.

Three years after implementing quotas, the Gallic country has doubled the number of women corporate decision makers.