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Sales rose almost eight percent for Chevrolet in July, as the company benefits from the fuel-efficient Cruze and other new products. The 2012 subcompact Sonic is due to arrive in dealer showrooms in October.

Goldman Sachs International sold HK$3.73 billion ($478.7 million) worth of shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd, the world's largest lender by market value, in what it said was a transaction to help a client hedge its position in the bank.

JAC is seeking to produce 100,000 vehicles every year in Latin America?s largest car market

Hyatt Hotels Corp (H.N) posted second-quarter earnings that sailed past market expectations, helped by strong performance at its mid-market hotels in North America.

Skype's new iPad app is receiving many positive reviews just afters after its release.

Skype's anticipated iPad app has been launched.

Skype momentarily debuted its new app for the iPad Monday, but the company quickly pulled it down from Apple's App Store, saying it wasn't yet ready for release.

In the tough economy, people are buying less Coors beer. Molson Coors Brewing Co. said Tuesday weak sales hurt quarterly profits, citing weak economic conditions, sentiment that was underscored hours later when the U.S. Commerce Department released figures show consumer gains combined with rising fuel costs prompted Americans to pinch dollars more tightly -- and beer was apparently one of the items cut.

NJ police set up a sting operation

MolsonCoors, maker of Coors Light and Blue Moon beers, posted lower than expected earnings on Tuesday, as commodity costs rose while sales dropped.

Skype's anticipated app for the iPad went live briefly Monday, but it was pulled after Skype said it was launched prematurely.

he British-based bank may slash at least 1,400 more jobs in 2011, after already having eliminated another 1,400 positions this year

Renowned custom tuner, Anderson Germany has introduced a sleek, menacing new look of the Maserati Gran Turismo S dubbed as the Superior Black Edition.

The TD-MI Monthly Inflation Gauge has indicated a 0.3% rise in July, bringing the year-on-year figure to 3.2%. The result takes inflation above the Reserve Bank's target band of two to three per cent.

Brokers have expressed outrage at a recent move by Firstfolio to impose a fee on non-performing originators.

U.S. media giants are set to report quarterly revenue gains on the back of a booming advertising market that shows little sign of retreating.

A former Trust Company of the West employee intentionally snuck confidential data out of the company and misled investigators who tried to recover it, a former TCW senior vice president testified.

HighTower Advisors, a firm that is expanding by poaching financial advisers from the big brokerages, on Monday said it hired a private banking team from Merrill Lynch managing more than $1 billion of client assets.

Oil fell on Monday, reversing gains as weak U.S. manufacturing data and a firming dollar hit crude prices that were buoyed earlier by a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling.

Gold was flat in early trade on Tuesday, supported by the gold purchase by South Korea's central bank, while investors watched the outcome of a vote on the debt deal.

Underlying trends suggest that the current bout of high inflation in the United States is likely to be short-lived, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank researchers said on Monday.

Merrill Lynch, the second largest U.S. brokerage by assets and financial advisers, on Monday said it hired seven new advisers overseeing more than $800 million in combined client assets.

HighTower Advisors, a firm that is expanding by poaching financial advisers from the big brokerages, said on Monday it hired a private banking team from Merrill Lynch managing more than $1 billion of client assets.

U.S. cattle futures set a two-week high on Monday lifted by a sharp drop in this week's cattle supplies and on news of active beef exports last week, traders said.

Midwest cash gasoline differentials rose on Monday following cycle changes in both Chicago and Group Three markets.

Interest rates on most Treasury bills fell on Monday after a tentative deal among top Washington lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling soothed anxiety of a sovereign debt default.

The new release of Adobe Edge "allows web designers to bring animation, similar to that created in Flash Professional, to websites using standards likes HTML, JavaScript and CSS." "As the trend heads towards HTML 5, designers looking forward will have a strong incentive to learn HTML 5-capable animation frameworks, especially when Adobe develops them."

Ford is recalling one million F-150 trucks, its most popular vehicle, due to issues with the fuel tank straps corroding, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Denver is having a flight price war, as Frontier and Southwest are offering tickets through Tuesday and Wednesday at less than $10 one way to some destinations.