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NASCAR officials say it's too early to predict whether drivers or crew members will be suspended for being involved in fights following a wreck between Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer late in Sunday's race at Phoenix International Raceway.

Strong Japanese yen claims another domestic export-oriented business: Suzuki Motor Corp.

Despite Hurricane Sandy cutting October car sales, the industry posted a big improvement in October over last year's results.

Apple iTunes users can now send Hurricane Sandy relief effort donations to the American Red Cross directly from their music player.

As Japanese auto companies have been hit by a Chinese boycott, all eyes look to Ford and GM for guidance in this week's earnings.

An autopsy report shows that director Tony Scott did not have cancer at the time of his August suicide.

Stanford Ovshinsky, credited as the brain behind batteries for smartphones and hybrids, succumbed to prostate cancer Wednesday at the ripe age of 89.

A man connected to the Republican Party was arrested after reports allege the man of throwing out completed voter registration forms in Virginia.

Former BMX Olympian Kyle Bennett died in an automobile accident on Sunday.

Toyota announced on Wednesday that it would recall 7.4 million vehicles, in the largest single recall in 16 years.

Asian stock markets ended lower Wednesday as sentiment was weighed down by concerns over the global economic growth and the U.S. corporate earnings.

Japanese car sales plunged in China in September, and the slump threatens to stall their momentum in the No. 1 auto market.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Tuesday despite pessimistic global growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as expectation of a further easing measure from the Chinese central bank provided support.

Japanese auto giants like Toyota plan to halve China production after sales slumped. Non-Japanese brands stand to gain.

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as the weak economic reports from China and Japan increased the concerns over the global growth slowdown.

Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as the weak Chinese industrial profits raised hopes that the government could launch fresh measures to support growth in the world’s second largest economy.

There are fears over the economic impact of the dispute between China and Japan if the row over islands in the East China Sea is not resolved soon.

Most of the Asian markets dropped Tuesday as investor confidence was weighed down by the intensifying tensions between China and Japan and the increasing concerns over the euro zone debt crisis.

In the wake of the rising tensions with Japan over a disputed set of islands in the East China Sea, China has threatened to retaliate with economic measures that would negatively impact the Sino-Japanese trade.

Chinese riot police forcibly broke up an anti-Japan protest in southern China Sunday as demonstrators again took to the streets in scores of cities in a long-running conflict over a group of tiny disputed islands.

Asian stock markets made gains Friday as investor confidence was lifted following the announcement of another round of quantitative easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve which is expected to rejuvenate the economic growth.