China Risks `Rush’ to Tighten in 2011 After Inflation Accelerates Past 5% - Bloomberg

China risks a more abrupt tightening in monetary policy next year after refraining from raising interest rates since October even as inflation accelerated to the […]

South Korean `No Deal’ May Damp Prospects for Other U.S. Free-Trade Pacts - Bloomberg

Before heading to Seoul, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk was warned by Senator Max Baucus that “no deal is better than a bad deal” when […]

A $300 million bet on solar

Twenty miles south of Kokomo, Ind., sits an empty, 800,000-square foot factory built in the late stages of the now-dissolved DaimlerChrysler union. The factory, […]

Lockheed Martin gets NASA contract extension

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems of Houston has received a six-month extension on its contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The contract, through March 2011, […]

Med mart developers: Nashville’s doesn’t have to be first

It’s been said that Nashville’s proposed $250 million Medical Trade Center is in a footrace with similar projects in Cleveland and New York.
There can be […]

AutoNation hits 52-week high

Shares of AutoNation (NYSE: AN) set a new 52-week high on Friday, a day after it reported a 28.6 percent increase in second quarter income.
Shares […]

U.S. deficit streak at 20 months

The government posted its 20th consecutive monthly deficit in May, according to data released Thursday by the Treasury Department.
The $135.9 billion shortfall brought the […]

Air T net income drops 14%

Air T Inc. reports a 14 percent drop in net income for its fiscal year ended March 31.
The company earned $3.76 million, or $1.54 per […]

Student loan reform shares health care fate

When the House votes on a health care package this weekend, it will also consider a proposal to make the federal government the one-stop-shop […]

Spanish December Industrial Output Decline Slows

Spain’s industrial production fell in December by the least in more than year as government stimulus measures bolstered car sales and the global recovery […]