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PARIS France, which famously opposed the Iraq war, is in talks to resume sales of military equipment to Baghdad for the first time in nearly two decades, French and Iraqi officials say. This means that France, a major global arms vendor and once a key...

The decline in home prices in the Baltimore metro area accelerated last month - the average fell below the 2005 figure - but the hemorrhaging in sales came to a near-halt. The average sale price in Baltimore and its five surrounding counties dropped to...

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Morgan Stanley Inc. shares plunged more than 22 percent yesterday as investors questioned the investment bank's future even with a major investment from Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Yesterday marked the fifth straight day that shares of the...

PepsiCo, the second-largest U.S. beverage company, said Friday that it was starting a marketing campaign to refocus attention on soft drinks, which have seen lagging sales. As consumers became more health-conscious, demand shifted from soda to bottled...

Mazda says no decision has been reached on Ford possibly selling its stake in the Japanese automaker, as has been reported in Japanese media. But Mazda says in its comments Saturday that it will speedily release information if and when there is such a...

FORD CEO: BANKRUPTCY MAKES NO SENSE | While his company's stock slipped to an astonishingly low $1.88 per share, Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally said Friday that the automaker is conserving cash and won't run out of money before the...

Speaking at the White House Friday as finance ministers and central bankers from around the world gathered nearby. Stock markets jolted still lower in the U.S. and around the world Friday despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede, and the globe'...

NEW YORK (AP) _ In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang. With auto...

TOKYO (AP) _ Mazda denied Saturday that a decision had been made by troubled Ford Motor Co. to sell its stake in the Japanese automaker but it didn't rule out a possible deal. Japanese media reported Saturday that Ford was considering selling its one-...

When people sit down in Julie McCoy's chair to get their hair cut, they unload their troubles. And these days, everyone's troubled about the economy. "Aside from their husbands and their kids, that's all anyone is talking about," says McCoy, whose...

Anne Elliott liked the shoes but not the price tag. "I just didn't know if I needed to spend $320 for two pairs of shoes if the stock market dropped 700 points today," she said one day last week. Elliott, who works as a substitute teacher, isn't the...