Ford plans to increase its North American manufacturing capacity by 200,000 vehicles through a series of production-line expansions and a shortening of its summer shutdowns.

Apple's tax strategies came under harsh scrutiny Tuesday in the Senate, where lawmakers are finding it far easier to call for a simpler tax code than to produce one.

Gold's slump has saddled the second-largest U.S. college endowment with more than $300 million in paper losses.

The market for bonds backed by a single loan on commercial real estate is booming for the first time since the financial crisis.

British retailer Marks & Spencer reported another set of lackluster earnings, putting Chief Executive Marc Bolland under the spotlight after three years in charge.

Microsoft unveiled a reinvented Xbox game console that demonstrated the software giant's most aggressive play yet for control of consumers' living rooms.

Renault and Nissan are expanding the capacity at their joint-venture factory in India by a third as part of their strategy to utilize the country as a global manufacturing hub and to tap potential growth in local demand.

South Africa's currency stumbled to a four-year low and the country's bonds sold off, signs that escalating labor unrest is starting to outweigh the lure of high yields for many investors.

Sales of insecticides are surging after years of decline, as U.S. corn planting expands and a genetic modification used to protect crops from pests has started losing its effectiveness.

The head of SkyWest said he still saw a future for the smaller 50-seat jets being dropped by some carriers as the largest U.S. regional airline on unveiled another huge order for bigger aircraft that doubled its new-plane commitments to as many as 400.