The struggling automaker laid out plans for further hourly job cuts in a meeting between executives and the United Auto Workers union on Friday.

A group led by NBC Universal now appears likely to acquire The Weather Channel, after Time Warner withdrew its bid for the channel on Friday.

What employee manuals on health insurance, taxes and retirement plans should say, but don’t.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain and Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank, have both warned about the dangers of a new oil shock.

With global demand for sparkling wine soaring, the French authorities are opening what could be the largest wave of expansion of Champagne vineyards in nearly a century.

The proposed buyout of Silverjet by Kingplace, an investment fund, fell apart Friday and its 420 employees were laid off, the administrator said.

Wall Street extended its gains after a pair of economic reports pointed to the Federal Reserve keeping interest rates stable when it meets later this month.

Wall Street gained in early trading after the Labor Department’s report on core inflation met expectations in May.

Royal Bank of Scotland said that it would sell its Angel Trains unit, which provides trains and locomotives to passenger and freight operators, to a consortium led by Babcock & Brown.

Many in the news media see little need to reconsider their coverage of the Clinton campaign.