Opel and Vauxhall, General Motors’ biggest-selling brands in Europe, are getting new logos that aim to “send a message that something is happening with these brands.”

A wave of entrepreneurs are using free software to buy niche Web sites and fix them up with the hope of reselling them for far more than they paid.

Middle Eastern carriers are expanding as fast as they can in hopes of redefining their region as the aviation crossroads of the globe.

Electronic Data Systems, the second-largest technology outsourcing company, posted net earnings of $160 million, compared with $138 million from a year earlier.

A no-holds-barred, all-American gold rush for natural gas is underway in a forgotten corner of the South.

Amgen reported a far better-than-expected quarterly profit as sales of its anemia drugs, hurt by safety concerns and reimbursement restrictions, declined less than expected, and the company raised its 2008 forecast.

Electronic Data Systems, the second-largest technology outsourcing company, posted net earnings of $160 million, compared with $138 million from a year earlier.

As years of global trade talks approach another climax, China is emerging as a central player — and coming under criticism from the U.S. and others for its tactics.

The Treasury Department and the nation’s four biggest banks said they were ready to kick-start a market for a new tool to support home financing in the latest effort to spur a moribund housing market.

The White House predicted on Monday that the Bush administration would bequeath a record deficit of $482 billion to the next president.