The worst-performing regional companies, based on percentages, were O’Reilly Automotive, Great Plains Energy,Kansas City Southern and YRC Worldwide. The winners included Garmin, up 1.4 percent; DST, up .8 percent; Waddell & Reed, up .8 percent, and Sprint, up .4 percent.
The airline said people carrying just a personal item that fits under the seat — no rolling suitcases — will be allowed to board before most other passengers. The airline said it would let passengers check a carry-on bag at the gate for no charge.
Only two of 13 small SUVs performed well in front-end crash tests done by an insurance industry group, with several popular models faring poorly in the evaluations.
A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged.
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose this week but stayed near their historic lows. Cheaper mortgages have helped the economy by spurring more home-buying and refinancing.
Best Buy and Dell release earnings reports Tuesday. Sears announces earnings Thursday.
Cisco Systems led the Dow Jones industrial average slightly higher Thursday after the technology company reported higher sales. Mixed corporate earnings and economic reports kept the major stock indexes flipping between slight gains and losses.
E-book sales, especially romance in the year of “Fifty Shades” erotic novels, gave the book business a lift in 2012, according to a survey of publishers released Wednesday. E-book sales in fiction rose 42 percent from the year before to $1.8 billion; nonfiction sales rose 22 percent to $484.2 million.
Its terms would make a sale possible only with approval of the hospital board, City Council and voters.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other top Democrats unveiled legislation that would head off an increase set to hit in July and would instead extend the current 3.4 percent rate into 2015. They rejected President Barack Obama’s call for more sweeping changes in the loan program, including replacing its fixed rates with ones that would vary with market conditions
After years of increasing health care costs, the outlook is improving for seniors worried about paying their medical bills during retirement.
Three Ohio drivers are suing Ford Motor Co., claiming the company's six-cylinder EcoBoost engine is defective.
Area households appear to have shrugged off January’s rise in Social Security taxes and achieved a lower financial stress rating.
A report of slowing manufacturing is getting the stock market off to weak start Wednesday.
More than $6 billion in baggage and reservation change fees was collected from passengers last year — the highest amount since the fees became common five years ago.
The National Transportation Safety Board at a hearing in Washington said the U.S. is behind other countries, including most of Europe, in having a threshold for drunken driving of .08 in all 50 U.S. states. The risk of a crash at a .05 reading is half what it is at .08, the board said.
From moving out to paying rent, buying groceries and an entire work wardrobe, newly minted professionals can get into debt quickly.
U.S. auto safety officials are investigating complaints that doors won't close properly on more than 39,000 cars made by Mazda.
U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that the engines can stall without warning in three Chrysler and Dodge brand cars.
Most regional stocks closed lower Monday, following the overall trend in the market.
Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market
McDonald's is adding three new Quarter Pounders to its menu as the fast-food chain looks to offer cheaper premium burgers while capitalizing on one of its most popular brands.
U.S. safety regulators are investigating complaints that problems with steering-gear boxes are causing a loss of control in some Ford trucks.
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Chrysler is recalling 469,000 Jeep SUVs worldwide because they can shift into neutral without warning on startup.
