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Daimler's brand has lost its way in the high-end micro-car market it pioneered in 1998

The carmaker paid $390 to put the name of its Mini Cooper on a European cold front. Then temperatures turned deadly and the PR backfired

A tool that integrates data from all of the search giant's products tells users what the company infers about your interests and age

The beer company hit social-media gold with its Will Ferrell ad, while paying pennies to have it air in North Platte, Neb.

The New York Giants’ 21-17 win over the New England Patriots in last night’s Super Bowl was seen by an average of 111.3 million people, the biggest audience in U.S. television history, according Comcast Corp.’s NBC network.

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A federal subsidy for low-income Americans cost consumers $1.6 billion last year, compared with $772 million in 2008

Barclays Plc, the only U.K. consumer bank not to have scrapped its profitability target amid Europe’s debt crisis, will struggle to reach the goal without cutting costs as revenue from investment banking falls, analysts said.

Asian stocks rose, with the regional benchmark index trading near a five month high, as Greek lawmakers worked to secure a bailout amid warnings Europe’s crisis threatens global demand.

Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos plans to convene the nation’s political leaders to seek consensus on the cuts required for a bailout as unions called a strike to protest and European leaders pressed for answers.

Three years ago, credit was so tight that the owner of a legal firm with a $400,000 salary and a very good credit score of more than 700 couldn’t get financed to buy the car he wanted from Michael Mosser’s dealership.

China’s decision to allow Citigroup Inc. to issue credit cards may signal an opening of the banking market as the government relaxes restrictions that are the subject of a U.S. complaint at the World Trade Organization.

U.S. antitrust enforcers are hiring litigators from major law firms, signaling a growing readiness for court battles to block mergers they view as anticompetitive.

MF Global Holdings Ltd., the futures broker that filed the eighth-largest bankruptcy in October, faced a $310 million margin call on its final day that exceeded its market value.

The California State Teachers' Retirement System, or Calstrs, intends to question in a letter the controlling power amassed by Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg

Companies are scrambling to handle a torrent of data, pushing them into bigger M&A frenzy since 2007

The gaming company faces big losses amid a two-year sales slump

Moving away from the kroon boosted growth, raised trade, and lowered interest rates

Dozens of technology companies boosted payroll by at least 50% in the past two years

Low-end handsets have set off a smartphone boom in China

A soaring currency hits Aussie winemakers on two fronts: Higher prices hurt their exports, and lower prices on imports shrink sales at home

The Korean automaker uses its high-quality, low-price strategy to compete with Volkswagen