Record snowfalls across the country dampened hopes of retailers for a strong end to the fiscal year. Many are expecting disappointment when major retailers report January sales on Thursday. The weather slowed what was already a…
Wall Street shrugged off instability in Egypt to rally to a two-and-a-half year high Tuesday, boosted by encouraging economic data and better-than-expected corporate earnings.
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Despite wintry weather across much of the nation, Americans were in a car-buying mood last month, boosting most automakers’ sales by double-digit percentages compared to a year ago. Analysts estimate that January’s sales reache…
Ford Motor said sales of its cars and trucks rose 13.3% in January on improved demand by consumers, bucking last year’s trend, when sales to fleet customers largely drove the increase. For the month, the automaker sold 127,317 …
General Motors sales rose 21.8% in January compared to a year ago on strong sales across its lines of passenger cars, “crossover” vehicles and trucks, the automaker said Tuesday. Each of the automaker’s four divisions recorded …