Asia stocks up on strong US corporate earnings
Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after strong U.S. corporate earnings sent the Dow close to its record high. Japanese shares faltered, however, as ...

Police arrest man accused of mass stabbing in Guam
A man accused of killing two Japanese visitors and injuring a dozen others after crashing his car and stabbing people in a major tourist district in ...

Friendships bubble up at NY Fashion Week
Rachel Roy was at Vera Wang's NY Fashion Week show Tuesday, in a choice seat next to John Legend. Tory Burch regularly attends the shows of Narciso ...

Dow closes at highest level of year, nears record
The Dow rose to its highest close of the year, putting it within 1 percent of its record. Stocks gained after impressive results from two big consumer ...

UK food agency raids abattoir in horsemeat scandal
British authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and ...
Executive gets 6 years in tomato price-fixing scam
Frederick Scott Salyer has been described as one of the most influential men in California's agriculture industry, but on Tuesday he learned that ...

Coca-Cola's profit climbs but obstacles loom
Coca-Cola is facing a tough time: people are drinking less soda in the U.S. and Europe and uncertain economic conditions around the world are weighing ...

Soccer faces epic fight against match-fixing
Soccer is falling under a cloud of suspicion as never before, sullied by a multibillion-dollar web of match-fixing that is corrupting increasingly ...

Reynolds American 4Q profit falls on charges
Reynolds American, the nation's second-biggest tobacco company, saw its fourth-quarter profit fall 54 percent on pension and trademark-related charges ...

Goodyear tops 4Q; Europe weighs on outlook
Goodyear easily topped Wall Street expectations for the fourth quarter, but shares slid Tuesday with Europe dragging down the tire maker's outlook for ...

Dallas chocolatier pumps out chocolate high heels
Florists and chocolate-makers are working around the clock in the run-up to Valentine's Day. In Dallas, chocolatier Andrea Pedraza, who loves designer ...

Cheap yen a boon and a risk for Japan companies
As the yen weakens, famous Japanese exporters from Toyota to Nintendo are getting a boost but the favorable exchange rate also carries risks by ...

Weather's silver lining: coat comfort on runways
Rain, snow, ice. There's a lot of grumbling about the stiletto-adverse weather as New York Fashion Week hit Day 5 on Monday. But there's a silver ...
Maker's Mark cutting alcohol volume in its bourbon
The producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is cutting — likely permanently — the amount of alcohol in each bottle to stretch every drop of the famous ...
Salt subtly trimmed from many foods amid campaign
Salt has quietly been slipping out of dozens of the most familiar foods in brand-name America, from Butterball turkeys to Uncle Ben's flavored rice ...

Romania: Slaughterhouses did not commit fraud
A maze of trading between meat wholesalers has made it increasingly difficult to trace the origins of food — enabling horsemeat disguised as beef to ...
NYC Valentine's Day sewage tour back by 'demand'
Lovers of the unusual are getting another chance to impress their Valentines this year in New York City. The Department of Environmental Protection ...
White House warns of food safety cuts
Impending across-the-board budget cuts could mean fewer government food safety inspections and higher prices for meat at the grocery store. A White ...

Bookies offer odds on who will be next pope
Bookmakers have been quick to offer odds on candidates to replace Pope Benedict XVI, with cardinals from Ghana, Nigeria and Canada among the early ...

Mountain Dew introduces a breakfast drink
If you don't like coffee or tea, Mountain Dew has a new breakfast drink that might perk you up. PepsiCo Inc. is rolling out a new drink called ...
Ahold selling stake in Scandinavian ICA stores
Dutch supermarket operator Royal Ahold NV says it has agreed to sell its 60-percent stake in Scandinavian retailer ICA for 21.2 billion krona ($3.

Hilfiger updates preppy, menswear styles with mod
Tommy Hilfiger taught a lesson on mixed messages to the New York Fashion Week on Sunday night. At first, the looks at the Park Avenue Armory, staged ...

More coincidence than conspiracy at fashion week
During every season of designer previews at New York Fashion Week a few key, quirky items seem to pop up on different runways. They're not quite ...

Animal prints, flats and a timid cat at Reese
Any model will tell you: It's hard to walk down a catwalk. Especially when you're an actual cat. Designer Tracy Reese's fall-winter show had a guest ...