Greece leads markets higher amid EU rescue hopes
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
LONDON (AP) -- Greek shares led world markets higher Wednesday amid mounting hopes that German opposition to a European Union financial rescue package for the heavily indebted country is waning....
Honda adds 437,000 cars to global air bag recall
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
TOKYO (AP) -- Honda Motor Co. is adding 437,000 vehicles to its 15-month-old global recall for faulty air bags in the latest quality problem to hit a Japanese automaker....
EU nations' reality: Greece's woes are theirs, too
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Wealthy European nations are moving closer toward swallowing a bitter pill: rescuing Greece from its overspending before its debts drag down the euro and stock markets all the way to Wall Street....
Sanofi-Aventis Q4 profit up on swine flu vaccines
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
PARIS (AP) -- Sanofi-Aventis reported a 10 percent increase in fourth quarter net profit Wednesday as strong sales of its swine flu vaccine drove full year earnings above expectations....
Peugeot Citroen narrows losses
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
PARIS (AP) -- French car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen SA said Wednesday that it reduced losses in the second half of last year because of government scrappage plans but predicted that 2010 will remain challenging....
Greek unions launch 1st assault on austerity plan
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A civil servants'' strike grounded flights and shut down public services across Greece on Wednesday, as labor unions mounted their first major challenge to austerity measures in the debt-plagued country....
Toyota starts fixing Priuses recalled in Japan
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
TOKYO (AP) -- Prius owners in Japan are rushing to dealers for repairs a day after Toyota''s president announced a global recall for a glitch in the car''s antilock brake system....
AP sources: FAA eyes hefty fines for American
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Aviation Administration is close to wrapping up a two-year investigation of safety violations at American Airlines that could result in one of the largest fines in the agency''s history, according to government and industry officials familiar with the investigation....
