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China will overtake the United States as the world's biggest luxury car market by 2016....More

On February 14, about 135 business, civic, academic, and labor leaders met at the conference facilities of AMN Healthcare for the "Manufacturing in California - Making California Thrive" economic summit....More

Attack on iPad maker may be tied to series of recent cyber attacks on U.S. technology firms. Meanwhile, new report highlights cyber threats from China....More

Total output increased by nearly 1 million barrels in 2012....More

January sales fell 12% and industry group has slashed its passenger sales forecast 31 from an initial 10%-12% to 0%-1%....More

With settlements in for the five publishers settled involved, the price-fixing case is set to proceed against Apple starting in June....More

Tobacco giant says country's smoking ban violates bilateral investment treaty....More

Transportation equipment accounted for the lion’s share of the durable goods order increase in December, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. New orders increased $10 billion or 4.6% in December to $230.7 billion, after a gain of 0.7% in November. The solid increase outperformed consensus forecasts of a 3.2% rise. Transportation had the largest increase - $8.1 billion or 11.9% to $75.9 billion. New orders for military aircraft were up 56.4% while orders for civilian aircraft were up 10.1%....More

Bucking global trends, sub-Saharan Africa had enjoyed an unbridled economic boost and is forecast to enjoy the type of high growth rates not seen outside Asia in recent years....More

The budget crisis, tax reform and spending cuts will garner most of the attention on Capitol Hill in 2013, with a hope -- but no guarantee -- that anything more than a temporary fix will emerge....More

Renault cuts 7,500 jobs....More