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The world's fourth-largest carmaker's North American operations had been the company's main source of profits for some time, but struggles piled up this year -- with the company citing larger market changes and rising competition.

The weekend after Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, beginning with Black Friday. Some retailers have been offering discounts throughout November in hopes of encouraging shoppers squeezed by inflation to open their ...

His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Florida on Friday to have dinner with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after Trump threatened to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products.

Donald Trump is creating a National Energy Council that he says will establish U.S. "energy dominance" around the world, but the president-elect's energy wishes are likely to run into real-world limits.

Retailers in the United States and some other countries have spent weeks pushing early holiday deals, but they are trying to seduce customers with promises of bigger discounts on Black Friday.

In western Mexico, few crops are as important as avocados. But avocado growers, pickers and packers worry that U.S. consumers facing higher prices might just skip the guacamole.

The average price for a dozen eggs in U.S. cities was $3.37 in October, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

According to the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, consumer prices rose 2.3% in October from a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.

At airports, the Transportation Security Administration says it could screen a record number of U.S. air travelers on Sunday.