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Chevrolet Volt gets software update to avoid stallingSome 2013 Chevrolet Volt owners report that the Volt's electric motor has suddenly shut off while the vehicle was in motion, Read writes.
Walmart legal troubles mount as Black Friday walkout loomsWalmart has been hit with a class action lawsuit in the midst of a threatened employee walkout on Black Friday, one of the busiest, most profitable shopping days of the year. Will worker troubles have an impact, or is this old hat for Walmart?
Can the iPad Mini save the market from bad Q3 reports?Brown predicts that Apple's announcement Tuesday of their smaller iPad will probably not be quite enough to lead the market higher again.
Latin American low-skilled labor flocks to Brazil's jobsBrazil has become a magnet for high-skilled Europeans as well as low-skilled migrants from poorer neighboring countries like Peru and Bolivia who traditionally opted for the US or Europe in the past.
Dow falls more than 200 after weak corporate earningsDow and other stock indexes fall to lowest point in more than a month as companies cut profit expectations. 3M trims its outlook. DuPont is cutting jobs.
Presidential debate: Obama as Commander-in-Chief, Romney as banal bullyThe last presidential debate was a clear win for President Obama, Reich writes, as GOP candidate Mitt Romney seemed to wither.聽
Stock futures quietly await debate fallout, Facebook earningsStock futures were subdued Tuesday ahead 聽of another round of corporate earnings, including a report from Facebook that has potential to make or break the company as an investment. So far, US corporate earnings have been mixed, leaving stock futures on the defensive.聽
FocusObama or Romney: Whose debt reduction plan does history favor?The two presidential candidates would pursue different paths to lead the US out of debt. Here's how debt-saddled countries of yore have dealt 鈥� successfully and unsuccessfully 鈥� with the problem, and how those lessons might apply today.
Block parties: A free, fun way to meet your neighborsPlanning a block party isn鈥檛 hard, Hamm writes, and it also doesn鈥檛 have to cost you much at all.
Romney tax plan: How rich could pay the 'same' and still pay lessRomney promises to make the rich keep paying a constant percentage of all US income taxes. That's very different from asking them to pay a constant share of their earnings.
A Corvette that runs on vegetable oilIn what may be a first, an enthusiast has turned a Corvette into a vegetable-oil burning 'green' racer.聽
Black cabs of London: end of the road?Black cabs maker is headed into bankruptcy. 聽Manganese Bronze聽says it's not the end of the road and the company will keep operating, but its iconic black cabs are in the middle of a damaging recall. 聽聽
Market waits for election; earnings disappointStocks wobbled up and down Monday, unsure of how to turn with the presidential election looming near.聽One聽stock聽that jumped was Ancestry.com, the genealogy website, which announced it will be bought by European private equity firms.
The low-cost joy of playing (or watching) sportsSporting events can be a great gateway to inexpensive social activity in many different ways, Hamm writes.
Ancestry.com sold for $1.6 billion. Shares soar.Ancestry.com sold to a European private equity firm for a cash deal valued at approximately $1.6 billion. As a result of the deal, Ancestry.com shares jumped nearly 10 percent Monday.聽
Engineers create gasoline out of thin air? Sort of.By adding energy and sodium hydroxide to air, British engineers say they've found a way to produce carbon-neutral gasoline, Voelcker writes. There is, of course, a catch.
Financial stress remains high in OctoberA weekly index published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis shows a continued elevation in financial stress in October 2012.
FedEx will add 20,000 workers for busy holiday seasonFedEx predicts it will ship 280 million packages between Thanksgiving and Christmas. To handle the surge, FedEx will hire 20,000 additional seasonal workers 鈥� the same as last year.聽
Romney the details man?Romney has always savored details when it helps him make money, Reich writes, but when it comes to running or holding office he鈥檚 been a standout for keeping the public in the dark.
Stock futures strong as markets await final presidential debateStock futures have started the week off solidly anticipating news of another round of corporate earnings and the final presidential debate Monday night.聽
