Caterpillar announced it will slash its workforce by 20, 000 as it
predicts the slowest business year since the end of World War 2.

Home Depot and Sprint Nextel to cut thousands of jobs.
Pfizer ...   more »

NEW YORK, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Quick reflexes. Sharp thinking. Strength and endurance. Composure under pressure. Qualities of the younger worker. Oh really?

Don't tell that to the 155 passengers on US Airways Flight 1549 ...   more »

Japanese motor manufacturers Honda halt production at its British factory,
halving the salary of workers.

SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM VNR -
Car giant Honda is to halt production at its British factory for a
...   more »

Apple CEO Steve Jobs says he will take a medical leave until the end of
June, shocking investors and sending the company's shares down as much as 10
percent.

NBC -
Apple Inc Chief Executive ...   more »

President-elect Barack Obama has the Midas touch, as shoppers ahead of the
inauguration are snatching anything with his name or image.

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (JANUARY 8, 2009) REUTERS -
The cataclysmic decline in retail ...   more »

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), a leading global brand and one of the world’s most trafficked Internet destinations, announced today that Carol Bartz, a veteran technology executive who was most recently Executive Chairman of Autodesk ...   more »

A housebuilder in Norfolk has created a messy teenage boy's bedroom as a
selling point for its new homes.

THETFORD, NORFOLK, UK (JANUARY 13, 2009) ITN -
A typical showhouse. Livingroom, bathroom, parents' bedroom, nursery
...   more »

Despite criticism, the fur industry is booming in Northern China, thanks to
new scientific methods used to increase production of animals whose fur is
used.

BEIJING, CHINA REUTERS -
Fur may be falling out of ...   more »