
Japanese automakers are stepping on the profit accelerator as a weak yen, recovering US demand and the fading impact of a consumer boycott in China boost their bottom line.

Japanese automakers are stepping on the profit accelerator as a weak yen, recovering US demand and the fading impact of a consumer boycott in China boost their bottom line.

World carbon dioxide pollution levels in the atmosphere are accelerating and reached a record high in 2012, the U.N. weather agency said Wednesday.

Glasgow and Newcastle are the worst places in the UK for failed or illegal headlights, according to a study from Halfords.

Ukraine and US energy giant Chevron signed a $10-billion shale gas deal on Tuesday that the ex-Soviet nation hopes could end its energy dependence on Russia by 2020.

A key victory for victims’ lawyers in late October may give plaintiffs extra ammunition in their fight against Toyota when lawyers head to U.S. District Court in Santa Ana in March to argue claims that Toyota vehicles accelerate without warning.