Industrial Production Rose in AprilIndustrial production rose 1.1 percent in April after two months of holding unchanged, the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday. In April, manufacturing output increased 0.6 percent after falling 0.5 percent in March. |
Vikki Vargas Awards First Broadcast Scholarship To Cal State Fullerton StudentVikki Vargas, NBC4 Southern California's Orange County Bureau Chief this month awarded Stephanie Marcado the first Vikki Vargas Broadcast Journalism Scholarship to Cal State Fullerton's College of Communication. |
Southwest Air Postpones Delivery of 30 Boeing 737sSouthwest Airlines, Boeing's biggest customer for single-aisle jets, on Wednesday postponed 20 deliveries of 737s due in 2013 and 10 deliveries in 2014, pushing all 30 deliveries out by four years. |
Finance in the Blood: Citi's Maria G. Hackley Is Woman of the YearLove of financial analysis leads Maria Hackley to managing director of global finance role at Citi. |
General Motors Plans to Introduce a Small SUV Called the Chevrolet Trax in Mexico and CanadaGeneral Motors plans to introduce a small SUV called the Chevrolet Trax in a key addition to its foreign product mix. 
Renters Rate Hertz as BestHertz ranks as the top auto rental company, a new consumer survey released today by Zagat reveals. |
'Battleship' Entertains, Despite LeaksThe jovial and innocuous "Battleship" takes aim at its target audience and fires away, delivering volley after volley of impressive special effects, snicker-worthy dialogue, goofball humor and -- best of all -- aliens vs. the Navy showdowns at sea. |
Life After College: High Unemployment and Depressed WagesThey're facing high unemployment, depressed wages and loads of debt -- and they're only in their 20s. Welcome to life after college. ...continue |
Jobs Numbers Become Wisc. Political FootballPushing back against Democratic critics of his jobs record, Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker on Wednesday trumpeted a new job creation number sent this week to federal officials. |
Carmakers Introduce Standardized Port to Charge E-VehiclesEight big car makers have introduced a standardized port for fast charging electric vehicles that will be made commercially available at the end of this year for vehicles hitting the road in 2013, it was announced. |
Top 20 Hispanic Mexican-American Owned CompaniesThe Top 20 Hispanic Mexican-American owned companies in the 2011 Hispanic Business 500 Ranking produced revenues of $6.01 billion in 2010. The list is headed by International Bancshares Corp. in Laredo, TX., with 2010 revenues of $677.55 million. Mexican-American owned companies represent an impressive eight of the overall top 20 companies on the 500. |
Apple to Increase Size of iPhone Screen, Reports SayApple (AAPL) will make one of its biggest changes yet to its popular smartphone in the next generation of the device, increasing the size of the iPhone's screen by roughly 30 percent, according to multiple media reports Wednesday morning. |
