Ken Bensinger

With the economy crashing, Americans are tightening their belts and automakers are ready to sell them smaller pants. On Sunday at Detroit's auto show, General Motors Corp. revealed the Spark,...

This month a tired, old bus will arrive on the auction block. It doesn't run, it's rusty and it's covered in dirt. The bidding will start at $50,000. The broken-down...

Sotheby's Holdings Inc. has more than a sweeping antitrust probe to worry about. Its fledgling on-line auction sites--central to the company's expensive bid to transform itself into a nimble high-tech...