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October is shaping up to be as miserable a month for automakers as September, according to industry analysts, as lenders tighten financing standards and many consumers steer clear of showrooms...

After decades of obsessing about fat, calories and carbs, many dieters have made the unorthodox decision to simply enjoy food again. That doesn't mean they're giving up on health or...

Like so many people around the world, Dr. Michael Joyner was transfixed watching Michael Phelps swim in the Summer Olympics. But while many of us focused on Phelps' world records,...

In Korea, exporters are suddenly struggling. In India, industrial growth has slowed substantially. In Sweden, Volvo is cutting thousands of jobs. In Japan, which thought it was immune to the...

Q. I was interested to read about wallpaper dough (for dry cleaning old-fashioned uncoated wallpaper), but I checked several wallpaper shops and they either never heard of it or didn't...

Kim Chan, an actor who became a familiar face in a variety of Asian roles, notably as Jerry Lewis' butler in the Martin Scorsese film "The King of Comedy," a...

Q. I was interested to read about wallpaper dough (for dry cleaning old-fashioned uncoated wallpaper), but I checked several wallpaper shops and they either never heard of it or didn't...

Months after the stocks of big Wall Street financial firms first came under attack, insurance companies are now being battered, suggesting that a similar round of consolidation and recapitalization may...

Charles Wright, who wrote three autobiographical novels about black street life in New York City between 1963 and 1973 that seemed to herald the rise of an important literary talent...

Having tried without success to unlock frozen credit markets, the Treasury Department is considering taking ownership stakes in many U.S. banks to try to restore confidence in the financial system,...