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 ”Toyota took the global sales lead from General Motors in the first quarter, capitalizing on growth in China and Europe as GM saw its North American sales drag down gains in other markets.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it sold 2.41 million vehicles in the January-March period, compared with General Motors Corp.’s 2.25 million, prompting one […]

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 ”Afghan food sellers wait for customers at the market in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Afghanistan has allocated $50 million to buy food from neighboring countries, an official said Tuesday, amid skyrocketing prices of food staples like wheat.
LONDON - Ration cards. Genetically modified crops. The end of pile-it-high, sell-it-cheap supermarkets.
These possible solutions to the first global food […]

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“Delta and Northwest, seeking to combine to create the world’s largest airline, posted losses Wednesday totaling $10.5 billion for the first three months of the year due to exorbitant fuel prices and write-downs of their companies’ value.
“All airlines are in the same boat,” said Calyon Securities analyst Ray Neidl. “The industry cannot make money at […]

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“Thanks largely to medical and public health advances, Americans are living longer than ever. The average life expectancy in 2005, the latest year for which figures are available, was nearly 78. That’s up from 47 in 1900 and 68 in 1950.
But even as the market for anti-aging pills and products has never been hotter with […]

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“There’s a reason you had to make multiple trips to the drugstore for allergy medications and generally couldn’t stop sneezing last spring.
A combination of climate change and weather patterns in many parts of the country caused trees that would ordinarily bloom over the course of a month to pollinate all at once, allergists say.
But while […]

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“Students in need of private loans to pay for college costs for the coming academic year will have to grapple with higher interest rates and tougher credit checks. Even then, some who have qualified for such loans in the past probably won’t this year.
“Private loans are going to clearly be harder to come by for […]

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“Many people with moderate incomes find home prices in their neighborhood have passed them by. Community land trusts offer assistance to such buyers, encouraging homeownership and helping to maintain stable communities.
As the name suggests, Homestead is an example of a community land trust — a nonprofit organization that seeks to make homes permanently affordable for […]

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“Grabbing a diet soda may seem like a smart choice for the calorie-conscious consumer. But a new study suggests that products containing artificial sweeteners have the potential to actually promote weight gain.
A recent Purdue University study suggests that artificial sweeteners (like the kinds found in diet sodas) might lead to biological or behavioral changes […]

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“Ration cards. Genetically modified crops. The end of pile-it-high, sell-it-cheap supermarkets.
These possible solutions to the first global food crisis since World War II — which the World Food Program says already threatens 20 million of the poorest children — are complex and controversial. And they may not even solve the problem as demand continues to […]

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“Contaminated heparin products have now been found in at least 10 countries, not including the United States, leading to ongoing surveillance measures to ensure the safety of the blood thinner, U.S. health officials announced Monday.
In addition, officials said contaminated lots of the blood thinner have been traced to 12 different Chinese companies that were somehow […]

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