Business and Economic News

Target: What's the way forward?
Target's new CEO, 55-year-old Brian Cornell, takes over today. Where will he take the company?
5 ways to improve financial literacy for teens
American teens were confused about the principals of credit and struggled with the math of pro-rated interest and the idea of budgeting.
In San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood protesters recently gathered around a three-unit apartment with flats an online broker rents to vacationers. This used to be the rent-controlled home of elderly tenants until out-of-town investors bought the building and evicted the residents.
The recalls in North America pushed GM's total for the year to 66, covering just over 29 million cars and trucks. That beats the company's old full-year record and has pushed this total number for the industry this year to more than 40 million, also an annual record.
BNSF chief: Grain train troubles are easing
BNSF is adding hundreds of locomotives to its fleet, hiring thousands of workers and laying new track to bring rail supply and demand back into balance, according to company officials.