Once again, New Jersey has made the unflattering list of places where judges “systematically apply laws and court procedures in an inequitable manner, generally against defendants in civil...

Toyota will debut a new dedicated hybrid concept vehicle at the 2010 North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)...

Research Recap submits: Despite the vigor of Cadbury (CBY) management’s rejection of Kraft’s (KFT) takeover offer, it has not moved the needle much on the deal. While Cadbury alluded to interest from other potential buyers or merger p...

If you buy a hybrid, you'll be rewarded with excellent fuel economy, right? Well, that's the idea, but sometimes things don't turn out exactly as we had hoped. Such is apparently the case with a number of Honda Civic Hybrid owners who claim that their vehicles don't even come close to achieving the mileage figures estimated by the EPA, leading to a class action lawsuit against Honda...

Research firm IDC estimates that the market for business process management software and services will hit $3 billion by 2013. That’s a little more than double the category’s current $1.7 billion. So it is not all that surprising to see IBM...

In June, Aston Martin released a photo of its Cygnet concept, a Toyota IQ-based city car with a Vantage grin. Today Aston's dropped images of a seemingly production-ready Cygnet with an expected $32,000 price tag...

In spite of being functionally outstanding, Honda's odd looking Element crossover has never lived up to sales expectations. The funky box never approached the initial sales target of 75,000 units a year, and this year it's on track for barely more than 15,000 sales. Despite its relative commercial failure, Honda has reportedly given the green light to a second generation model. Despite a couple of modest freshenings, the Element is already seven years into its life cycle – considerably longer than typical for a Japanese branded model...

Good news, everyone! The target date for Toyota's Prius plug-in hybrid (PHEV) is slightly less out of reach than the 2012 window we heard prior: according to Autoblog, it's now set for late 2011 and the price is deemed "affordable"...

The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is nothing if not an exciting car to drive, and the German automaker is reportedly hard at work making sure that the upcoming electric version of the supercar generates the same kind of reaction from its occupants. In an interview with Autocar, AMG head Volker Mornhinweg assures that the EV super coupe is now being tested on the road and will hit all of its targeted performance objectives...

In a long-term assessment of employment data released last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed the country's jobs landscape and developed a picture of how it's likely to evolve over the next ten years. As the population ages a...

We’re pretty pumped about what’s going on in Washington today. After years of delays, problems, and missing puzzle pieces, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally going to take flight. Things are scheduled for a test flight at 10:00am PT (1pm EST) as long as the weather in the Seattle area is good to go. The new Boeing beauty will leave from Paine Field, do some testing stuff in the air, and then land at Boeing Field...

You might think that the second largest car company in the country might be happy to see the first and third largest car companies go bankrupt and not come back. You’d be wrong. The chairman and heir of Ford Motor Company visited the White House on Monday and praised President Obama for intervening to keep his chief competitors alive, the Detroit News reports...

Kids covered by Medicaid are given antipsychotics four times as often as children whose parents have private insurance, and Medicaid children are more likely to receive the drugs for less severe...

In Tokyo, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) formally announced the introduction of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid—the plug-in version of the third-generation Prius gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle—into key markets. Approximately 600 units will be introduced in Japan, the United States, and Europe over the first half of 2010, for use by governments and businesses. The plug-in made its North American debut at the recent Los Angeles Auto Show...

The Boeing Co. will stream the first flight of its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner Tuesday morning starting at 9:40 a.m. PST, weather permitting, or 12:40 p.m. EST, from its facility in Everett, Wash...

The Wall Street Journal is no longer an exemplary business broadsheet, charges David Carr in the New York Times. In his column today, David calls the Journal an ordinary paper with a conservative slant...

Just before Christmas scores of people feel compelled to write lengthy articles, present lectures, compile videos for YouTube and in general create hot air about the topic of excessive Christmas gift buying. Some pontificate about...

Rumble! Everyone duck and cover! The Wall Street Journal editor-in-chief, Robert Thomson, has today claimed the New York Times is "uncomfortable" about his paper's increasing success "while its own circulation and credibility are in retreat". Oh now, that was just rude. Just because a Times column said that the Journal represents right wing talking points and that Rupert Murdoch "plays politics"?

Craigslist CEO Craig Newmark (pictured, left) took the stand in the company’s court battle with eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) on Friday to deny that he ever looked at the auction site’s online classifieds unit, Kijiji, Reuters reported. Newmark sough...

Toyota has announced that it is running overtime at all its North American plants to keep up with demand as inventory diminishes. The latest North American Toyota plant to boost production is Woodstock, Ontario, responsible for making the Toyota RA...