To improve the fuel economy of its future cars and trucks, the automaker is investing in a company that has designed a new type of lightweight, high-strength steel.

The automaker is planning to open nine new plants in its Asia Pacific Africa region.

Compass Group PLC (CPG.LN) Monday said it purchased 350,000 ordinary shares, for cancellation, at a price of 704.2800 pence per share on Aug. 6.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK.LN) Monday announced it purchased 400,000 ordinary shares, to hold in treasury, on Aug. 6.

The state of Illinois faces at least $83 billion in unfunded liability between its five pension systems, and is on track to spend more on its government pensions than on education by 2016, a new study released by Governor Pat Quinn’s office says.

Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR3.BR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said Venezuela's national oil company still wants to participate in a troubled refinery joint-venture in northeast Brazil, Petrobras Chief Executive Maria das Gracas Foster said Monday.

A global economic slowdown has prompted a moderation in crude prices, leading many U.S. oil companies to outspend their cash flow as they move their rigs from unprofitable natural gas areas to oil-rich formations that are expensive to drill.

After a weekend of ugly exchanges, Guido Westerwelle warned politicians to rein in the language they use about the debt crisis.

United Parcel Service Inc.'s (UPS) planned acquisition of TNT Express NV (TNTEY, TNTE.AE) is on track to win approval from European regulators in the fourth quarter, executives of both companies contend.

Vanguard Group Inc. and E*Trade Financial Corp. (ETFC) have begun sending a portion of their retail customer orders to Knight Capital Group (KCG) after the embattled brokerage secured a $400 million lifeline from a group of investors.