An enlarged and independent Fiat Auto would be in the pole position to lead the car industry’s global consolidation but the road to success is littered with obstacles. Read more..

By ROB COX - The New York Times

The paper and its largest union are scheduled to resume talks, with lifetime job guarantees for some workers being the only major sticking point remaining. Read more..

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA - The New York Times

In spite of the recession, the U.S. economy is actually generating jobs at a healthy clip, with many major employers hiring. Read more..

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE - The New York Times

A pulmonologist is not waiting for peer review to publish his research contending that cigarettes pose a higher risk of lung cancer than they did before the surgeon general declared them a health hazard in 1964. Read more..

By DUFF WILSON - The New York Times

Canada threatened to take a proposed ban on seal products to the World Trade Organization, casting a pall over an E.U.-Canada trade summit. Read more..

By STEPHEN CASTLE - International Herald Tribune

A shift has emerged in an area tied to the same crop for generations as United States farmers plant the least cotton acreage since 1983, which in itself was an anomaly. Read more..

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS - The New York Times

The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of Chrysler approved the bidding procedures advocated by the company and backed by the White House. Read more..

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED and JONATHAN D. GLATER - The New York Times

Disney’s films have underperformed at the box office, even as the rest of Hollywood is enjoying a boom in ticket sales. Read more..

By BROOKS BARNES - The New York Times

Louise Story and Eric Dash discuss what the results of the banking industry's stress test could mean for both the taxpayer and the investor. Read more..

Michele Monteleone - The New York Times

Some skeptical analysts said the stock market may have raced too far ahead of the weakening economy. Read more..

By JACK HEALY - The New York Times