GM Delays Dealer Incentive Payments While Seeking Aid

The move postpones payments to almost 6,500 dealers even as the largest U.S. automaker urges them to lobby Congress for the $25 billion industry bailout bill that Senate Democrats began debating yesterday.

Local stocks climb on brighter earnings

Better profit news from two large companies lifted stocks higher by midday Tuesday, boosting local shares.

Home Depot Profit Falls, But Beats Wall St. View

Home Depot Inc reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as it held down costs in the face of lower sales and a weak economy, sending its shares up 3 percent.

GM Delaying Dealer Incentive Payments as It Calls for U.S. Government Aid

General Motors Corp. , seeking low- interest federal loans to stave off financial collapse, said it will delay reimbursing U.S. dealers for sales incentives by about two weeks to preserve dwindling cash.

US stocks open higher as finance chiefs testify on bailout

US stocks opened slightly higher amid persistent economic worries as investors focused on Congressional testimony by top officials on the government's financial rescue plan.

Incentive Interview: Fay Beauchine

In a pair of interviews as the stock market went into crisis, Carlson Marketing's head of global engagement and events sounded remarkably unworried By Leo Jakobson Fay Beauchine is calm.

Bus fares going up in Seattle area

The King County Council has approved an increase in Metro bus fares. At Monday's meeting council members approved a 25-cent raise in February and another 25 cents in 2010.

Economy Won't Put the Brakes on Thanksgiving Travel or Tradition,...

Discover Card today released the findings of its second annual Thanksgiving Survey that asks consumers how they plan to spend the holiday.

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Airline Stocks: Airline stocks climb as oil prices hold steady

Airline stocks got a boost Tuesday, with oil prices holding steady and the broader market rallying after a rosy outlook from technology giant Hewlett-Packard Co.