en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/business/largest/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/business/chinas_auto_industry_roaring_ah/ Since the mainland overtook Japan as the world's second largest car market, local automakers are increasingly competitive and cutthroat The word Longbridge was once synonymous with all that was great about British motoring. This southern suburb of Birm news business 2007-05-05 09:49:36 http://www.newsique.com/business/chinas_auto_industry_roaring_ah/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/may2007/gb20070502_955881.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Important [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/chinas_auto_industry_roaring_ah/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/wal-mart_facing_biggest_us_sex_b/ The largest sexual discrimination lawsuit in U.S. history moved forward against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - news) on Tuesday when a federal appeals court approved class-action status for a group of women who claim the retailer was biased in pay and p news business 2007-02-06 16:32:09 http://www.newsique.com/business/wal-mart_facing_biggest_us_sex_b/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070206/bs_nm/walmart_classaction_dc http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/wal-mart_facing_biggest_us_sex_b/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/exxon_mobil_posts_us_record_annu/ Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. on Thursday posted the largest annual profit by a U.S. company - $39.5 billion - even as earnings for the last quarter of 2006 declined 4 percent. news business 2007-02-01 15:10:34 http://www.newsique.com/business/exxon_mobil_posts_us_record_annu/ Boston Herald http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=180444 http://www.newsique.com/sources/boston_herald/ 80 Important [15] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/business/exxon_mobil_posts_us_record_annu/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/alcatels_russo_there_is_no_downt/ The CEO of Alcatel-Lucent, the world's largest telecom equipment maker, says the industry's outlook may be uncertain but growth opportunities remain Is the market for telecom network equipment, like most of the economy, in a downturn? Not according to news business 2008-05-09 08:22:03 http://www.newsique.com/business/alcatels_russo_there_is_no_downt/ BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc2008058_768453.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/businessweek/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/alcatels_russo_there_is_no_downt/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/toyota_likely_to_emerge_as_world/ If its estimates hold true, Toyota Motor Corp. will depose General Motors Corp. as the world's largest automaker in 2007. GM said Thursday it made 9.284 million vehicles worldwide last year, roughly 226,000 fewer than Toyota's 2007 production estimate news business 2008-01-04 08:52:02 http://www.newsique.com/business/toyota_likely_to_emerge_as_world/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22490691/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/toyota_likely_to_emerge_as_world/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/japan_post_starts_privatisation/ Japan has started the privatisation of its postal service, forming the world's largest commercial bank in the process. Under a 10-year plan, Japan Post is being split into four firms to run its banking and insurance operations, mail deliveries and post news business 2007-10-01 08:19:38 http://www.newsique.com/business/japan_post_starts_privatisation/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7021468.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/japan_post_starts_privatisation/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/boeing_plane_deliveries_take_off/ US aerospace giant Boeing made 114 commercial plane deliveries in the three months to the end of June, its largest total since 2001. With its year-to-date total now at 220 deliveries, Boeing said it was on track to deliver 440 to 445 planes in 2007. news business 2007-07-05 13:44:05 http://www.newsique.com/business/boeing_plane_deliveries_take_off/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/6274612.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/boeing_plane_deliveries_take_off/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/april_new_home_sales_jump_by_lar/ Sales of new homes surged in April by the biggest amount in 14 years, but the median price of a new home dropped by the largest amount on record. The mixed signals left no clear picture of whether the worst of the nation's housing slump is over. The Co news business 2007-05-24 20:03:58 http://www.newsique.com/business/april_new_home_sales_jump_by_lar/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275197,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/april_new_home_sales_jump_by_lar/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/trademarking_coffee_starbucks_cu/ Starbucks, the world's largest coffee shop chain, and the Ethiopian government are on the verge of unveiling a deal that the company hopes will end attacks on the company's carefully constructed ethical image. Starbucks, the world's largest coffee shop opinion business 2007-05-16 09:40:55 http://www.newsique.com/business/trademarking_coffee_starbucks_cu/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/story/51936/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/trademarking_coffee_starbucks_cu/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/91b_barclays_deal_involves_sale_/ ABN Amro NV and Barclays PLC announced Monday they have agreed to merge in the largest cross-border combination in European banking history. Barclays offered $49.25 for each ABN share, slightly lower than Friday's closing price of $49.38, the banks sai news business 2007-04-23 08:18:26 http://www.newsique.com/business/91b_barclays_deal_involves_sale_/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/111202567/2007-04-23-barclays_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/91b_barclays_deal_involves_sale_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/consumer_prices_up_sharply_thoug/ Consumer prices last month shot up by the largest amount in nearly a year, driven by big increases in the cost of gasoline and other energy products. The closely watched Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent in March, the biggest increase since a simil news business 2007-04-17 12:35:21 http://www.newsique.com/business/consumer_prices_up_sharply_thoug/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266520,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/consumer_prices_up_sharply_thoug/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/consumer_inflation_surged_in_mar/ Surging energy prices pushed consumer inflation up by the largest amount in nearly a year in March. Meanwhile, industrial output fell for the second time in the past three months, reflecting a big drop in production at the nation’s utilities because news business 2007-04-17 12:28:42 http://www.newsique.com/business/consumer_inflation_surged_in_mar/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18151749/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/consumer_inflation_surged_in_mar/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/sallie_mae_accepts_25_billion_bi/ Sallie Mae said on Monday it had accepted a $25 billion takeover bid from two private-investment funds along with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) in one of the largest ever buyouts of a financial company. The deal comes at a news business 2007-04-16 19:52:16 http://www.newsique.com/business/sallie_mae_accepts_25_billion_bi/ FOX News http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266305,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/fox_news/ 82 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/sallie_mae_accepts_25_billion_bi/#comments http://www.newsique.com/business/newspaper_publishers_discuss_ad_/ The three largest newspaper publishers in the country are in talks to create a national network to sell online advertising, hoping to claw back some of the ad dollars that have been migrating to the Internet. news business 2007-01-11 11:29:01 http://www.newsique.com/business/newspaper_publishers_discuss_ad_/ Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NEWSPAPERS_ONLINE_ADS?SITE=TXSAE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT http://www.newsique.com/sources/ap/ 95 Under Rated [3] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/business/newspaper_publishers_discuss_ad_/#comments