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The best cars you can buy in the United States are made by Honda, according to Consumer Reports. The is the second year in a row the Japanese automaker has been given the distinction.

Stock futures tumbled early Friday after a huge loss at insurer AIG raised worries about the credit crunch and investors awaited another wave of economic reports.

A lawsuit among Toyota dealers has shed new light on one of the Japanese automaker's less well-known business practices: its use of independent distributors to sell cars in the United States.

Everybody's heard of mattresses stuffed with cash, or coins lodged beneath the cushions of a couch. But one venerable Virgina company seems genuinely confused about whether it's in the furniture business or the money business.

The Oscars were a non-event this year for Sony - the studio took home only one gold statue - but Sir Howard Stringer was in town with plenty to celebrate.

Ben Bernanke didn't tell Congress this week exactly what the Federal Reserve would do next, but the central bank chief certainly left Wall Street with the impression that a half-point cut is a sure thing.