GE industrial profit rises despite flagging oil unit sales

(Reuters) - General Electric Co reported a 9 percent rise in quarterly industrial profit on Friday as its businesses that sell power-generating turbines and jet engines helped offset weak sales in its oil and gas unit.

International deliveries seen boosting UPS in near term

(Reuters) - United Parcel Service Inc , the world's No. 1 package delivery company, said its international package business will drive results in the near term and that it expects the small-package market to grow faster than the U.S. economy in 2013.

Analysis: U.S. companies plan to spend, a boost for the economy

(Reuters) - U.S. companies' capital spending plans are holding up, and mostly exceeding Wall Street forecasts, in the face of policy concerns created by arguments in Washington over the fiscal cliff, the debt ceiling and now automatic spending cuts.

Mattel raises prices after ho-hum holiday quarter

(Reuters) - Mattel Inc , the maker of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars, is raising prices globally as it looks to rebound from a lackluster holiday selling season plagued by concerns about the U.S. economy.

After "lemming" exodus, manufacturers look to U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Big U.S. manufacturers moved their production out of the country too quickly over the past decades and now see a competitive advantage in building up their footprints back home, top executives said on Monday.

Investors brace for a rocky 2012

Investors face yet another year of uncertainty in 2012, but this time around, they don't appear as willing to wait to see how things will play out.