UK new car sales hit 2m mark

Britons have bought more than 2m new cars so far this year, following an unexpectedly sharp jump in sales in October.

Car industry: what Australia could learn from state support around the world

Car manufacturing is a proud pillar of the western world's industrial history, but the hollowing out of Detroit as a city and an economic force is just the most shocking example of a decline that has afflicted automotive superpowers such as the US, the UK, France and now Australia, where Toyota will close all of its factories by 2017.

Vodafone pays no UK corporation tax for second year running

Vodafone paid no UK corporation tax for a second year running last year as the world's second-largest mobile phone company benefited from tax breaks related to a multibillion-pound investment in spectrum licences and infrastructure.

US factories grow at fastest pace since June 2011

WASHINGTON: US manufacturing expanded in February at the fastest pace since June 2011, buoyed by increases in new orders and production.

Vodafone can invest in Europe without Verizon sale, says CEO

BARCELONA: Vodafone says that it does not need to sell part of its stake in the highly profitable Verizon Wireless joint venture in the United States to bolster its position in Europe.

Spark in Sales of Cars and Trucks Drives U.S. Economy

Car sales that are running at the fastest pace in four years are poised to reverberate through the world’s largest economy as a spillover into production, profits and jobs for Americans may be starting.