Research panel concluded that technology already widely available could significantly cut fuel consumption by cars and light trucks without sacrificing safety or performance.

Food company has settled decade-long dispute with Labor Dept. by agreeing to pay workers at poultry plants for time they spend donning and doffing protective clothing.

Chevy Cruze, GM's new entry in compact car market, will have price of almost $17,000 but GM said it will have more standard features than its main competitors.

Manufacturer of transformers for electrical utility, industrial and commercial markets bought?assets of AAER Inc. for $450,000 in move to enter the wind turbine sector.

Congressional committee is asking questions about a recall of PediaCare children's medicines linked to Johnson & Johnson plant plagued by manufacturing problems.

Researchers are planning to release more information from a massive, eight-year study of brain cancer deaths at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney.

Orders to U.S. factories posted a moderate 1.2 percent increase in April as a big surge in demand for commercial aircraft offset weakness in a number of other areas.

Consumer Product Safety Commission said Whirlpool Corp.'s Maytag unit is recalling about 1.7 million dishwashers because of a fire hazard.

A key air pollutant has increased in China this year, highlighting?serious challenges faced by?world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases as it tries to curb pollution.

Authorities are investigating the cause of explosion that leveled part of a bullet-manufacturing plant in Oregon, shaking the ground and rattling windows several blocks away.