Chrysler CEO shakes up management in bid to boost sales; splits Dodge into truck, car groupsDETROIT — With sales down sharply and pressure to start generating cash before government loans run out, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne shook up his executive team Monday, replacing two of his brand managers after just four months and splitting Dodge into car and truck units. Fighting cocaine addiction with vaccine-like shots shows promise in government-funded researchCHICAGO — Vaccine-like shots to keep cocaine abusers from getting high also helped them fight their addiction in the first successful rigorous study of this approach to treating illicit drug use. With Gourmet magazine gone, the American dinner table is a little less lavishAfter nearly 70 years of fine eating, the lavish meal known as Gourmet magazine is over. AP Enterprise: United States has no reliable system to track defective medical implantsNEW YORK — Three years ago, the maker of a surgical clip called the Hem-o-lok issued an urgent recall notice warning doctors to stop using the fasteners on living kidney donors. It said the clips could dislodge in their bodies, with “serious, even life-threatening consequences.” Conde Nast to shutter Gourmet, the nation’s oldest food magazine, as ad slump persistsNEW YORK — Conde Nast Publications is closing Gourmet, the nation’s oldest food magazine, and three other money-losing titles as the high-end publisher tries to weather a devastating advertising slump. New Chrysler management separates Dodge truck, car brands; Chrysler, Dodge chiefs resignDETROIT — Chrysler’s new Italian management on Monday announced a surprise shake-up of the automaker’s executive team, saying two recently appointed brand CEOs have left and that it was splitting Dodge into two groups, one focusing on trucks and the other on cars. Germany’s largest women’s magazine to ditch professional models in favor of real womenBERLIN — Germany’s most popular women’s magazine announced Monday that it is banning professional models from its pages in favor of “real women” in an attempt to combat an unhealthy standard of rail-thin beauty that it says has isolated its readers. Electric carmaker Tesla Motors to begin offering house calls for service and repairsNEW YORK — Taking a cue from house-call services like Best Buy’s Geek Squad, electric carmaker Tesla Motors is launching a maintenance plan where mechanics travel to owners’ homes or offices to perform repairs and tuneups. Expected tourism boost halted in Appalachia as region takes greater hit from sour economyELBERTON, Ga. — Along the quiet banks of Lake Russell, where bees buzz and grass blows lazily in the wind, Elbert County’s top development official envisioned a resort that would bring vacationers’ dollars to the declining granite quarrying hub. Olympic boom? Or Olympic bust? Going for the gold doesn’t always pay off for Olympic hostsBig sporting events have big budgets. Depending whom you ask, they have big payoffs, too. Authorized book on Britain’s domestic spy service shows that MI5 kept file on Harold WilsonLONDON — A new book shows that Britain’s domestic spy agency kept a secret file on former Prime Minister Harold Wilson — a leader who had Eastern European contacts and who had long believed MI5 was bugging him. Seniors want to know: What would health care overhaul do to Medicare?CHICAGO — Businessman Stewart Grill, 75, believes there’s waste in Medicare. He’s just skeptical Congress can find and eliminate it without touching what he likes about his government health care plan. S&P removes drugmaker Wyeth from 2 indices in sign $68B acquisition by Pfizer will go throughTRENTON, N.J. — In the latest sign that Pfizer Inc.’s $68 billion purchase of Wyeth will go through, Wyeth’s stock has been removed from two key investor indices. Allergan suing US regulators, saying off-label marketing policy violates free-speech rightsNEW YORK — Allergan Inc., the maker of the Botox wrinkle treatment, challenged the government’s ban on off-label drug marketing to doctors, saying it violates the company’s right to freedom of speech. New Chrysler CEO says he’s not alarmed by US market share drop; expects improvementDETROIT — The new Italian leader of Chrysler Group LLC says he is not alarmed by the automaker’s market share decline and he expects to improve the company’s U.S. share from this point forward. Continental traffic rose 7 percent in August but key revenue measurement fell sharplyHOUSTON — Continental Airlines Inc. said Thursday that traffic in September rose 7 percent from a year earlier and planes had record occupancy levels, giving an upbeat ending to a quarter that started with falling traffic in July and August. Product Recalls: Halcyon diving equipmentThe following recall has been announced: Washington Post to team up with Bloomberg News on service focusing on politics, financeSAN FRANCISCO — The Washington Post and Bloomberg News are teaming up in a new partnership that will distribute their political and financial coverage to a broader audience. YRC Worldwide unit inks agreement with Minera Chinalco Peru involving copper productionOVERLAND Park, Kan. — A unit of trucking company YRC Worldwide Inc. has reached a new three-year service agreement with Minera Chinalco Peru S.A., the company said Thursday. September US auto sales fall following Cash for Clunkers buying spree over the summerDETROIT — A Cash for Clunkers hangover hit every major automaker except Hyundai last month, pushing down sales and leaving the industry searching for signs of a recovery in October. Constellation Brands says consolidated distribution will help profits as it reverses 2Q lossMILWAUKEE — Wine and spirits maker Constellation Brands Inc. said Thursday no matter how consumers limit alcohol purchases this holiday season, it hopes its new distribution system will help squeeze out more profits, continuing the trends of its second quarter. Government reports US is storing more natural gas than ever; prices tumble more than 7 percentNEW YORK — Natural gas prices tumbled nearly 8 percent Thursday after the government reported consumption has dropped so low that the U.S. is now storing more than at any other time on record. Catalyst says it sees evidence its drug vigabatrin is effective despite failures; study surgesNEW YORK — Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners Inc. says it will continue developing an anti-addiction drug that has failed in two clinical trials, as it believes the treatment is safe and effective. Target will pay $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling toys with lead paintWASHINGTON — Target Corp. has agreed to pay a $600,000 civil penalty for importing and selling a variety of toys with high levels of lead paint on the surface. Food, medicine, temporary morgue sent to tsunami-stricken Samoas, death toll at 120APIA, Samoa — Police searched a ghastly landscape of mud-swept streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 120 in the South Pacific. Drivers should check car and truck floor mats as Toyota warning raises safety concernsNEW YORK — When you think about car safety, you think brakes, air bags and seat belts. Now, you should check floor mats, too. Dazed survivors emerge from muck and mire of earthquake in the Samoas as death toll reaches 119APIA, Samoa — Police searched a ghastly landscape of mud-strewn streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 119 in the South Pacific. CDC study: Drug deaths surpass traffic fatalities in 16 statesATLANTA — In 16 states and counting, drugs now kill more people than auto accidents do, the government said Wednesday. Coke plans to add calorie information more prominently to almost all products globallyCHICAGO — Coca-Cola Co. will change the packaging on almost all its products to more prominently display certain nutritional facts amid increasing pressure on lawmakers to consider taxes on sugary sodas, which some health experts blame for rising obesity rates Food, medicine, temporary morgue sent to tsunami-stricken Samoas, death toll at 119APIA, Samoa — Police searched a ghastly landscape of mud-strewn streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of an earthquake and tsunami that killed at least 119 in the South Pacific. |
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