Business

President Obama signed into law a nearly $800 billion package aimed at stimulating the U.S. economy that includes almost $30 billion for highway construction funding, the Associated Press reported.

Efficiency is the cornerstone of most successful supply-chain operations, and in a bad economy it’s the little things that can make or break a business struggling to survive.

Mobile Communications and software provider Xata Corp. received a $3.1 million influx of cash from a pair of venture capital funds, the company reported Friday.

Sirius XM Radio avoided bankruptcy thanks to a $530 million loan from Liberty Media Corp., the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Retailer Wal-Mart Stores said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings fell 7.4%, while its full-year 2008 earnings rose 5.1%.

General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are unlikely to complete deals with debt holders and union workers by a government-imposed deadline on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.

Regarding different speed limits for cars and large trucks, arguments with this one go on and on.

National Retail Systems has deployed 115 trucks to comply with the Clean Truck Program requirements set forth by the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the company said Tuesday.

The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a public hearing March 5 on a 2007 decision to deny California a waiver allowing the state to implement its own greenhouse gas emission standards for automobiles and light trucks.

Manufacturing growth in New York state contracted this month at the fastest pace on record, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday.