Since Fiat effectively took over Chrysler this year, engineers from Detroit have been making monthly pilgrimages here to see something they can only envy: an auto plant that is hiring workers and earning a profit.... more

Dan Brown's fans have waited six long years for "The Lost Symbol," his follow-up to the megablockbuster novel "The Da Vinci Code" that is being published in hardcover on Sept. 15.   Will... more

Argentina striker Carlos Tevez signed for Manchester City on Tuesday and used his first news conference at the big-spending Premier Leagueclub to criticise Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.The 25-year-old,... more

  JAYNE MICHAELS, an interior designer who lives on East 57th Street in Manhattan, throws open her windows every chance she gets. "I need light and air in my life," said Ms. Michaels, who favors ga... more

  But instead of getting an apartment in the city, she chose to become a first-time buyer in a second-home market. While keeping the one-bedroom rental she shares with her boyfriend in Park Slope, she mov... more

India has rejected a demand by the Albanian government for the return of the remains of Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, buried in the city of Calcutta.     "Mother Teresa was an Indian citizen an... more

The Commerce Department reported that new-home sales rose 9.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted rate of 433,000 last month. The numbers came on the heels of other reports that have showed housing prices rising in m... more

  Senator Evan Bayh, the Indiana Democrat, has decided not to run for a third term this year. Mr. Bayh will announce his decision at a press conference at 2 p.m., an aide confirmed on Monday. The decision... more

The Central Intelligence Agency's secret interrogation program operated under strict rules, and the rules were dictated from Washington with the painstaking, eye-glazing detail beloved by any bureaucracy.   ... more

PARIS — Ford Motor and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said Wednesday that they had settled “all substantive commercial terms” on a sale of Volvo, clearing the way for the Chinese automaker to purch... more