The Marketplace Reader

When you live in Los Angeles like we do, you quickly learn that the reason public transportation isn't a viable option for much of the population...

General Motors has been looking for ways to cut its workforce down for a long time. Now it's offering 9,000 salaried workers early retirement...

Scientists say they have caused one type of cell to become another -- with no intermediate step using controversial stem cells -- which could have...

With all the problems the music industry is having, artists and entrepreneurs are looking for new business models....

With sales of PC laptops and desktops slowing in the United States, Dell is making a push for markets in growing economies around the world with a...

The airlines are suffering across the board, but Virgin Atlantic is actually coming out ahead. The airline credits the "T5 Effect" for helping it...

The ARS Technica website has a report that Amazon may enter the college textbook market with a new version of its Kindle electronic reading device....

Tropicana's Casino Aztar is up on the auction block after months in limbo. The Evansville, Ind. riverboat was set to sell to Reno, Nev., hotel and...

Motion sensor technology is one of the keys to Nintendo Wii's success, but the world's best-selling video game console could lose its title if its...

Several days ago the Associated Press reported electric bicycles are selling well....