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General Motors Corp. and Chrysler have asked the U.S. government to more than double their combined $17.4 billion in loans to about $39 billion, the Associated Press reported.

U.S. industrial production fell 1.8% in January, declining for the sixth time in seven months, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. said Wednesday it lost $330 million in the fourth quarter as sales slumped 7% and that it would cut almost 5,000 jobs.

The price of goods imported to the United States fell for a sixth straight month in January on lower commodity costs, declining 1.1%, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

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%.