Stocks are fluctuating as investors try to reconcile mixed signals about the economy.

Shares of General Motors Corp. have fallen below $1 for the first time in 76 years as a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing for the automaker appears increasingly likely.

Workers at six General Motors Corp. factories have voted overwhelmingly to approve contract concessions and local union leaders say the deal appears headed for ratification.

Stocks are mixed after the government said the economy shrank in the first quarter at a slower pace than initially estimated.

The government says the economy sank at a 5.7% pace as the brute force of the recession carried over into the start of the year.

It'll take at least one more day for a judge to determine whether it's in the best interests of Chrysler and its stakeholders to sell most of the company to Italy's Fiat Group SpA.

With General Motors expected to file for bankruptcy protection as early as Monday, the company is trying to secure whatever cost concessions it can beforehand.

Winfield's Rubbermaid plant will implement a temporary layoff program, company officials announced.

Chrysler's CEO takes the stand today as the company works to convince a New York bankruptcy judge a deal with Fiat can save it from liquidation.

Wall Street is rising modestly as an increase in the price of oil is lifting energy stocks.

An industry report shows that a record 12% of homeowners with a mortgage are behind on their payments or in foreclosure as the housing crisis spreads to borrowers with good credit.

The government says new U.S. home sales were almost flat last month, indicating that the housing market's recovery will likely be a slow and gradual process.

Stocks are sharply higher amid reports that a General Motors Corp. bondholders committee accepted an amended debt offer.

General Motors Corp. says a committee of bondholders has agreed to a sweetened deal to erase some of the automaker's debt in exchange for company stock.

The government says the tally of newly laid-off people seeking jobless benefits fell last week, a sign that companies are cutting fewer workers.

General Motors appears headed for bankruptcy, while Chrysler is already there and hoping to emerge quickly.

Wall Street has put its rally back on hold as investors worry about rising borrowing costs.

A General Motors bankruptcy filing appears inevitable now that a rebellion by bondholders forced it to withdraw a plan to swap bond debt for company stock.

Moody's Investors Service says the U.S. government's "AAA" rating is stable despite the country's swelling debt.

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A real estate group says sales of previously occupied homes rose modestly from March to April as buyers swooped in to take advantage of prices that were 15.4% below year-ago levels.

Wall Street is again worrying about the housing market.

Saudi Oil Minister Ali Naimi says there is no need for OPEC to reduce production of oil.

Chrysler is heading to court today to ask a bankruptcy judge for permission to sell the bulk of its assets to a group headed by Italy's Fiat.

General Motors Corp. says not enough of its bondholders agreed to swap their debt for company stock, meaning the troubled automaker is almost certainly headed for bankruptcy protection.