Posted: 9:41 AM J.D. Power and Associates says most other brands in the survey also showed improvement, and that the auto industry has reached historically high levels of dependability.

Posted: 9:04 AM UPS is reporting widespread, scattered technical problems affecting tracking and processing of packages.

Posted: 12:15 PM Toyota began the year with a big increase in U.S. sales. But those numbers got a boost from rental-car companies and other fleets.

Posted: 9:22 AM The 4 million packages of Tassimo espresso T-discs, manufactured by Kraft Foods Global Inc., in Illinois, were recalled after 21 reports of problems.

Posted: 9:08 AM Kodak says it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in order to focus on its more profitable businesses.

Posted: 9:55 AM Home appliances are responsible for 150,000 fires a year, causing about $500 million dollars in damage.

Posted: 9:26 AM The Mexican-style restaurant chain has introduced a breakfast menu at almost 800 restaurants.

Posted: 12:17 PM The retailer is instead rolling out a three-tiered value strategy.

Posted: 3:18 PM The chairman and CEO of General Motors is defending the company over battery fires in Chevrolet Volt electric cars last year.

Updated: 12:22 PM The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said the products were distributed to a store in Overland Park.

Posted: 1:54 PM Online retailers Zappos.com and parent company Amazon.com are being sued in Kentucky by a Texas woman alleging that she was harmed by the release of personal account information.

Updated: 3:41 PM More than 50 companies from difference backgrounds attended the Career Quest Expo in East Wichita Tuesday.

Posted: 3:10 PM The winning number 125501 was drawn Dec. 30, 2011.

Posted: 10:59 AM But the season was clouded by heavy discounting needed to get shoppers to spend.

Updated: 11:58 AM The FDA had said Monday that an unnamed juice company detected low levels of the fungicide in orange juice products after testing its own and competitors' products.

Posted: 11:16 AM Ford says it will inform owners and replace the parts for free.

Posted: 10:30 AM General Motors Co. is recalling more than 4,000 of its 2012 Chevrolet Sonic subcompact cars to check for missing brake pads.

Posted: 12:07 PM L.L. Bean's duck boot is seeing a surge in popularity as its 100th birthday approaches.

Posted: 8:21 AM A mall trade group says that last minute shoppers gave merchants a solid lift during the final week before Christmas.

Posted: 10:31 AM Call it a sign of the times, or a sign of the economy.

Updated: 11:07 AM A 10-day-old baby died from a rare bacterial infection. The death has not been connected to the formula.

Posted: 1:40 PM Chef's Requested Foods Inc. is recalling 875 pounds of turkey filets that are mislabeled as center cut steaks.

Posted: 12:37 PM The company is telling dealers it will have a revamped model by the end of next year.

Posted: 9:39 AM The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped about five cents over the past two weeks.

Posted: 8:56 AM Nissan is recalling nearly 34,000 Sentra compact cars because of a battery cable problem that could cause the engines to stall.