Ford Motor Co. Ford's Transit Connect van from Turkey is one of the vehicles the company will produce in the U.S.

DEARBORN, Mich. – Bleeding cash and with its very survival uncertain, Ford Motor Co., an icon of American automaking, will try to import some of its success from across the Atlantic. Ford reported its worst-ever quarterly loss yesterday and announced plans to bring over six small, fuel-efficient cars it makes in Europe and start selling them in North America, where Ford is losing billions on its truck-heavy lineup.

Nokia will pay less in royalties to Qualcomm – perhaps half of what it previously paid – under Wednesday's surprise litigation settlement and 15-year licensing deal, analysts said yesterday. But the complex agreement includes a significant lump sum and the transfer of an undisclosed number of Nokia patents, making it difficult to say which side got the better deal.

NEW YORK – Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower yesterday after a steeper-than-expected decline in sales of existing homes and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's recent optimism. The major indexes fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 280 points.

After a flurry of top-dollar deals in 2007, office building sales have ground to a halt for the most part in San Diego County this year, because of the credit crunch, rising vacancies and weakening economy.

NEW YORK – Commodity regulators in Washington have accused a Dutch trading company of making roughly $1 million in illegal profits by manipulating the prices of crude oil, heating oil and gasoline over an 11-day period last year.

DALLAS – Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak ended, so did Cal Ripken Jr.'s string of consecutive games. Will Southwest Airlines' mark of 69 straight profitable quarters be the next record to fall?