DETROIT — Lexus is the top performer in a new survey of vehicle dependability.Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. homebuilders are gradually growing more optimistic about the depressed housing market and believe homes sales could pick up sharply at the beginning of 2012.Read more

NEW YORK — UPS is reporting widespread, scattered technical problems affecting tracking and processing of packages.Read more

WASHINGTON — Foreign demand for U.S. Treasury debt fell slightly in December after hitting a record high the previous month. A key reason for the drop was that China, the largest holder of Treasury debt, cut its purchases for a third straight month.Read more

NEW YORK — Stocks were mixed on Wall Street as Greece inched closer to a deal to resolve its debt crisis.Read more

WASHINGTON — U.S. factories boosted output last month and December ended up being their best month for growth in five years. Busier factories are helping drive the economy.Read more

LONDON — Britain's Supreme Court says it will hear the case of a private investigator who is fighting to keep secret who told him to hack phones on behalf of the News of the World tabloid.Read more

LONDON — The 17-nation eurozone has one foot in recession, according to official figures showing the economy contracted 0.3 percent in the final three months of 2011 from the previous quarter, a clear sign that Europe's debt crisis has spared no country in the single currency bloc.Read more

AMSTERDAM — Heineken NV, Europe's largest brewer by sales, reported a fall in profits in 2011 due to rising costs, though a thirst for its beer in developing markets kept revenues buoyant.Read more

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. — Don't tell Michael W. McLanahan that manufacturing in the United States is dead. His family-owned, privately held company has made mineral processing and farm equipment since its founding way back in 1835 - and is enjoying a boom.Read more