Toyota's factory in Burnaston, Derbyshire, is to close for two days a week from May. Photograph: David Sillitoe ~ for the Guardian Workers at Toyota's UK factories face more short-time working in coming months after the world's biggest carmaker warned ...

By PAUL QUINLAN of Greenwire One word could describe US EPA's oversight of BP PLC's decision to pour 1.84 million gallons of oil-dispersing chemicals into the Gulf of Mexico during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill: uncertain.

A lamb shawarma dish is shown at Al-Ameer Restaurant in Dearborn, Mich., Thursday, April 21, 2011. The growing numbers of US lamb consumers come from what those in the sheep industry call nontraditional or ethnic markets, which include people of ...

By Michiyo Nakamoto in Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group will boost profits by about Y200bn ($2.43bn) this year after it converts its preference shares in Morgan Stanley into common shares, and becomes its largest shareholder, said Nobuyuki Hirano, ...

Save a tree by bringing your own mug to Starbucks, and you'll be handsomely rewarded with a free fill-up. In celebration of Earth Day, Starbucks is playing to its iconic green color with an eco-friendly initiative.