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During an otherwise ordinary conference call with reporters and Wall Street analysts on Friday, Ford chief executive Mark Fields announced that his company has torn apart and rebuilt a Tesla Model S -- and is considering building a full-size, long-range electric car of its own. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Toyota Motor Corp. will pay $1.2 billion as part of a settlement deal to avoid facing a criminal charge stemming from its handling of a 2009-2010 recall involving millions of vehicles, the US Justice Department announced Wednesday. The financial penalty is the largest of its kind ever imposed on an automaker, according to US Attorney General Eric Holder. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a video released Monday, General Motors chief executive officer Mary Barra offered an apology for two mistakes made by the world's second largest automaker. One was for a faulty ignition switch put in 1.6 million vehicles that has been linked to a dozen fatalities. The other was perhaps more difficult to admit: GM knew about the deadly defect for nearly a decade. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After GameStop had a rough holiday retail season, the video game industry nervously wondered if this signaled a seismic shift in video game sales. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

"I took back my freedom." So says actress Jenny McCarthy, in a recent TV ad for an e-cigarette. Heating a nicotine-laced liquid so that the user inhales vapor, not smoke, e-cigarettes are being sold as a safe alternative to the regular kind. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As an editorial and commercial photographer and a member of the prestigious Magnum Photos, Elliott Erwitt worked regularly with both color and black-and-white film. To most admirers, however, he is probably best known for his black-and-white images. From frames of dogs to pictures of everyday life on the street, Erwitt's wry wit defines his work in black-and-white film. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Australians of a certain age can still sing the jingle for Holden cars, a national automobile icon. "We love football, meat pies, kangaroos, and Holden cars," ran the 1970s television ad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In taking the helm of General Motors on Tuesday, Mary Barra becomes the first woman to serve as chief executive officer of a major automotive company, a sign that corporate boards and investors increasingly see leaders' gender as a nonissue and gender diversity perhaps even as an asset. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]