The Ford Explorer used to be one of the best-selling vehicles in the U.S., but as demand for big, truck-like SUVs fell, so did its sales.

At Rutgers University in New Jersey, 7,600 panels convert sunlight into electricity, saving some $200,000 in energy costs this year in the biggest solar-power experiment at a U.S. college.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. can't transfer a loan obligation of Grupo Televisa SA’s cable unit to a bank controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, a federal judge said.

President Barack Obama is on the verge of creating as much as $300 billion in credit for small businesses as bankers raise doubt about whether there’s demand for new loans and how much will be repaid.

U.K. house prices fell in July for the first time in 15 months as the government's budget squeeze curbed demand and more people tried to sell their properties, Hometrack Ltd. said.

General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, plans to sell its Chevrolet Volt electric car for about $40,000, said a person familiar with the plans.

The dollar declined against all of its major counterparts as a bigger-than-forecast increase in new home sales in June and a boost in FedEx Corp.'s earnings prospects made riskier assets more attractive.

Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission stumbled as it tried to create a nationwide wireless broadband network for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers, delaying the construction of what everyone agrees is an urgently needed system.

Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.

Google Inc. is gearing up to sell its e-mail and other Web-hosted applications to a wider range of government agencies after winning a prized security clearance.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is imploring Republican senators to allow a vote on new campaign finance disclosure requirements, warning them not to resort to political delaying tactics that would block the legislation.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) -- Google Inc. is gearing up to sell its e-mail and other Web-hosted applications to a wider range of government agencies after winning a prized security clearance.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Drivers across the country woke up to higher prices at the gas pump on Monday, as retail gasoline rose overnight.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Creditor and union pressure has prompted bankrupt Tribune Co. to cut back bonuses it would pay under a proposed management incentive plan.

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- United Technologies will cut another 1,500 this year and next on top of the 900 positions it has already eliminated in 2010, the company said Monday.

Sales of new homes rose in June more than forecast following an unprecedented collapse the prior month, a signal the worst of the slump triggered by the end of a government tax credit is over.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday urged state lawmakers to lobby for House-passed initiatives endangered in the Senate, while Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell complained congressional Democrats were out of touch with voters.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shares of homebuilders surged Monday after the government released data showing new home sales jumped in June by nearly 24 percent from a month earlier, when sales sank to the slowest pace on record.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors Inc. said Monday it delivered its first vehicle in Australia, marking its entry into that market.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Owners of the iPhone will be able to legally unlock their devices so they can run software applications that haven't been approved by Apple Inc., according to new government rules announced Monday.

While the stock market has been little changed for the past month, a few stocks have raced ahead. Among them are a humble fertilizer maker and an online reservation service whose pitch man is the former captain of the starship USS Enterprise.

If Democrats wonder why their political fortunes have shifted so much, they should study the appointment of Craig Becker to a body that adjudicates labor disputes.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Landline and cell phones were unable to complete calls in part of New York because of a malfunction in Verizon's network on Monday, the company said.

LONDON (AP) -- Oil giant BP appeared poised Monday to remove CEO Tony Hayward, as its board deliberated what to do about the man who became the face of BP's flailing efforts to contain the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and clean up millions in damages.

This week is the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, one of the country's landmark civil rights measures and the signature domestic achievement of President George H.W. Bush.

On March 25, 2010, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke went before the House Financial Services Committee to outline exit strategies, or tools the central bank could use to drain the $1 trillion of excess reserves held by the banking system. At the time, financial markets were focused on whether the Fed would be able to bottle up those reserves, once the economy improved, to prevent an inflationary expansion of credit.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Eastman Kodak Co., the maker of cameras, film and printers, reports its second-quarter results before the stock market opens Wednesday.

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Light cycles, wizards, vampires and superheroes made for another colorful Comic-Con.

PARIS (AP) -- The heiress to the L'Oreal cosmetics fortune was questioned Monday by French investigators in a probe into her finances that has embroiled President Nicolas Sarkozy's government.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anheuser-Busch, the U.S. unit of ABInbev, spent $820,000 in the second quarter to lobby the government on brewers' excise taxes and matters relating to the alcohol industry, according to a recent disclosure report.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes jumped last month, but it was the second-weakest month on record. The lackluster economy has made potential buyers skittish about shopping for homes.

LONDON (AP) -- Strong U.S. housing data gave stocks a lift Monday after lackluster trading earlier in the day, as investors continued to grapple with the results of stress test into 91 EU banks.

HONOLULU (AP) -- Bank of Hawaii Corp. said Monday that its second-quarter profit jumped 50 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, as gradual improvement in Hawaii's economy helped the bank trim its provision for credit losses.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Kraft Foods Inc. says it will more than double the amount of whole grain in many of its Nabisco crackers, becoming the latest food maker to respond to consumer and health advocates' demands for improved nutrition from packaged foods.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top commercial banks companies are up at 10 a.m.:

NEW YORK (AP) -- In another sign of confidence for the global economy, FedEx Corp. on Monday raised its earnings outlook for the current quarter and full year.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A day after Gov. Beverly Perdue signed into law a bill banning video sweepstakes games, she suggested she'd listen to proposals to legalize video poker again in North Carolina.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Perhaps Sean Parnell's greatest accomplishment so far as governor is that he's not Sarah Palin.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's largest oil company Rosneft on Monday reported a 60 percent increase in second-quarter profit due to higher crude prices and lower taxes for its new oil field.

CHICAGO (AP) -- Shopping mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. said Monday it named Steven J. Douglas as its executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective immediately.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., reports its second-quarter results before the stock market opens Wednesday.

LONDON (AP) -- Two decades ago, Tony Hayward was a "turtle" -- one of a handful of young high fliers at BP earmarked for great things, named after the cartoon warriors, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Republican Senate candidate Ron Johnson said Monday he hasn't decided whether to sell his BP stock, two weeks after he told reporters he would get rid of it.

NEW YORK (AP) -- BP shares rose almost 5 percent Monday as the stock market anticipated a formal announcement that Tony Hayward would step aside as CEO.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nissan is recalling 51,100 of its Cube hatchbacks in the United States and Canada because of possible problems with fuel spilling during rear end collisions.

HOUSTON (AP) -- Oil and gas equipment company FMC Technologies Inc. said Monday that its second-quarter net income dropped 9 percent on lower revenue from its offshore oil drilling unit.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) -- The Western Union Co. said Monday it will offer a new service that allows customers to buy pre-paid money transfer cards at Family Dollar store locations.

SEATTLE (AP) -- China Security & Surveillance Technology Inc., which makes electronic surveillance products and software, said Monday its second-quarter net income more than doubled as government spending on its services continued.

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (AP) -- KVH Industries Inc., which produces mobile communication and navigation equipment, said Monday it received a $13 million order for its military vehicle navigation system.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday affirmed the investment-grade credit ratings of Ingersoll-Rand PLC and raised the outlook to "Stable" from "Negative."

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Federal consumer safety officials are investigating a complaint that a 4-year-old Connecticut boy nearly strangled himself with a toy from a McDonald's Happy Meal.

LENOX, Mass. (AP) -- Once a dumping ground for chemicals, a stretch of the Housatonic River that winds near this Berkshires hamlet is being scoured in a lengthy, expensive cleanup. Now, dredging other parts of the riverbed is under consideration, but the fishers, bird watchers and swimmers who would benefit are wondering how much effort is too much.

HONOLULU (AP) -- Every morning, Tony Williams wakes to the sound of waves crashing on Hawaii's famed Waikiki beaches and has a spectacular view of the Pacific. But he's not paying a cent for his priceless vista.

July 26 (Bloomberg) -- The combination of growing confidence in Europeís economy and mounting evidence of a slowdown in the U.S. is driving euro bears into hiding.

July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Owners of Apple Inc.ís iPhone can unlock the device to use applications not authorized by the company, the U.S. Library of Congress said.

July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., owner of the worldís most popular search engine, is starting a version of its business software tailored to government customers as it seeks to expand sales beyond search-based advertising.

July 26 (Bloomberg) -- An ex-airport employee accused of plotting to blow up fuel lines and tanks at New Yorkís John F. Kennedy International Airport was a “homegrown extremist,” a prosecutor said in closing arguments at his terrorism trial.

July 26 (Bloomberg) -- The smallest profits in the commodity shipping market in 18 months may be ending as a rebound in steel and iron-ore prices signal improving Chinese demand that will ease the transport glut.

July 26 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc plans to name Robert Dudley to succeed Tony Hayward as chief executive officer as the board looks to recover the companyís position in the U.S., two people with knowledge of the matter said.

July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Qatar Navigation Co., a freight transportation company, reported a worse-than-expected 32 percent drop in second-quarter net income as it lost money on revenue from investments.