Auto parts maker Johnson Controls plans to cut 3,000 salaried employees from its global workforce over the next two years as part of a cost-reduction push.

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Procter & Gamble planned to break ground Friday on a $500 million West Virginia manufacturing hub, a project expected to create hundreds of jobs as one of the largest economic development projects in the state’s history.

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Wal-Mart says it will hire 60,000 employees to meet increased shopping demand over the holiday season.

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When NxStage Medical Inc. realized Spanish-speaking people made up 15 percent of the market for its home kidney dialysis equipment, the company created a website and brochures printed in Spanish.

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The CEO of a Canadian firm seeking to buy the water company that serves the city of Missoula leaked what was supposed to be a confidential valuation of the system, an attorney for the city said.

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A Portland neighborhood is rallying — literally — around three big sequoias that a developer plans to cut down.

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The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in two months, suggesting employers remain confident enough in the economy to hold onto their workers.

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The U.S. Border Patrol does not go far enough to protect Southwestern ranchers from smugglers and others who cross the Mexican border illegally, the businessmen said Wednesday during a conference of border sheriffs in Arizona.

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Striking Seattle teachers have won unusual concessions in a tentative contract deal: guaranteed 30-minute recess and teams created to address racial disparity in schools.

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FedEx Corp. (FDX) on Wednesday reported fiscal first-quarter net income of $692 million.

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