General Motors Co. said its U.S. sales rose 16 percent in June on solid demand for small and midsize cars. Sales of the Chevrolet Volt electric car more than tripled over June 2011, to more than 1,700. GM also saw double-digit sales increases for the Chevrolet Malibu and Buick LaCrosse midsize cars. [...]
Stock indexes came back from deep losses in the morning and ended Wednesday with small gains. The Dow Jones industrial average avoided its longest losing streak since Jimmy Carter was president. The Dow rose 30 points — after being down 166 — to break an eight-day losing streak. Nine days would have been the longest [...]
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