More SUVs Get Passing Grades in Latest NHTSA Rollover Tests

NHTSA finds that more SUVs, pickups are less likely to roll over in crashes thanks to electronic stability control systems

FASB Rethinking Lease Accounting Standards

A review underway by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of off-balance-sheet lease accounting could have serious implications for companies' debt/equity ratios. An estimated $300B in leases do not appear on the balance sheets of the S&P top 500 companies, and adding leases as liabilities would significantly change the companies' indebtedness picture.

CA Senate Approves Ban on Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving

A bill banning hand-held cell phone use while driving made it out of the California state Senate last week and moves to the Assembly, but the Governor's Office hasn't taken a position on the issue

West Texas Roads: Highways or ‘Flyways’?

Texas transportation commissioners approved nation's highest posted speed limit on two stretches of far West Texas highway

Ford Keeps Promise to Lower Sticker Prices