
President Barack Obama says an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate is "cause for hope but not celebration."

The teen fashion chain Aeropostale and outlet stores of the upscale Saks Fifth Avenue are pulling from shelves necklaces that tests showed have high levels of the toxic metal cadmium.

Ford Motor Co. says it will fix 17,600 Mercury Milan and Ford Fusion gas-electric hybrids that can give drivers the impression the brakes have failed.

Toyota says it's begun fixing problems with brakes in the 2010 Prius, as both U.S. and Japanese transportation officials open an investigations into the problem.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate will take up a jobs bill Monday and he hopes it will have Republican support.

Dillard's Inc. department store chain says sales at stores open at least a year fell 5 percent in January.

Arkansas Toyota dealers are gearing up for thousands of pedal parts expected to arrive Thursday morning.

A Jonesboro Coca-Cola bottling plant is planning to close, putting 40 people out of work.