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Driver found: at the Herndon, Va., headquarters of Volkswagen Group of America Inc.

Anna Maria Schneider has become the new director of industry-government relations for the world’s fourth-largest automaker.

The self-described “auto-babe” hails from one …

Colt has produced M-4 carbines for the military since the Vietnam War, but now a handful of other gun-makers are pushing for a new competition that would end Colt’s grip on the business.

Colt has a sole-source contract to …

Few in the business community predict that the Capitol Hill standoff over tax extenders will end this week.

A cloture vote is scheduled Wednesday, but it is unlikely to be successful, since Republicans and Democrats remain at odds …

If President Bush is struggling to fashion his legacy these days, just imagine how hard it is for his Cabinet.

Take Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, who has crafted a blueprint for shaping the next federal highway reauthorization bill that …

House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank has put the mortgage industry on notice: Passage of the landmark housing bill doesn’t get it off the hook.

In the next few months, the mortgage finance industry will be under …

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., the buyout giant, plans to announce Monday that it will become a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, said advisers to the firm.

The New York-based firm’s business model will …

Readers of the Nation and other left-leaning magazines may have noticed a new addition to the usual advertisements — full-page advocacy ads by an ad hoc coalition of anti-immigration organizations.

The ads place the blame for traffic and …

The financial services industry is targeting a bipartisan bloc of 10 senators seeking compromise on energy legislation, in hopes of killing a bill that would curtail investments in the oil and food futures markets.

The fight pits big …

For a billionaire, Jim Chanos has a lot to worry about these days.

Chanos is the president of Kynikos Associates, a multibillion-dollar hedge fund that specializes in uncovering troubled companies and profiting from their declines in the stock …

A number of K Streeters are betting that Democrats will make good on their promise to pass a second economic stimulus bill.

Advocates for retired Americans, state and local governments, and workers are actively meeting with members of …