Stocks fluctuated in early trading Wednesday as good news on manufacturing helped offset a decline in commodities prices.

The government was moving ahead Wednesday on a fresh multibillion dollar cash infusion to stabilize auto financing company GMAC Financial Services, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Russia’s economy grew by 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter from the quarter before, the second straight quarterly increased, the Russian government reported Wednesday.

Opponents of a federally approved plan to drill dozens of natural gas wells in the HD Mountains in southwest Colorado are taking their fight to court.

BP now estimates as much as 100 gallons of crude oil may have spilled in an area around a well house where a pipe broke in the Prudhoe Bay oil field, Alaska officials said Tuesday. BP’s initial estimate was 3 gallons of oil.

Premier Wen Jiabao said China will take measures to control a looming property bubble and will “absolutely not yield” on pressure to appreciate the currency

Nobel Prize winner Mother Teresa and Pulitzer Prize winner Bill Mauldin will be honored on U.S. postage stamps next year.

Japan’s Prime Minister, faced with fading support as the country struggles to maintain its fledgling economic recovery, Wednesday outlined a new set of measures to spur growth over the next decade.