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Hyundai and its stablemate Kia have been taking U.S. auto market share gradually for more than two decades. Lately, though, those chunks have gotten bigger. The South Korean car makers' sales are expected to surge almost 25% in September compared to the same month year ago.

GM is expected to show a sales increase of 15.3% from a year ago when it posts August numbers later this week, according to auto industry research firm Edmunds. That would be an improvement of 30,000 cars and light trucks and would eclipse the unit gains of its smaller rivals.

DailyFinance collects all the new recalls here each week to help you keep track of the food and products to avoid. This week's recalls include vehicles, an herbicide from DuPont, a pin from the Build-A-Bear Workshop, step stools and of course, a ground turkey from Cargill.

In this economy, many Americans feel grateful to have jobs in the first place. The nation's high unemployment rate makes recent video of some of Chrysler's unionized workers drinking and smoking pot on the job all the more galling. It's time for unions to stop protecting slacker employees.

Keeping track of the latest product and food recalls can be a challenge for any consumer, so Consumer Ally has collected them all in one place for you to check each week. Here is this week's roundup: Posh Bakery recalled all of its Butter Mini Croissants and Chocolate Mini-Croissants sold...

Chrysler recalled 242,780 Dodge Ram pickup trucks because the left side tie rod can break when the driver is making a tight turn at slow speeds, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Once the tie rod breaks, the left front wheel could move independently without being controlled...

Toyota will announce Friday that by September, it expects to have all of its North American plants back to their normal production levels. Then, it can begin attempting to recoup the U.S. market share it lost due to shortages related to the Japan earthquake and tsunami, as well as a slew of recalls.

Looks like rough sailing ahead: Moody's warned the GOP that its game of chicken with the debt ceiling risked a downgrade of U.S. debt. But there are some things that investors can look forward to.

Short sellers have significantly increased their bet that GM shares are going to drop: Short interest in the No.1 U.S. car company jumped 26.5% to 41.5 million shares in the two-week period that ended May 15.

Chrysler's IPO may be delayed, according to CEO Sergio Marchionne. He claims the decision will be based on the cash needs of the company and payments to the UAW healthcare trust. But is it really a sign of larger problems in the industry?