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Many companies have proposed high-tech solutions for stopping illegal immigration along U.S. borders. But the contract the Department of Homeland Security is expected to award to Boeing eschews cutting-edge systems in favor of technology that has a proven track record.

Employment prospects for many of Europe's youth are bleak due to the debt crisis and austerity measures. That's not the case in Germany, which has Europe's lowest youth unemployment rate. Part of the reason is an on-the-job apprenticeship system that serves Germany's high-tech economy.

Toyotas have been accused of accelerating out of control, and NASA engineers were called in to examine the vehicles. No, it’s not rocket science, but understanding cars may be a lot more complicated than that.

Ford Motor Co. earned $6.6 billion in 2010 — its highest profit in a decade. Still, the company is not out of the woods. It's stock price dropped 13 percent on Friday, it's trying to climb out of debt, and it could face tough union negotiations just as it's trying to secure a foothold in the Chinese car market.

Huntsville is the shining star in Alabama's economy. Scientists there designed the rockets that put man on the moon. In the past 50 years, it's become a magnet for high-tech space and defense jobs. But with NASA downsizing and the specter of defense cuts looming, Huntsville finds itself in limbo.

News that Ford Motor Co. will close 16 plants and drastically reduce its workforce comes shortly after the arrival of former Boeing executive Alan Mulally as the carmaker's new president and CEO. Can Mulally work wonders at Ford?

Discovery, NASA's oldest surviving space shuttle and the beloved workhorse of the fleet, rocketed up into the sky on Thursday afternoon for a bittersweet final voyage. After this mission, the shuttle, which has carried 194 astronauts since 1984, will become a museum exhibit.

The star resident of the National Zoo is leaving Washington next week. Four-year-old Tai Shan will board the "FedEx Panda Express" to Chengdu, China. Where will they find a mailer large enough for him?

Southwest Airlines says no one is injured after two of its jets touched on the ground at San Diego's Lindbergh Field.

U.S. corporations face a growing threat from countries where governments control big multinational corporations and use them for political gain, author Ian Bremmer says. In China, for example, U.S. firms compete against government-backed domestic auto and aircraft manufacturers.