General Motors and other foreign automakers are selling fewer cars and losing big money in China, where domestic electric and hybrid cars have taken off.
Federal health agencies have closed their investigation into the bacterial outbreak that sickened 104 people and was linked to the onions featured on the symbol of the Quarter Pounders fast food chain.
Both sides accused each other of violating the agreement; Hezbollah fired on Israel for the first time since the truce took effect, and Israel responded with airstrikes.
The centre-left Social Democrats won the largest number of votes in the parliamentary elections, but a strong nationalist demonstration could make it difficult to form a stable, Western-oriented government.
The agency has long enjoyed broad bipartisan support. But Republican criticism has intensified, and new picks for top health care jobs hope to turn the organization around.