BASEL, Switzerland (AP) ― Roger Federer advanced to the quarterfinals and Andy Murray withdrew because of an injury just before his first-round match at the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday. Andy Roddick also advanced, using his serve to beat Tommy Haas of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in the late match. The seventh-seeded American had 12 aces and never allowed Haas a break point chance. Federer, defending champi...

CARSON, California (AP) ― David Beckham appears to be considering the same old question for the first time, the white flecks in his scruffy beard highlighted by the brilliant California sun as he frowns in thoughtful contemplation. Yet Beckham always gives the same answer: The English superstar hasn’t decided where he’ll play next season, but he’s determined to lead the Los Angeles Galaxy to an ...

Kosdaq-listed frontrunner in capacitor eyes future-oriented items for growth Park Hwan-woo, president and CEO of KOSDAQ-listed Sungho Electronics Co. (www.sungho.net) was quick to use metaphor in explaining what the company’s core business is. And his metaphor of choice is a human heart. Not that Sungho is making an artificial heart. The company’s specialty is producing capacitors, a component ...

POSCO, South Korea’s leading steelmaker, said Thursday that it has signed a steel supply contract with a European home appliance maker, a deal that will help the steelmaker expand its presence there. Under the deal with Gorenje, the largest Slovenian manufacturer of home appliances, POSCO will supply steels, including cold-rolled steel plates used for the production of refrigerators and washing ...

Five vehicles made by Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. have won 2012 Canadian Car of the Year awards, industry sources said Thursday. The cars that ranked first in their sections were Hyundai’s Accent subcompact, Elantra compact and Veloster compact sports car and Kia’s Optima and Optima hybrid mid-size sedans. Sources said the five awards mark the highest number of honors g...

The government on Thursday outlined plans to transform about 10 percent of the country’s gas stations into “alternative” vendors to supply petroleum products as part of its fight against runaway fuel prices. Seeking to lessen the dominance of the country’s four refiners and stimulate competition, the government has devised measures that includ multiplying non-franchise and self-service stations....

Shoplifting, employee and supplier fraud, organized retail crime and administrative errors cost the nation’s retail industry 2.41 trillion won ($2.13 billion) over the past year, an international report found Thursday. The amount was equivalent to 1.3 percent of the industry’s total sales in 2011, according to the Global Retail Theft Barometer Report, which monitors the cost of “shrink” in the g...

Incheon International Airport Corp. said Thursday it has been honored as one of the world’s best airports for its superior services by the Airports Council International, a global association of airports. In the new “Roll of Excellence” program, the council listed airports that have made if into the top five in terms of service quality for five consecutive years and lauded Incheon, the sole Asia...

LG Electronics said Thursday it will issue new shares worth about 1.062 trillion won ($939 million), for the first time in six years in a sign that the company is in need of financing facility investments and other capital expenditures for next year. The company announced that it will issue 19 million new shares priced at 55,900 won per share and list them on Jan. 9. “The purpose of issuing new...

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) -- While celebrating the recent passage in the U.S. Congress of a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korea, lawmakers here on Wednesday voiced bipartisan demand for their counterparts in Asia to follow suit. “We’ve all waited enough. I hope it will take into effect as soon as practicable,” Rep. David Camp (R-Michigan), who chairs the House Ways and Means Committee, to...