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New York’s attorney general sued Exxon Mobil Corp on Tuesday, alleging that the world’s largest oil company for years misled investors about the risks of climate change regulations on its business.

Pending a judge's approval, Yahoo will pay $50 million to some of those affected by its massive 2013 data breach.

Apple CEO Tim Cook once again railed against data collection in a keynote address in Brussels.

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell to a near two-year low in September and data for the prior three months was revised lower, the latest indications that rising mortgage rates and higher prices were undercutting the housing market.

AT&T Inc posted a surprise gain in U.S. wireless subscribers on Wednesday but quarterly profit rose less than expected, held back by its declining satellite TV business, sending its shares down more than 3 percent before the bell.

Turkey’s central bank will prefer to watch October and November inflation before making a call on hiking rates in December, ABN Amro economist.

Tim Cook said customer data was being "weaponized with military efficiency" by companies to increase profit.

The platform will serve real-time pricing data for the top 200 cryptocurrencies. Currently in its beta phase, the Forbes platform would also aggregate news from major cryptocurrency publications.

Analysts revised upward their WTI and Brent crude forecasts for the fourth quarter of 2018, as concerns over Iran’s supply and lack of action by OPEC continue to lend support.

The WTO is scrambling to develop a plan for the biggest reform in its 23-year history after Trump brought the world's top trade court to the brink of collapse by blocking appointments of its judges and threatening to pull the U.S. out of it.

The proposed new regulations require blockchain users in China to register with their real names and national ID card numbers, taking away one of the intrinsic properties of blockchain — anonymity.

USD Coin was launched by a joint venture between two cryptocurrency companies, Coinbase and Circle. It is a stablecoin, designed to minimize price volatility.

Vast resources have been thrown at information and communication technologies. Yet, economic growth is not demonstrably faster than it was beforehand.

According to current and former employees, GM's driverless Cruise cars still struggle to identify whether objects on the road are moving or stationary.

OxyMonster, the dark web dealer, confessed to selling drugs like oxycodone, heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and Ritalin in exchange for cryptocurrencies bitcoin and bitcoin cash.

Caterpillar Inc tried on Tuesday to ease mounting concerns about China and global demand after it affirmed its 2018 profit estimate, a move that investors feared signaled a cap in earnings growth and sparked a sell-off in its shares.

Facebook Inc's new searchable database of U.S. political ads reveals that companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp, Ben & Jerry's and Penzeys Spices are cumulatively spending millions of dollars to encourage voting and influence how Americans vote.

Reports indicated Facebook had canceled the next Oculus Rift headset, but the company says there is more Rift to come.

Target Corp, aiming to one-up retail rivals during the upcoming U.S. holiday shopping season, said on Tuesday it was adding more delivery and pickup options for online shoppers to have items shipped to their homes or ready for quick pick-up at a local store.

Uber's food delivery service UberEats will offer service to significantly more people in the United States by the end of the year.

Lockheed Martin Corp, the Pentagon’s No. 1 weapons supplier, on Tuesday posted a better-than-expected rise in quarterly profit, driven by higher production of its F-35 fighter jets, and forecast sales above Wall Street estimates for next year.

Elon Musk offered someone bitcoin and Twitter locked his account.

For two years Airbus faced a shortage of engines and had to slow jet deliveries. Now engines are arriving fast - but fresh snags mean a Hamburg plant that assembles best-selling jets is having trouble absorbing them, industry sources said.

Helios and Matheson Analytics announced MoviePass would become a separate, publicly traded company.

Investment strategist Hugh Johnson told International Business Times that the stocks are undervalued and the S&P could close the year higher than current levels.

Through his Infinitum Nihil production banner, Johnny Depp will develop and produce digital content for blockchain-based content sharing platform TaTaTu.

Philip Morris International Inc released cheaper versions of its IQOS "heat not burn" products in Japan on Tuesday as it tries to revive sales and ward off competition from other alternatives to conventional cigarettes.

The judge, however, drastically reduced the amount of money to be paid to the man from $289 million to $78 million.

The S&P 500 and the Dow fell in choppy trading on Monday as energy and financial stocks lost ground and caution grew ahead of a slew of earnings reports this week.