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"Consumer spending has ground to a halt," says Noritoshi Murata, president of Seven & i Holdings.

The fund's chief says global economies still face substantial risks and that "continued monetary policies and improved financial stability" constitute the best course.

While China's rivalries with India and Japan will complicate progress, it has incentive to get things moving.

French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said Europe needed to mobilize all its existing financial resources before thinking about new funding measures.

The ITC ruled Friday that Samsung had not infringed on two of Nvidia's patents.

Martin Winterkorn, the VW CEO who steared Europe's largest carmaker to crisis, has since resigned, and upstarts in the corporation are calling for change.

Melting sea ice due to warmer ocean temperatures, one of the effects of climate change, makes searching for oil and gas easier. 

Trade unions, environmental organizations and consumer-rights groups all demonstrated against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

"The lawyers are working right now to finalize the text and to prepare it for release," U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman says in the wake of a related release by WikiLeaks.

The legality of car-hailing services has vexed regulators in China where authorities say drivers are operating outside the law.

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The pilot program will be expanded to include Shanghai, Chongqing and Beijing, as well as six other provinces and municipalities, according to the People's Bank of China.

The company Uncharted Play makes both jump ropes and soccer balls with a megawatt mission: to generate energy aimed at covering power cuts in developing countries.

Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of its parent Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, has designed the initial public offering to cut its debt and help support a $54.5 billion expansion plan.

While the bulk of its offer will be in cash, Dell also plans to pay EMC shareholders with "tracking stock" that follows the value of the 20 percent of VMware that EMC does not own, sources said on Friday.

The bank prevailed in a suit brought by a former vice president who claimed it ignored red flags about a potential client's fraud.

The industrial giant is in advanced talks to sell a specialty finance portfolio, a person familiar with the matter said.

A new study found that premature births increased in areas with heavy fracking.

The car-hailing giant pitches itself as a safe option for partiers, but a new lawsuit charges that pitch is deceptive and harmful.

Two women known only as Jane Doe 1 and 2 have filed a lawsuit against ride-hailing service Uber over sexual assault.

Challenges lie ahead for Tesla, and some investors have gotten skittish.

The dense, highly technical intellectual property provision is bad news for Internet groups. But Big Pharma and Tech love it.

Four other carmakers were not accused of installing any software to cheat on the emissions tests, but their diesels spew more pollution than shown in tests.

Morgan Stanley is the latest U.S. bank facing pressure from environmental groups to limit its financing for coal mining and power plants.

McDonald's, known for high-calorie Big Macs and salty French fries, has especially struggled with how to appeal to health-conscious German consumers.

U.S. stocks wavered for most of the day Friday, but ended the week in the green.

The company announced earlier in 2015 it wanted to open 115 new stores in China.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen's Australia unit said it will conduct a voluntary recall of nearly 100,000 vehicles equipped with emissions-rigging software.

Rebates are being offered throughout October on cars ranging from sedans to trucks.