BUSINESS

A rise in U.S. crude inventories offset previous forecasts for falling production. 

"The main focus of the [European Union] is on getting member states to keep older workers longer on the labor market."

Norwegian Air hopes to get passengers across the Atlantic for $69 by 2017.

Environmentalists have fought oil exploration in the region. This reserve is 10 times larger than the average oil reserve.

The talks comes amid the company's disclosure that over 90,000 vehicles sold in Australia are equipped with software to cheat on emissions tests.

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal and his company had invested $300 million in Twitter in 2011 before the microblogging site went public two years later.

Across Asia, energy shares closed higher, while in Europe, major indexes were up for the fourth straight session. U.S. stock futures pointed to a positive opening.

The black box of crashed Trigana Air Flight 267 will be sent to Paris facility after Indonesia failed to retrieve data inside it.

Samsung predicted its third-quarter operating profit will rise by as much as 80 percent, but the reason is not encouraging for the Korean company.

Meituan.com may merge with an app provider to take on the Chinese Internet giant, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Despite an economic slowdown, Chinese tourism continues to grow -- as do frustrations for travelers.

A successful merger of the two companies would create a brewing giant worth $250 billion that would produce a third of the world’s beer.

The move, which was widely expected, came amid growing signs of recession in the Japanese economy and continuing worries over deflation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering new rules so customers can get their day in court over credit cards and checking accounts.

The retailer is attempting a traditional turnaround under the control of its bondholders, rather than auctioning off assets.

A work stoppage at the company's U.S. operations could cost it $40 million a week in operating profit, an economist said.

"All the cars should be fixed by the end of 2016," Matthias Mueller told a German newspaper.

The agency’s next review of Ukraine is scheduled to occur after the implementation of the exchange offer, which is expected to be completed by Oct. 27.

The 12-nation free trade agreement -- completed this week but requiring approval from Congress -- would make it easier to ship and sell U.S. liquefied natural gas to Pacific Rim nations.

The California automaker might not meet its sales target this year based on the price and production schedule for the Model X SUV.

For Lebanon's Shiite Muslims, the tragedy at the Mecca pilgrimage was an incitement to war by Saudi Arabia.

Customers had long been asking that Egg McMuffins and other items be available all day. With overall sales sagging, the restaurant chain finally listened.

China hopes to reach the apex of its greenhouse gas emissions early so the country can address health and economic problems going forward.

Just-in-time staffing and other practices mean employees -- especially in the low-paying retail and food-service sectors -- often struggle to plan their lives outside of work.

Catastrophic flooding in the state this week exposed the threats many new residential developments face from climate change.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership grants electronic data, for the first time, the same international trade protections material goods have.

Six of the top financial institutions in the U.S. together used nearly 400 recognized tax havens in 2014. Their offshore cash totaled $126 billion.

The ascent of the Chinese currency represents a step toward Beijing’s efforts to make the yuan a major global currency.

Over the next several weeks, the market will be guided by third-quarter earnings, which are likely to show “more misses than hits.”