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If the two companies announce a merger, the combined entity could have a market value of about $15 billion.

Google, a big Uber investor, is developing its own ride-hailing app, while Uber is reportedly making its own robotic automobile.

President Obama's latest budget expands the earned-income tax credit, which may well win Republican support.

The second winter storm of 2015 has brought freezing rain and dangerous conditions to the Northeast.

The proposal includes a $4 billion fund to help states speed emissions reductions and $7.4 billion for clean energy projects.

Analysts expect Disney to see a modest, 2.8 percent increase in earnings after five straight quarters of double-digit growth.

Obama's proposed budget aims to prop up a sagging middle class.

Patients who volunteer their genomic and medical data to a new nationwide study will be signing up for limited protection and the potential for ethical quandaries.

U.S. stocks fluctuated Monday as economists sorted through a series of mixed data ahead of Friday's highly anticipated jobs report.

The New England Patriots are near the top of the NFL power rankings for the 2015 season.

Lincoln scrubs odors from vehicles it exports to China, a massive car market whose consumers have distinct preferences.

The proposed 2016 budget includes a one-time tax on U.S. companies' foreign earnings. It could be worth billions.

The Obama administration is on track to issue its final verdict of the Canada-to-Texas pipeline early this spring after a crucial Monday deadline passed.

The energy sector is projected to be the biggest laggard in the S&P 500 this earnings season, with an expected drop of 19.4 percent in fourth-quarter growth.

General Motors compensation chief Kenneth Feinberg says processing claims for death and injury will take months.

The trial of a Korean Air executive has taken on a powerful symbolic meaning in South Korea.

British manufacturing output is still around 5.3 percent below its pre-downturn peak in early 2008.

Alexis Tsipras, Greece's leftist prime minister, says he intends to pursue his mandate of renegotiating debt terms with Europe.

The daughter of the chairman of Korean Air could face up to 15 years in prison if found guilty of all the charges leveled against her.

The survey's results were mostly collected before the European Central Bank announced a near-trillion euro quantitative easing program.

India's experiment to bring social benefits to a billion people with a unique ID is moving fast, according to Nandan Nilekani.

The purchase will double CRH's exposure to emerging markets.

The proposal follows similar attempts in Colorado and California, where regulations were passed to regulate app-based ridesharing services.

The dour data mirrored two official reports released by the government on Sunday.

Maduro accuses a rapacious business elite of waging an "economic war" to bring down his administration.

The drops followed a jump back from six-year lows on Friday.

Moody's is under an investigation similar to DOJ's investigation into Standard & Poor's that led to an expected $1.37 billion settlement.

The walkout came at a time when crude-oil prices have been falling for months, which can be a bane for producers but a boon for refiners.

Greece has enough money on hand to meet its February and March obligations of 3.5 billion euros ($3.95 billion) but not anything beyond that.