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Alibaba, the dominant e-commerce company in the world’s largest consumer market, wants to take on Google and Apple with its own OS.

A new report offers a grim outlook for further reductions of vehicle greenhouse gases as all the easy stuff has been done.

Disney is expected to report double-digit profit gains Thursday despite concerns that Ebola-related anxiety could impact its theme parks.

The Asian giant is poised to overtake the Americas in sales of BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce cars.

If voters opt to raise minimum hourly wages, most U.S. states would have higher minimum wages than the federal government's $7.25.

America's largest health food store is losing momentum even as the market for organics grows.

The average price for a gallon of milk came in at $3.73 nationwide for September, while the average price for a gallon of gas was just under $3.

In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change called for 90% renewables by 2100.

Polling companies are employing a host of new methods to account for the growing number of cell-phone-only citizens.

The discount carrier compiled the biggest airline complaints from 30,000 travelers.

More than half of the affected vehicles are the 2014 Flex crossovers and F-150 pickup trucks, which may have a passenger-side air bag problem.

"The situation in the euro area remains extremely fragile," German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. The next two years don't look much better.

Despite strained relations between East and West right now, Russia has delivered the last batch of U.S.-built helicopters to the Afghan military.

A global economic slowdown weakened demand for American-made goods.

Alibaba shares jumped over 4 percent Tuesday after the Chinese e-commerce giant said revenue surged 54 percent from a year earlier.

The joint-venture fund appears to be part of QIA's efforts to diversify away from its traditionally Europe-focused portfolio.

The deal comes on top of $395 million the automakers agreed to pay last December to resolve claims from the owners of the vehicles.

About three to four meetings are scheduled to be held in preparation for the Nuclear Security Summit in 2016.

Automakers are required to report claims of any death or injury involving their vehicles or parts, but Honda allegedly failed to do so.

The airline reportedly said that "two of the sinks on board were leaking," while passengers claimed that human waste had reached the aisles.

The penalty against Southwest will be the second-largest sought by the FAA against an airline company.

Sprint Corp (S.N) announced it will fire 2,000 employees and it cut its 2014 adjusted earnings forecast as the company attempts to reduce costs and turn around several quarters of losses

A former top banker who headed global wealth management at UBS AG (UBSN.VX) (UBS.N) was found not guilty on Monday on U.S. charges of conspiring with wealthy Americans to hide $20 billion in secret offshore accounts.

Having shed their ink-and-paper divisions, Fox and Time Warner are expected to report modest profits on lower revenue.

The most expensive military airplane ever has marked a milestone, landing for the first time on an aircraft carrier.

Virgin's commercial space travel arm is unlikely to color the perception of Virgin-branded airlines.

Lower gas prices encouraged consumers to drive off in SUVs and trucks. U.S. automakers lose to Japanese sedans.

San Francisco and Berkeley could become the first to pass a city-wide tax on sugary drinks like sodas.