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U.S. car owners can now look up recall information by unique Vehicle Identification Number.

Apartment construction fuels less economic growth than single-family housing construction.

A "transparent solar concentrator" from Michigan State University joins a handful of fledgling "solar glass" technologies.

Experts fear an explosion could propel a massive ash cloud into the atmosphere and disrupt global air traffic.

Overstock.com customers shopping from outside the U.S. will be able to pay in bitcoin starting in September.

Reports indicate that Apple plans to open the world's largest Apple Store in Dubai.

Infineon, the German semiconductor company, is in talks to acquire an unnamed U.S. company.

Economic inequality and civil unrest have made London one of Europe's least livable cities.

Macy’s had reportedly detained nearly 2,000 people at its flagship Herald Square store in Manhattan on suspicion of shoplifting.

China’s railway officials have come under increasing scrutiny from both anti-corruption officials as well as the public.

The business software giant, in a bit to tap into Africa's demographic dividend, will train 10,000 IT consultants.

Riot police and paramilitaries had tried to seal off the diplomatic and government zone before the march began, and were told not to intervene as protesters, some of them women throwing rose petals, moved all obstacles in their way.

Clive Palmer is embroiled in a dispute with CITIC, a Chinese state-run enterprise, over a lucrative mining deal.

Global solar demand is catching up with supply, which could squeeze some developers and boost manufacturing.

Recent research concludes that large, privately held companies are faring better than public companies.

As used car prices fall, so to do new-car sales. Could this impact the growth in new-auto sales? Some think so.

The move will pit McDonald's directly against Starbucks Corporation, which has been in grocery stores since 1998

It’s not quite an alien fighter, but Lockheed Martin says its industrial exoskeletons can give workers greater endurance and strength.

The Coast Guard said the river was closed from mile markers 453 to 468, from Cincinnati to Dayton, Kentucky, while it responded to the spill.

The Junction Fire is the latest blaze in drought-stricken California.

The weak growth in income signals slack in the labor market, or too many job-seekers eager for work to pressure employers to raise wages.

Bitcoin's price has been in a virtual free fall recently, losing about half the value it had last year. Today it has surged more than 8 percent.

After the long, brutal winter, consumers headed for home-improvement stores to handle repairs and prep for summer.

The new modem is also a significant improvement over the Qualcomm MDM9615 chip featured in the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5.

Nickel prices are up more than 50% this year and the world's biggest miner wants to cash in.

Before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, more than 100 tons of rice, peaches and apples were being exported annually from the prefecture.

According to experts, exposure to lead can slow down a child’s intellectual and physical development.

The Boeing aircraft, travelling from Sanya to Wuhan, could not contact the control tower for several minutes despite multiple attempts.

BlackBerry has appointed a leader for its new technology unit while Q2 shipments rose under CEO Chen's turnaround strategy.