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Amazon To Invest $2B In India To Expand Operations, A Day After Flipkart Raises $1B

Amazon's move comes a day after Flipkart, India's largest online retailer, raised $1 billion from investors.

Apple, Samsung Smartphones Suffer Drop In Q2 Market Share As Chinese Vendors Boost Market Growth

The overall smartphone market grew 23.1 percent annually in the second quarter of 2014 with a record 295.3 million shipments.

BlackBerry Buffs Up Security Credentials With Secusmart Deal

The acquisition is the latest by the smartphone pioneer to build on niche areas in an attempt to reinvent itself.

US Judge Says She Cannot Seize Kurdish Crude For Now

A high-stakes dispute over a tanker carrying $100 million in Iraqi Kurdish crude took a surprising turn on Tuesday when a U.S. judge said she lacked jurisdiction given the ship's distance from the Texas shore and urged that the case be settled in Iraq.

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New York Times Co. (NYT) Q2 2014 Earnings: Print Declines Loom As Digital Gains Touted

The New York Times earnings show strong attention was paid to a leaked innovation report, even as dead trees still pay the bills.

Twitter Shares Up Sharply As Microblogging Service Beats Expectations On User Growth, Sales

Market breathes sigh of relief after Twitter beat expectations on the metrics that matter.

BP Oil Spill: 2010 Deepwater Horizon Catastrophe Is Much Worse Than Thought

The impact of the BP oil spill, the largest oil spill in history, is far more widespread than previously thought, study says.

New Russia Sanctions: Latest EU Moves On Russian Oil Sector Would Hinder Drilling In Arctic Ocean And Shale Fields

The embargo is one of a slate of economic sanctions on Russia by the European Union and United States announced this week.

July 2014 US New Auto Sales Forecast: Record High Auto Lending Pushing US New Car Sales To Highs Unseen Since 2006

Americans are borrowing more than ever before to buy new cars. That’s good for the industry — for now.

Drought Watch: One Of Brazil's Biggest Cities Only Has 100 Days Of Water Supply Left

Brazil has been suffering its worst drought in 40 years recently and it's affecting the nation's economy in several ways.

Tax Free Weekend 2014: Dates And List Of States Offering No Sales Tax In August

Tax Free Weekend 2014, a holiday where no sales tax is tacked onto purchases for eligible items, will be celebrated by many states during the first weekend in August.

A Third Of Americans Have Past-Due Debt

Unpaid credit card bills, medical bills and utility bills all contribute to past-due debt, according to a new report from the Urban Institute.

Climate Change: US East Coast Hit Hardest By 'Nuisance Flooding' Amid Sea Level Rise From Climate Change, NOAA Scientists Say

A NOAA study looking at 25 cities vulnerable to climate-change-related flooding indicates the trend is getting worse in the U.S.

MH17 Bodies At Crash Site Weeks Later, With Forensic Investigators Denied Entry For Third Consecutive Day

Bodies of some of the 298 victims killed in the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 remain in the open.

SpaceX 2100: President Shotwell Says Company Will Dominate Space Cargo Services, Put Humans On Mars In 10 Years

SpaceX’s president sees her company becoming the most widely used interplanetary cargo company by the end of the century.

Pentagon Employees With Top-Secret Security Clearance Owe Millions In Unpaid Taxes

Apparently having a top-secret security clearance doesn't require an IRS audit.

Airbus Cancels Deal To Deliver Six A380 Jets To Japan's Skymark Airlines

Skymark was supposed to get hold of its first A380 at the end of this year, but the plane's delivery was expected to be delayed.

McDonald's China Food Scare: Company's Japan Unit May Sue Supplier Of Tainted Meat

The company has said previously that the sourcing switch could cause many of its 3,100-plus stores to run out of chicken products.

Flipkart, India's Largest Online Retailer, Raises $1B In Fresh Capital

With the latest round of funding, Flipkart, which is gearing up for competition from Amazon, is now reportedly valued at about $7 billion.

China’s Leading Online Cosmetics Retailer Shuts Third-Party Store Over Sale Of Fake Products On Its Website

The supplier reportedly also sold knock-offs of popular global brand names such as Armani, Hermes and Burberry on Amazon's China portal.

Argentina Default Watch: Business Owners Brace For Another Shock

Time is running out for Argentina to pay "holdout" investors suing Latin America's No. 3 economy for full payment on their bonds.

More Russian Sanctions A Threat To BP's Ongoing Business, Company Says

BP said that to date, sanctions had not had a significant effect on its business in Russia.

Italy's Police Seize $140M From Nomura Claiming Fraud In Sicily's Deals

Many local governments in Italy have reportedly taken several international banks to court for losses incurred on complex derivatives products.

Biocon Topline Suffers After Middle East Conflicts Hit Sales, Shares Plunge

Biocon's stock fell for a second day after the company announced that Q1 earnings were hit by conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa.

US Judge Signs Order To Seize Cargo Of Kurdish Oil From Tanker Off Texas

The vessel is carrying some 1 million barrels of crude worth about $100 million and arrived on the Texas coast on Saturday.

Apple iPhone 6 Release Date Rumor: Launch Of 5.5-Inch Model, iWatch Tipped For December

The latest rumor supports some earlier reports that have suggested that the launch of the bigger iPhone 6 could be delayed until December.

Kerry Expected To Raise Unresolved Issues On Trip To India

This will be the first U.S. cabinet-level visit to India since the Narendra Modi-led BJP government won the Indian elections in May.

UN Blacklists North Korean Shipping Company For Smuggling MiG-21 Jet Fighters to Korea

Three North Korean officers of the Chong Chon Gang were released by a Panamanian court Friday.

Combined Dollar Tree And Family Dollar To Give Wal-Mart A Run For Its Money?

With Dollar Tree-Family Dollar merger, consumers could see even bigger discounts.

After-Hours News: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), Trulia Inc (TRLA), Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO), Zillow Inc (Z)

Microsoft Corporation shares fell over 1 percent on Monday after a report said the Chinese government made a surprise visit to its offices.

Iraq Lays Claim To Kurdish Crude Cargo In Texas Court

The United Kalavrvta tanker, carrying some 1 million barrels of crude worth about $100 million, arrived off the coast of Texas on Saturday but has yet to unload its disputed cargo.