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The two-year-old Tophatter could hit annual sales of $40 million this year, and it has signed up more than 1 million members.

The latest official statistics show China's economy is well and truly back to its old growing habits.

Google Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Capital One Financial Corp. reported third-quarter earnings on Thursday.

Police made the gruesome discovery of a dead baby in a teenage shoplifter's bag at Victoria's Secret in NYC on Thursday.

Seven years after pirate attacks hit the headlines off the coast of Somalia, they're back all over the Indian Ocean.

Google beat Wall Street's estimates with increased revenues from new market segments and hardware.

Speaking at GigaOM Mobilize 2013, AT&T’s head of emerging tech says Tesla will use its network.

As flight JL6 from Tokyo approaches New York, our world news editor is on schedule: around the world in under six days.

People agree that financial constraints shouldn't excuse immoral behavior, but when tested, they backslide.

The Arab Oil Embargo in 1973 created a crisis that forced millions of Americans into hours-long lines at the tanks. Now the U.S. is the largest oil-producing country in the world.

Wal-Mart Stores has hit some roadblocks along its road to expandion in India, but the superstore got some good news this week.

Forrtune's relatively new annual list profiles 10 women entrepreneurs who've created innovative brands.

Unemployment and a shrinking labor force are among pressing U.S. economic problems that remain to be addressed.

More than 50,000 of those being treated as property are in the United States.

The United States has saved itself just in the nick of time, but China doesn't care, as it downgraded the U.S.'s financial rating.

British Gas and Centrica plan to raise gas prices again.

Now that the U.S. debt ceiling crisis has been resolved, investors can resume their "regularly scheduled lives" -- like focusing on earnings.

The weather and the calendar seemed to conspire against the country's car business last month.

Harley-Davidson has issued a voluntary recall for 10 different models over a safety issue with the clutch.

It looks like bond traders at the New York investment bank won't be getting bonuses this year.

Local laws, which require publication of key financial information, were the reason for the relative transparency at Indian companies.

The market's enthusiasm for a short-term solution to the policy crisis seems to be waning quickly.

The new iPhones’ “so-so battery life and smallish screens” are no match for Motorola's Droids and other Android phones, Consumer Reports said.

Retail sales in U.K. rebounded, aided by strong consumer spending, underscoring signs of sustained economic recovery in the country.

Residents of Singapore are vastly wealthier than their neighbors in Indonesia.

The industrial conglomerate’s pace may be slowing, compared to more-specialized competitors.

Latin America is increasing its investment in green energy, and international money is watching.

Employees should check with their agencies and the OPM website for updates, the White House budget office said.

President Obama signed the bill into law, after the Senate and then the House passed the debt deal Wednesday night.