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As smartphone related crimes increase, security experts backed by the government test the ability of phones to be theft-proof.

Resurgent demand from the U.S. and a weak rupee help Indian IT companies beat quarterly earnings expectations.

Service on the Metro-North Railroad’s Hudson line is unlikely to be restored before Friday morning rush hour.

WTC developer Silverstein Properties cannot seek billions in damages from United and American for the hijackings.

Microsoft hopes its recent restructuring will help it continue to see profit after a 10 percent increase in revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter.

General Electric Company (NYSE: GS) is forecast to report second-quarter earnings before the bell Friday.

Japan Airlines flight JL7 made it as far as the Hudson Bay before heading back to Boston, possibly because of a fuel pump issue.

Brazil is the emerging market country with perhaps the greatest economic potential - if it can get the higher education equation right.

The 2014 Corvette Stingray is going to Europe for a final round of testing before arriving in dealerships later this fall.

Both the S&P and the Dow Jones added 0.5% on better-than-expected earnings and encouraging words from the Fed chairman.

Even if approved, the Keystone XL Pipeline may not be ready to begin shipping crude until 2016.

Sales in J.C. Penney's home goods department are down 30 percent this year, and executives are fleeing.

Myanmar is granted trade preferences by the European Union, recognizing the country's efforts to improve labor conditions.

The U.S. economy is just starting to gain momentum. So why would one want to squelch it by decreasing quantitative easing too soon?

Wetsuits developed in Western Australia aims to repel sharks and make the wearer "invisible."

The bill has finally come due for decades of impossible pension promises to municipal unions, corruption and cronyism.

The Dow and S&P 500 flirt with all-time highs as investors listen to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's congressional testimony.

Rolling Stone magazine continues to take heat for a rock star-like cover featuring the suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Some shareholders are unconvinced by the $13.65-per-share bid. Would $14 per share be enough?

67 percent approve of the U.S., but only 50 percent approve of China.

Carlos Slim's business in Colombia might be in jeopardy after a court ruled in favor of a local cellphone company.

Positive economic reports and upbeat corporate earnings sparked a rally, as the central bank's chairman spoke in Washington.

What's more, in the next 12 months, the nation's top banks stand to lose a cumulative $627 billion.

Sales are expected to stabilize following an industry boom last year as a result of a government cash-rebate program.

With better technology and smarter science, Africa could solve its own hunger problem.

British investigators urge the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to initiate action until “appropriate airworthiness actions” are completed.

The Dow and S&P 500 advanced to record highs Thursday after Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) earnings beat expectations.

According to an OECD report, the proportion of Myanmar's workers could begin declining by 2017.

See this list of states participating in tax-free weekend 2013, a holiday when thousands of everyday and big-ticket items will have no sales tax.