BUSINESS

Japan experienced an explosion of investment in solar energy after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown.

Metals, minerals and energy are at the core of the commodity price run-up.

More than three quarters of the 116 S&P 500 company earnings pre-announcements were negative.

Heavy rain in Europe between late May and early June 2013 caused massive flooding across Central Europe, claiming at least 22 lives and displacing thousands of residents.

The European Union reportedly will join Japan in a complaint against Chinese steel duties filed with the World Trade Organization.

A Dunkin' Donuts customer in Florida freaked out and demanded free food because she didn't receive a receipt with a previous order.

Did you know Pakistan has as much recoverable shale oil as Canada? The number of known shale deposits is growing.

Energy and engineering giant Siemens intends to save 6 billion euros by 2014 and expand operations in South Korea.

The company was founded in 2004 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Miles Rubin. Its electric vehicles were manufactured in China.

Hiring expectations around the world remain a mixed bag as Europe and Asia stagnate and the U.S. rebounds.

Germany’s constitutional court said Tuesday that ECB's success with the Outright Monetary Transactions program will not influence its decision.

Bank customers who routinely overdraw on their accounts pay an average of $225 a year, says the CFPB.

Apple unveiled the developer preview of OS X Mavericks at WWDC 2013 in San Francisco on Monday. Here are the top 5 enhancements.

Ecuador's leftist government demanded a 70 percent windfall profits tax for access to the world's largest untapped gold resource.

Dole Food, Synergetics USA, Gencorp, Sprint Nextel and Real Goods Solar prevailed in pre-market trading on Tuesday.

One of Sen. Charles Grassley’s aides has been targeted by the FBI in a probe related to an April health care announcement.

U.S. stock futures edged lower on Tuesday ahead of the wholesale inventories report scheduled for release after the opening bell.

Rising demand for wheat and corn have inflated the price of U.S. farmland used to grow those two grains.

U.S. auto manufacturing has had three good years of jobs creation; that party is winding down in 2014.

A US federal judge dismissed a $3 billion lawsuit by Spyker accusing General Motors for Saab's bankruptcy.

The Indian government's stringent FDI regulations could further delay the entry of foreign multi-brand retailers into the country, a report says.

The Indian rupee's continuing decline to record lows reduces chances of a rate cut, which is required to help revive India's slowing economy.

Five people are feared dead and eight are believed to be trapped under the debris of the residential building in Mumbai, India, that collapsed on Monday night.

Japan’s SoftBank Corp., in a race with Dish Network to acquire Sprint Nextel, enhanced its offer price to $21.6 billion.

The Bank of Japan on Tuesday left its monetary policy unchanged but revised its outlook on the country's economy.

By 2050, more than 800,000 New York City residents could be in a flood zone that would encompass one quarter of the city's land.

A new poll names Monsanto as the world's "most evil corporation" of 2013, beating other contenders like the Federal Reserve and McDonald's by a wide margin.

A Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Phoneix Sky Harbor International Airport on Monday, citing an unnamed threat.

Lululemon CEO Christine Day will step down, the retailer announced Monday, sending stocks tumbling.