BUSINESS

A controversial Mountain Dew ad was pulled by Pepsi Co. executives Wednesday after many deemed the commercial "racist."

Ford will add a third shift to its Kansas City, Mo., assembly plant to hike output of F-150 pickup trucks as demand for it rises.

The massive e-commerce portal out of Hangzhou, China, has reportedly caught the attention of some big, global lenders.

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that calories consumed from added sugars make up 13 percent of U.S. adults' diet.

An alleged New York ice cream truck turf war resulted in two operators being charged with stalking and harassment charges.

Two passenger jets clipped each other Wednesday night while preparing to take off from the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Rescuers are reportedly using traditional tools to try to reach victims, but they're unsure whether there are more people trapped.

High unemployment and a slew of other bad economic news made the ECB's decision to slash its benchmark interest rate a no-brainer.

Deutsche Bank, Sanofi S.A., Anheuser-Busch, and Visa prevailed in the pre-market trading on Thursday.

Also, through the first four months of 2013, the pace of downsizing is virtually equal to a year ago.

Traders and investors are still digesting the sub-par April private payroll report and the Fed's stand-pat decision on monetary policy.

Bolivian President Evo Morales called for USAID to leave the country -- and he had a couple good reasons to do so.

Will Friday’s jobs report validate concerns that the U.S. economy is slumping for the fourth straight spring?

Thanks to its record $17 billion bond issue this week, the consumer electronics giant will avoid a potential $9 billion tax bill.

The e-commerce giant has great plans for China's most popular microblogging site.

Silk Road Anonymous Market, a popular online drug marketplace, has been closed to the public.

An annual report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation ranked 18 major Internet companies' efforts to protect their users' privacy.

A pregnant T-Mobile employee who was forced to clock out during bathroom visits was fired after taking unpaid medical leave.

A Consumer Reports study found that the majority of ground turkey available in the United States contained fecal bacteria and other antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains.

China has announced a plan to discourage overspending - something that may hurt luxury goods sales.

Could a controversial advertisement for a Chevrolet vehicle put General Motors' Chinese expansion plans in jeopardy?

UPDATE: Nine auto makers report combined U.S. sales of 1,146,449 vehicles in April; four reported double-digit sales increases; two declines.

With thousands dead or injured from the Rana Plaza garment-factory-building collapse, industry labor practices are under fire.

Coda Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday after selling just 100 of its all-electric sedans.

Ford struck the proverbial gold with its two latest popular models, which saw sales climb 24 percent. Buyers are spending more, too.

National Air Cargo, the operator of the cargo plane that crashed at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, has released the names of the victims on the flight.

Legumes rule: Sabra Dipping, a joint venture of PepsiCo and Israel's Strauss Group, is turning American palates on to chickpeas.

Watch this hilarious ad from Vichy Laboratoires by L'Oréal, where women confess what they've tried to get rid of their cellulite.

The Auburn Hills, Mich.-based automaker says it had its best April since 2007 - another sign of the U.S. auto industry's health.