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McDonald's is planning to eliminate Chicken Selects and the Fruit & Walnut Salad from its menu as it introduces more limited-time options.

An In-N-Out cook’s Reddit AMA is making headlines for including details of a "secret menu."

The world’s billionaires had a combined fortune of $5.5 trillion -- the equivalent of China’s GDP, according to Hurun.

General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) posts 7 percent rise in total sales in February, to 224,314 units.

How did "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis become indebted to a Las Vegas tycoon for a reported $10.3 million?

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said Friday it sold 195,822 vehicles last month, its best February in six years.

Households responded to this hit to income by spending more and reducing their savings. But what does it mean for the economy's health?

Chrysler sold 139,015 units in the U.S. in February, a 4 percent year-over-year increase.

Sibanye Gold, Deckers Outdoor Corp., Intuitive Surgical Inc., Groupon, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Gevo Inc. prevailed in the pre-market trading Friday.

Europe's jobless rate is getting worse, not better. In Spain and Greece, jobless youths number well above 50 percent.

China's regulators will curb its rapidly expanding shadow banking system, which has for months greatly exceeded formal bank lending.

China's manufacturing activity expanded at a slower rate in February, data released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

India’s manufacturing sector expanded at a higher-than-expected rate in February, backed by strong domestic orders, HSBC India Manufacturing PMI said.

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open on Friday ahead of the automatic sequester spending cuts set to begin at midnight.

Crude oil prices declined and hovered below $92 a barrel in Asian trading Friday as disappointing Chinese manufacturing growth weighed on sentiment.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were Shutterfly, Body Central, Ixia, Deckers Outdoor and Cerus Corp. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were Icahn Enterprises, OmniVision Technologies, Immersion Corp, MannKind Corp and Novadaq Technologies Inc.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Pengrowth Energy Corp, Rosetta Stone, Salesforce.com, Gap, Inc and Global Geophysical Services, Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Atlantic Power Corp, Youku Tudou, McDermott International, CommonWealth REIT and Sandridge Energy Inc.

A California winery submerged four cases of cabernet sauvignon in Charleston Harbor to see how the ocean affects the aging of the wine.

The Mongolian government blocked mining licenses for Entree Gold, Inc. Is this resource nationalism? Probably not.

The International Monetary Fund says the budget action would lead to an economic slowdown in the U.S., which would ripple across the globe.

Rising royalty costs prompt U.S. online streaming music company Pandora Media to limit free mobile listening.

Lego Group reports stellar 2012 sales after the Danish toy company released a line of products tailored to girls.

Basketball legend and average golfer Michael Jordan is moving onto a golf course on a lake near Charlotte.

Although 4Q GDP was revised higher, the economy must grow at a much stronger rate to lower the U.S.' high unemployment rate.

The one-year tax is one of the ways India aims to cut inflation, reduce the deficit and improve its credit rating.

Aixtron SE, First Solar, Groupon, J.C. Penney, Nokia Corp, ArcelorMittal, Limited Brands and Thompson Creek Metals prevailed.

When complete, the skyscraper with be 1,776 feet with 104 stories in Lower Manhattan - the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

What are the odds of a British exit from the European Union, or a “Brexit,” and what would it mean for investors and the global economy?

Finance Minister P. Chidambaram presented the budget for 2013-14 on Thursday as the country's growth has slowed significantly.