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The world’s top automakers are expected to report the strongest July sales figures since 2006, more than a year before the Great Recession.

If the Fed raises interest rates next year as expected, it will raise the costs of buying a car and could trigger a slowdown in demand.

Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy Note 4 sooner than expected, to counter Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6.

Two ships tasked with mapping the Indian Ocean are making progress ahead of the September mission, Australian officials said Thursday.

The job cuts in West Virginia follow layoffs in Kentucky last week. Demand for coal is sinking, while the market for gas grows.

Beijing's swift rescue of falling housing prices indicates an addiction to real estate that, ultimately, may threaten long-term economic health.

After Twitter's stock surged over 30 percent earlier this week, is it time to buy shares?

The conditional permit gives Oregon LNG permission to export natural gas to non-free trade agreement countries.

Whole Foods prepares to launch a home-delivery service, but analysts say it won't be enough to boost the company's sagging growth.

Tesla announced on Thursday that a site outside of Reno is “potentially” the location of $5 billion factory.

Apple and Samsung continue to lose smartphone market share as Chinese competition intensifies.

Families are spending more out-of-pocket on school, and report higher enrollment in community colleges, according to Sallie Mae survey.

About 100 bodies are still missing from the MH17 crash site, but contamination and lack of time threaten the investigation.

Porsche's next high performance 911 is getting a serious face-lift.

The “Viking King” is helping Russian oil companies skirt the EU and buy equipment for deepwater and arctic drilling.

Electric carmaker and stock market darling Tesla Motors Inc. will report second-quarter earnings after the close on Thursday.

Shell posted a profit of $5.1 billion in the second quarter of 2014 -- more than twice what it made in the second quarter of 2013.

Last year, the EU imported nearly 46 percent of its gas and 31 percent of its coal from Russia, against which it has now imposed new sanctions.

Yum Brands, which owns the KFC and Pizza Hut chains, is also dealing with the impact of a December 2012 report about unsuitable meat.

Tourism in the Asia Pacific region grew at over 6 percent in the first four months of 2014 -- higher than the global average of 5 percent.

The outlet where the teenagers were sitting had reportedly been the scene of constant fighting over the years.

Xbox One will offer more than 70 different games, as well as movies, sports, documentaries, TV shows and locally-developed applications.

Following the largest acquisition in its history, Apple is now planning to cut about 200 jobs in areas of overlap.

Verizon Wireless has caught the eye of FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, who questioned the mobile company over its data throttling practices.

Google-backed genetic testing startup 23andMe has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Three years ago, the automotive market's contribution to the U.S. economy was contracting. Not any more.

Malaysia Airlines is in serious financial and image trouble. After the losses of MH17 and MH370, a rebranding may be the way to go.

OSI, the American company at the center of a food safety scandal in China, has a history of alleged labor violations in the U.S.

Infosys CEO-in-waiting sees great oppotunity in building innovative software