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The recreational use of marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington, but laws still allow employees who use it legally to be fired.

North America’s largest automaker had a terrible year in 2004. This year is already worse.

But how Al-Maliki handles leaders of the country's oil-rich Kurdish area could have a big effect on the nation's energy business.

Russia signed a $400 billion natural gas contract with China early Wednesday, and experts think many more deals are on the horizon.

Would you pay $43,000 for a plane ticket? Etihad Airways is banking on it.

The bank’s investment in the Motor City will fund blight removal, home loans, job training and small business loans, among other things.

The rapidly expanding video-streaming company announced plans to launch its service in six more European countries later this year.

EBay said financial or credit card information wasn't compromised in the attack, which was detected about two weeks ago.

The Chinese online retailer will list in New York on late Wednesday.

Russia is looking at new ties with Asia and the gas deal comes as a major breakthrough after a 10-year-long negotiation.

Not surprisingly, the industry scores extremely poorly on customer satisfaction surveys.

Apple is said to be investigating a secure, NFC-based wallet that allows customers to make purchases from their phone.

According to one estimate, India's online retail market is valued at $3.1 billion and is expected to be worth $22 billion by 2018.

Fang Fang, who joined JPMorgan in August 2001 and became head of its investment banking operations in China in 2007, resigned in March 2014.

Opposed to the proposed Comcast-TWC merger, consumer advocates are taking to the streets on Wednesday outside the cable giant’s annual shareholder meeting.

Yahoo hopes to improve its video streaming service Screen with the acquisition of high-def streaming startup RayV.

Russia needs China's markets more than China wants Russian gas.

Der Spiegel reported that Twitter was concerned about SoundCloud not having licensing agreements to stream copyrighted material.

A Transport Workers Union official says the signature cards of more than 50 percent of employees have been collected.

Nike proved it can grow business and reduce dependence on labor. This doesn't bode well for low-wage factory workers in Asia, or anywhere.

Credit Suisse investors are confident despite a $2.5 billion fine and guilty plea, and analysts say this is the new normal for big banks.

According to a new report from the FCC, the average bill for basic cable in the United States rose four times the rate of inflation

The oil giant follows competitors Chevron and Exxon in acknowledging climate change risk to its business.

GM said the latest affected vehicles are covered by four recalls, raising the number of U.S. recalls this year to 29.

While the decline doesn't correspond with a fall in sales, the biggest cuts have come from Asia, where most of the company’s products are made.

An iPhone with a bigger screen and a company stock split help drive Apple shares to 52-week high.

In a rare speech since his company began the IPO process, Jack Ma spoke about Alibaba's role in positioning China as a global business leader.

Officials arrested in relation to the accident will face charges of negligent death.

A freight train and passenger train collided outside of Moscow on Tuesday killing at least four people, Russia's Interior Ministry said.