COMPANIES

Unions call a one-day protest strike and demonstrations against the government spread across the country.

The governor has declared a state of emergency.

The move is expected to be enacted across stores around the world as Apple is rumored to be preparing for the iPhone 6's release.

People are already asking Google to stop linking to some personal information just days after an EU court ruling.

In December 1984, deadly gas leaked from a pesticide plant in the Indian city making it one of the world's worst industrial disasters.

Other major retailers are also struggling with similarly grim results.

Sun Pharma’s subsidiary holds a tentative approval from the FDA for marketing Gleevec's generic version in the US.

Divers recovered five more bodies from the wreck of the Sewol, but 23 people still remain missing.

Protests over Turkey's mining disaster revived long-running civil unrest in cities across the country.

Less-stable infrastructures and greater demand for resources could be a “catalyst for conflict," according to a military report.

AstraZeneca's boss said on Wednesday he would engage with Pfizer if the price was right.

Want to know what Apple CEO Tim Cook will be talking about at the big developers conference? Take a look.

Hoping to capitalize on Starbucks’ aggressive tactics, an author is awaiting a cease-and-desist letter that may never come. Is the coffee giant catching on?

Tuesday's deadly mine explosion in Turkey highlights the dangers in the coal industry.

When President Putin visits Beijing next week, China and Russia are expected to cement their energy alliance with a new deal.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was forced to take refuge in a shop in Soma as furious relatives besieged him.

China's capital city is planning to build an additional airport slated for operation in 2018 to serve rapidly increasing air traffic.

Everplan's Abby Schneiderman and Adam Seifer discussed how their new product could revolutionize death planning in the tech space.

Much like Snapchat, Blink helps users send content that can self-destruct as soon as it's consumed.

Quarterly earnings should provide direction on a day that seems set for a slow start after a string of record-breaking sessions.

In February, Sony had announced that it would cut nearly 5,000 jobs and sold its personal computers business.

It is the biggest corruption scandal to hit a foreign company in China since the Rio Tinto affair in 2009.

The Chinese are shipping soil to the reef to enlarge it for an airstrip, Philippine and U.S. sources say.

A retail slowdown in April--and cuts to food stamps--may affect Wal-Mart's first quarter earnings.

The Santa Barbara, California mansion made infamous in the 1983 movie "Scarface" starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, is for sale. Tour inside "El Fureidis," which means "tropical paradise."

Hunter Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, will join the top private gas producer in Ukraine.

Hunter Biden's business partner Devon Archer, who has ties to John Kerry, has reportedly been appointed to the company's board.

Dozens of labor activists are facing charges over recent demonstrations. Meanwhile, two youths, including a minor, are facing 11 years for incitement.

In similar accidents in the U.S. companies have avoided prosecution.