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It’s official: Mary Barra will head the world’s second largest automaker.

The U.S. has some of the highest income-inequality levels in the world, among advanced economies, generally faring worse relative to European countries.

Washington state is still the best option for production of the 777X, but Boeing is considering other bids, all due today.

In a bid to win over the Chinese market with its rampant food safety scares, Tyson is leaving behind a decades-old strategy.

Even with a Chinese economic slowdown, China's total power demand is expected to hit a remarkable level in 2035.

The transaction is expected have a negative impact on the group’s operating income in the fourth quarter.

Data on industrial production from around Europe painted a mixed picture about the health of the region's economy.

Stocks are expected to hold course even as talk of a Fed taper heats up ahead of next week's FOMC meet.

Regulators around the world should use a common language and standard procedures to address nuclear disasters, an independent investigator said.

Smartphones running the new Snapdragon 410 processors will be available for about $150 or less.

The move would result in an average 11-basis-point increase in guarantee fees, and help private players.

American Airlines Group Inc., General Motors Company and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. were among stock movers after the bell on Monday.

The U.S. Treasury said Monday it sold the remaining shares of General Motors. Here’s how much it cost taxpayers.

The debate between environmental groups and energy companies over Keystone is intensifying, especially as a decision approaches.

Leaders of Africa's biggest copper producer are ordering China’s Nonferrous Mining Corporation to halt production over environmental and worker concerns.

After four months of controversy, Mexico's state-owned oil company will start receiving private investment for the first time in 75 years.

Silver prices have fallen over 30 percent since January, but investors have migrated modestly to the metal after an equally bad year for gold.

New York City’s annual Santacon pub crawl is Saturday, Dec. 14, and you’ll want to put your best Santa foot or reindeer hoof forward. Here’s our roundup of some of the best deals on Santa costumes in New York City.

More than two decades after Iraqi forces destroyed part of the Kuwaiti Airways fleet, the airline has signed a $4.4 billion deal with Airbus for major overhaul.

The two food companies lauded the synergy benefits they would receive thanks to the deal.

The move, in addition to lowering public spending, could save many sharks, a third of whose species are endangered.

Thumbs up for Honda’s cheap, workhorse motorbike in what could be the first motor-vehicle review by an Islamic extremist.

Hint: it's a day on which retailers offer competitive deals and special sales to shoppers.

High costs at South African platinum mine companies mean that supplies will be limited in the near future.

Looking for the right tablet to buy for Christmas this holiday season? Take a look at 6 of IBTimes' tablet and e-reader picks from Amazon, Google, Samsung, Asus and Barnes and Noble.

Activists planned to protest outside the private equity firm’s New York headquarters on Monday.

The latest public revolt comes at a time when Obama is planning to introduce sweeping changes to the NSA and laws governing the agency.

Following the lowest unemployment rate in five years reported last week, focus will now shift to retail sales and jobless claims data.

A surprise consumer inflation reading in China in November eased fears about immediate policy tightening.