COMPANIES

Beware using social media, it could affect the economy or raise prices of oil.

Safety advocates say the halt of the release of NHTSA auto recalls, due to the government shutdown, poses a danger to vehicle owners and the public.

Collectively, the top five pink-slippers this year are cutting a staggering number of jobs.

The Men's Wearhouse, Inc., rejected a $2.3 billion cash takeover offer from Jos. A. Bank Clothiers Inc., adding the bid undervalued the company.

Who knew Iran is capable of launching anything else but missiles?

Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle and Hollister are riding price hikes into the holiday shopping season, unlike Aeropostale.

Canada can blame the loonie and high fuel and labor costs for its roughly 10 percent price gap with the U.S.

New U.S. mortgage applications fell 15 percent in October, after they'd peaked only five months earlier, according to S&P data.

America's biggest bank by assets to reveal losses in this quarter as trading revenues and litigation costs soar.

Activists against fracking say the drilling technique contaminates groundwater, which could mean toxic beer.

California is losing its ironclad grip on tech startups as states like Colorado and Wyoming come on strong.

An Australian blogger has come up with yet another set of images, said to be that of the iPad 5, showing the device in space gray color.

Japan Airlines diverted two of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights bound to Tokyo from San Diego and Moscow following electrical glitches.

The plants belonging to Livingston, Calif.-based Foster Farms have been singled out for their poor sanitary conditions.

Investors hope for respite from the debt ceiling impasse as lawmakers consider a short-term solution.

TransCanada, still waiting for the green light to start building the pipeline, may lose billions of dollars if the project isn't approved.

To hand in a decent report card, Wells Fargo may dip into the money it had previously set aside in tougher times to cover bad loans.

Vietnam, slated to be a developed nation by 2020, has also partnered with Russia to build its first nuclear power plant.

The household consumer confidence index for September beat expectations.

Apple's Macs continued to struggle in the U.S. even as worldwide PC shipments declined, according to two new estimates.

But, CR hasn't so far reported any injuries associated with the Truly Scrumptious Travel System.

The website, which has suffered from technical glitches in the first week after its launch, cost at least $634 million in contracts.

Toyota moves the price of its plug-in Prius to the bottom of the stack of competing models from GM, Honda and Ford.

Starbucks attracted the most spending of any outlet from corporate credit cards, according to expense management tracker Certify.

An upcoming book about Twitter's founding, linked with its upcoming initial public offering, sheds new light on the social network's inception.

Apple will launch its iPhone 5s and 5c in dozens of countries by November, due to slowing Chinese demand.

Is Tesla's drop merely U.S. debt-ceiling jitters or is a correction underway?

Emerging markets are stagnating, as businesses neither expand nor contract, according to the latest reading of the index.

Attack on major corporation is another black eye for Turkey's now-chronic attempt to convincingly join civil society.