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IDC predicts worldwide game-console shipments will be up in 2013, while US gamers seem to be partial to PS4 over Xbox One.

If news of 8-megapixel shooters in the new iPads is true, it would be the first time Apple would use high-res cameras in its tablets.

MIT researchers found that water droplets that form on a superhydrophobic surface carry an electric charge when they leap from the metal surface.

A submarine appeared to rise from a Milan street this week as part of a company's outlandish marketing campaign.

Here’s something you don’t see every day: A Tesla in flames following a collision. Was the battery at fault?

It's worked at Yahoo, but can Daniel Loeb "save" Sotheby's by ousting Chairman and CEO William F. Ruprecht?

With demand on the rise and domestic supply sliding, China is leaning heavily on imports for its food supply.

After months of speculation, designer Marc Jacobs announced on Wednesday that his Louis Vuitton Spring 2014 collection, which he showed on Wednesday in Paris, would be his last -– ever -- in an effort to focus on a public offering for his own brand.

It sounds like something that should not occur in the postmodern age: How can jellyfish shut down a nuclear reactor?

Can Tesla maintain that momentum after delivering on back orders?

Reuters' Robert Cyran wrote a column last week urging Bill Gates to step down. Yesterday, investors heeded his call.

Canada's oil industry sees foreign investment sink amid tighter regulations.

Stocks are expected to open weak as the government shutdown enters its second day, with the 2 parties far apart.

The SEC’s whistleblower program is only just taking off, after news of a $14 million award, said one former SEC staffer.

Multicolored Glass Gem corn, which originated with part-Cherokee farmer Charles Barnes, is a hit among farmers.

September isn't a great month for U.S. vehicle sales, and this month’s reporting anomaly made it worse. But ...

The study discusses changes in majority ownership, early retirement and changes in CEO behavior following a divorce.

Caterpillar is upping its prices in Europe, Japan and the U.S. but probably not in Latin America and Asia.

Only 30 percent of the nation's population has access to electricity, but foreign entities are beginning to pitch in to change that.

Japanese automakers fell more or less in line with expectations. Fewer selling days, timing of the Labor Day weekend hit sales.

Is Turkey using the Syrian conflict to its advantage by tapping into the energy resource near the border?

The world's 10th-largest business faces a dropping stock price and big regulations. The answer? Go for a 50 percent production boost.

Citi analysts predicted Facebook’s mobile ad revenues per user this year could top its desktop ad revenues for the first time.

General Motors, North America’s largest automaker, saw its lowest monthly sales volume so far this year.

The activist investor tweeted that he pushed CEO Tim Cook on the massive buyback program at dinner last night.

As winter approaches England looks to diversify its energy mix as demand and prices soar.

Volkswagen continues to be hit by strong competition in the segments in which it usually does well.

Merck's latest layoffs are coming from both marketing and research and development.

Sales were up in September, despite the inconvenient timing of the Labor Day sales weekend at the end of August.