COMPANIES

Baidu to buy Chinese app store operator 91 Wireless for $1.9 billion from NetDragon to build a presence in the fast-growing market.

China is planning to expand restrictions on vehicle purchases to eight more cities, but automakers say it won’t affect national sales numbers.

Over the next 2,000 years, when the Earth is one full degree warmer, sea levels will be more than 2 meters higher than current levels.

Investors are still trying to gauge whether the U.S. economic recovery is losing momentum or merely entering a short summer lull.

The U.S. Justice Department and Alaska have failed repeatedly to collect money for a long-term recovery plan from Exxon Mobil.

Apple will start producing its next iPhone version by end of July, and possibly release it around the fourth quarter of this year.

Elon Musk will make the alpha design for his Hyperloop public transportation model available to the public in August.

In a bid to streamline operations, General Dynamics is folding one of its key weapons systems units into another.

A fire flared up on an Ethiopian Airline Dreamliner 787, made by Boeing, at London’s Heathrow airport on July 12.

Wells Fargo donated more cash to charities than Wal-Mart for the first time in seven years.

Analysts predict an average but positive showing.

Forensics animator John Suchocki re-created the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash and compared it to what would have been the proper approach angle.

The legendary snack cakes are back in stores, but fans may be disappointed as they appear smaller than their predecessors.

Stocks edged up on Friday, as the Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs after reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) and Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) beat expectations.

China has invested $14.19 billion in Myanmar, surpassing Thailand's $9.98 billion and Hong Kong's $6.39 billion.

A new natural gas facility being constructed in Ghana could make the country into a net gas exporter.

Johnson & Johnson is expected to report 1 6.9 percent year-on-year increase in profit for the second quarter.

Loblaw is getting into drugs in acquiring Canada’s biggest pharmaceutical chain. The reason? Wal-Mart.

Apple may delay the release of its iPad mini 2 with Retina Display to 2014, while a minor upgrade to the current version is likely this fall.

Two security experts say they hacked a Verizon device and made it into a spying device to eavesdrop on Verizon Wireless customers' mobile phones.

The French president reiterates his support for the national fracking ban as a Dallas-based energy company awaits a ruling on its challenge.

Coca-Cola is navigating poor weather conditions, forex headwinds, taxes and falling consumer demand in countries such as China and Brazil.

Faced by falling demand stemming from compatibility issues, Microsoft has cut the price on its Surface RT tablet by 20 percent to 30 percent.

Investors will try to gauge the health of Q2 earnings from several key companies, which report Monday.

China says GlaxoSmithKline acted like a 'Godfather,' criminally routing millions of dollars in bribes to boost its sales in the country.

A Mercedes-Benz F1 racer driven by Juan Manuel Fangio to two F1 victories sold at auction for $29.6 million.

Fox affiliate KTVU and the NTSB both apologized after the television station falsely reported the names of the pilots of Asiana Airlines Flight 214.

In a rare concession to public pressure, China has canceled a proposed nuclear-fuel processing project.

The American billionaire entrepreneur, innovator and academic introduced the world to new-generation audio technology with his company.