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In a first for the drug industry, Pfizer Inc. will begin selling its popular erectile dysfunction pill Viagra directly to patients on its website.

China Shipping Container Lines' 18.4K-box vessels surpass Maersk's 18K-capacity ships, but both are too big for the Panama Canal.

YouTube's new services may be launched as early as this week and will include more than 50 premium channels.

How would passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act affect your online shopping?

Automaker insists that U.S. taxpayer support is not funding its expansion overseas.

China's version of Amazon.com would really like to avoid what happened to Facebook last year.

Caterpillar Inc. announced it would slash the workforce at its plant in Decatur, Ill., for the second time in as many months.

Nestle USA is recalling certain production codes of four different California Pizza Kitchen and DiGiorno frozen pizzas distributed in the U.S.

German automaker BMW is studying Chinese consumers to get a grasp of what makes them distinct.

The key to maintaining the expected summer bump in profitability may turn on the industry's ability to avoid overcapacity.

The company, a large licenser, stopped branded production in Bangladesh after a series of fatal workplace safety disasters.

No, the current U.S. job market is not “a jungle out there.” But it’s close.

China's consumer watchdog agency says some of the imported Jeeps can stall at high temperatures, altitudes or fuel vapor pressure.

Some of the latest accusations include overcharging for electricity contracts and using faulty documents to go after debt defaulters.

A look at a typical Foxconn worker in China - one who isn't unlike the many who committed suicide in recent years.

Earnings at companies in the S&P 500 index are at record levels. Here's a list of 30 notable earnings reports to watch this week.

The shooting at the Houston airport caused the FAA to issue a ground stop at Bush Intercontinental Airport.

South African mining strikes plus rising demand put white metals into deficit last year, according to GFMS.

The Chinese are now the second-largest foreign investors in U.S. housing, after Canadians.

Brian Krzanich, currently the chipmaker's chief operating officer, will take over as CEO on May 16.

A controversial Mountain Dew ad was pulled by Pepsi Co. executives Wednesday after many deemed the commercial "racist."

Ford will add a third shift to its Kansas City, Mo., assembly plant to hike output of F-150 pickup trucks as demand for it rises.

The massive e-commerce portal out of Hangzhou, China, has reportedly caught the attention of some big, global lenders.

A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows that calories consumed from added sugars make up 13 percent of U.S. adults' diet.

An alleged New York ice cream truck turf war resulted in two operators being charged with stalking and harassment charges.

Two passenger jets clipped each other Wednesday night while preparing to take off from the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Also, through the first four months of 2013, the pace of downsizing is virtually equal to a year ago.

The e-commerce giant has great plans for China's most popular microblogging site.

Silk Road Anonymous Market, a popular online drug marketplace, has been closed to the public.