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In a 19th-century lower Manhattan skyscraper, a "mathematically minded" couple has created a modernistic fun house based on a dissertation.

India's patent office has rejected Bayer AG's challenge to letting an Indian company produce a generic of its cancer drug Nexavar.

Executives at the 83rd Geneva Car Show offered a grim prognosis for annual auto sales in the European Union.

While year-over-year monthly sales are still down for the Japanese auto giants, the declines are shrinking.

Mexico's manufacturing boom continued with Superior Industries International announcing a factory in the nation.

A recent analysis of more than 380 housing markets in the U.S. suggests the storm is over and recovery is in play.

The maker of Budweiser is using splashy newspaper ads to poke fun at a lawsuit that alleges its beer is watered down.

HSBC paid CEO Stuart Gulliver $11.1 million last year, despite missing cost and profit targets and a record money laundering fine.

China's announcement that it will reel in stability-threatening real estate speculation sent related shares plummeting.

Tales of China's empty cities continue to fascinate because of the country's headlong rush into the development of real estate.

The Swiss have voted to curb the pay of top executives and dramatically shift power away from corporate boards toward shareholders.

The U.S. natural-gas production boom has cut a chasm down the middle of corporate America over exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG.

United States budget sequestration cuts might have considerable implications, but American car buyers seem unfazed -- at least for now.

It appears that Mason's retirement package is minimal, as in $378.36. Not $378 million or $370,000, but $378.

McDonald's is planning to eliminate Chicken Selects and the Fruit & Walnut Salad from its menu as it introduces more limited-time options.

An In-N-Out cook’s Reddit AMA is making headlines for including details of a "secret menu."

General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) posts 7 percent rise in total sales in February, to 224,314 units.

How did "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis become indebted to a Las Vegas tycoon for a reported $10.3 million?

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said Friday it sold 195,822 vehicles last month, its best February in six years.

Chrysler sold 139,015 units in the U.S. in February, a 4 percent year-over-year increase.

A California winery submerged four cases of cabernet sauvignon in Charleston Harbor to see how the ocean affects the aging of the wine.

The Mongolian government blocked mining licenses for Entree Gold, Inc. Is this resource nationalism? Probably not.

Rising royalty costs prompt U.S. online streaming music company Pandora Media to limit free mobile listening.

Lego Group reports stellar 2012 sales after the Danish toy company released a line of products tailored to girls.

Basketball legend and average golfer Michael Jordan is moving onto a golf course on a lake near Charlotte.

When complete, the skyscraper with be 1,776 feet with 104 stories in Lower Manhattan - the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.

As tough as times still are for job seekers and employers alike, recovery signs keep popping up in financial services - particularly at the big banks.

Shell has spent more than $4.5 billion on its search for oil in the Chukchi and Beaufort. But it's faced setbacks this winter.

Jhaqueil Reagan, 18, was walking to an appointment at an Indianapolis Dairy Queen that was 10 miles away.