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A dramatic video shows more than a dozen Iranian natural gas workers jumping into the Persian Gulf to escape a rapidly sinking production rig.

After the great power outage in New Orleans' Superdome, the recriminations begin.

Just days before East Coast and Gulf Coast dockworkers were about to go on strike, negotiators reached a tentative labor pact.

The Detroit Three and Japanese rivals began the year in the fast lane as seasonally adjusted annual sales in January topped 15 million.

Detroit’s Big Three saw double-digit sales growth in January - a continuation of an impressive recovery that's supporting US GDP.

Two-thirds of US companies that have reported fourth-quarter results have beaten analyst expectations.

Burger King announced on Thursday that it had terminated its relationship with European supplier Silvercrest Foods after finding traces of horse meat in beef patties at a Silvercrest facility.

A 10-pound bag of marijuana that took a wrong turn on a cross-country shipment was delivered to surprised employees at a Kmart in Seattle.

Chrysler Group LLC, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, turned in a robust January as sales surged 16 percent.

About halfway through the fourth-quarter earnings season, here's your handy earnings-report watchlist for this week.

Following the popularity of Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Tacos, Frito-Lay is planning to roll out Taco Bell flavored versions of the Dorito.

Anheuser-Busch InBev says it will fight the U.S. government's effort to stop it from buying Grupo Modelo.

Latin America contributed nearly 30 percent of Colgate-Palmolive's 2012 sales while North America contributed less than 20 percent.

Wal-Mart stores across the country began limiting the sale of ammunition to three boxes per customer, per day as consumer demand has outpaced supplies.

Anglo-Australian miner Tio Tinto Group says it has no plans to temporarily halt work on its giant Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia.

The maker of Colgate toothpaste and Palmolive soaps increased its profit and revenue in the fourth quarter.

The most important part of the quarterly earnings ritual is what companies are saying about the global economy.

Fitch Ratings compared Europe to economically stagnant Japan, which hasn't seen auto sales rise above its 1990 peak.

Toyota Motor Corp. will recall nearly 1.3 million cars globally for two separate defects, including 752,000 Corolla and Corolla Matrix vehicles in the United States to fix airbags that could be deployed inadvertently, the automaker said.

Despite a nearly three-week grounding of its 787 Dreamliners due to battery concerns, Boeing expects the problem won't impact its 2013 earnings.

A strong 2013 start is expected when automakers release January sales figures Friday after the best December since the 2008-09 recession.

Even before two battery failures led to the grounding of all Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, the planes’ lithium-ion batteries had experienced multiple problems that raised questions about their reliability, The New York Times reports.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:CHK) announced Tuesday that CEO Aubrey McClendon will resign after a tumultuous year in which a series of Reuters investigations triggered civil and criminal probes.

Patent expirations for lucrative blockbuster drugs eroded fourth-quarter sales for top drugmakers.

America's second-largest automaker beat analysts' earnings expectations, but estimates for Europe and Latin America pulled the stock price down.

A recall has been issued for ground beef after a salmonella outbreak in the meat caused illness in five states.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner fiery battery problen has renewed attention on an issue that never went away.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) said the first half of 2013 will not be as prosperous as a year earlier.

It's not an encouraging sign for burdened U.S. consumers - another swipe fee, but not every state is allowing the new charge.