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The crisis in Kingfisher Airlines ended Thursday as the management succumbed to the employees’ demand and agreed to pay four months’ salary dues before the year end.

Barnes & Noble said its credit card machines in 63 stores across nine states were hacked and will take fraud-protection measures.

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq:CMCSA), the telecommunications giant based in Philadelphia, is expected to report higher 3Q earnings.

AngloGold and Gold Fields are the latest companies to resort to mass firings after weeks of crippling labor unrest.

The No. 2 U.S. automaker, which lost $553,000,000 in the first half of this year, aims to close a plant in Genk, Belgium.

For the past six years or so, weak home sales have depressed home appliance demand. But things are quietly changing now.

Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N), the largest U.S. chemical firm, announced Tuesday it plans to cut 5 percent of its workforce and shutter 20 plants as part of a restructuring program amid a slowing global economy.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock plunged in the immediate aftermath of the iPad Mini reveal.

U.S. chemical giant DuPont cites a slowdown in Asia, a decline in electronics and a widely used chemical as a reason for the cuts.

India’s Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Tuesday made it clear that the grounded Kingfisher Airlines would not get any help from the government and said it was too late to rescue the airline.

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is projected to beat earnings estimates when it reports third-quarter results on Wednesday.

The world's largest express delivery service says it will break volume record on Dec. 10.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) lowered its profit and revenue projection for 2012 on weaker-than-expected global economy.

Kremlin-controlled Rosneft will pay BP PLC $17.1 billion for its 50 percent stake in TNK-BP.

Third-quarter profit of UPS, the world’s No.1 package-delivery company, is expected to match year-earlier results.

India Monday reiterated its compulsion to depend on the Iranian oil to meet its increasing energy demands.

After some regions around the country reported record-high gas prices, the shock of high gas prices is set to lessen a bit.

A small plane crashed off the coast of New York's Long Island on Saturday.

Poles are considering hydraulic fracturing in pursuit of oil and gas as their ticket to energy independence, but even they have doubts.

Mayor Thomas Menino is seeking to preemptively dissuade Trojan from distributing its sex toys in front of Boston City Hall

Caterpillar is expected to report higher third-quarter earnings Monday, despite a challenging economic environment.

In a move aimed at boosting insourcing work from outside contractors, leading automaker General Motors (GM) plans to hire 3000 Hewlett Packard (HP) employees who previously executed information technology work for the organization.

The World Trade Organization forbade China Thursday to impose duties on certain U.S. steel exports, in a case affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Chevrolet has announced plans to unveil the 2014 Corvette this coming January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The 2014 Corvette will be the first of a new generation of Corvettes, the seventh in the line’s history.

Spirit Air, which runs surfeit goofy promotions, is back at it again, this time mimicking Mitt Romney's "binders full of women" comment from the debate

Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) has its sights set on Millennials - Americans roughly defined as those born in the 20th century's waning years.

Twitter blocked local access to a neo-Nazi group in Germany after police charged it with racial hatred incitement and criminal activity.

After 11 years without new flight attendants, American Airlines is finally hiring. But the new hires will be working for lower wages than those being laid off.