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The decisions by automakers in Takata's home market of Japan are likely to hit the company hard as U.S. authorities probe faulty air bags.

In response to a plane crash in Egypt, the U.S. will expand safety efforts at several Mideast airports that handle U.S.-bound flights, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said.

United Auto Workers leaders are likely to approve the proposed deal Monday, with a ratification vote by rank-and-file members to follow.

Lisa Lambert, the head of Intel Capital's diversity fund, says ignoring female, Hispanic and African-American entrepreneurs is bad for business.

"Weather continues to impact ... search operations, but conditions are expected to be improved over the coming months," an operations update reads.

The ousted American Apparel leader said about a year ago he was down to his last $100,000.

The Kremlin's action comes as U.S. and U.K. authorities focus on the potential of a terrorist attack in the downing of Metrojet Flight 9268.

How New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is hoping to use a state securities law to prove the oil giant misled investors on climate change.

The cabin crew union announced earlier this week that its members would stage a walkout at Frankfurt and Düsseldorf airports.

The Japanese automaker plans to invest $1 billion in artificial intelligence and robotics, establishing centers of excellence in Silicon Valley and at MIT.

However, many observers say more details on who will succeed Warren Buffett, the 85-year old investment icon, matters more than quarterly results.

Pfizer and Allergan said last week that they were in friendly merger talks to create what would be the world's biggest drug company.

The U.S. Justice Department is trying to stop a $3.3 billion deal that would merge the home appliance businesses of the two companies, saying that it may violate U.S. antitrust laws.

The blue chip financial firm will overhaul some of its policies as it, like others, faces high attrition rates among the junior cadre.

The news ends uncertainty about who will run the second-largest U.S. airline by capacity.

Though complete safety is an elusive goal, more precautions are planned at some major airports after reports that a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Egypt.

With funding from France's EDF, the 420-megawatt hydroelectric dam at Nachtigal Falls will solve 20 percent of the African nation's energy needs.

Top insurance carriers are hiring companies that can predict the fallout from a data breach, just like they do with natural disasters.

PETA launched a petition in response to a listing that incorrectly said a fashion designer sold shoes made of elephant skin.

Three months after the state mandated that digital currency firms guard against money laundering and fraud, at least 20 have left the state.

Two lawmakers overseeing energy legislation in the U.S. accepted fossil fuel money — just as they passed bills to enrich the oil and gas industry.

The move comes as Chinese insurers seek to invest abroad amid sluggish economic growth across several sectors back home.

The plane crashed Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Juba International Airport in South Sudan's capital, killing at least 36 people.

The order from the Russian transport agency comes a day after Britain alleged that Saturday's crash could have been cause by a bomb.

The world’s top-selling automaker announced a 13.5 percent rise in second-quarter profit, but cut its annual sales target because of slowing sales in emerging markets.

The deal is the latest in a series of increasingly expensive acquisitions Expedia has undertaken over the past year in order to compete with its rival Airbnb.

The company will declare third-quarter earnings a day after announcing it would shutter seven plants and eliminate jobs.

Major companies have more work to do to comply with the first U.S. disclosure law addressing human trafficking and slavery in the global marketplace, a report says.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched a task force Wednesday in an attempt to combat the skyrocketing prices of drugs.