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German luxury carmaker BMW Group will invest 500 million pounds in its UK production network over the next 3 years.

Ford Motors has been ordered by Ohio Court to pay $2 billion to more than 3,000 US truck dealers for overcharging them.

It wasn't a record breaking box office weekend for famed director Steven Spielberg, who is playing the role of producer in this week's number one box office movie.

The failed launch of a perfume in memory of pop icon Michael Jackson caused a stench this week, as his father Joe Jackson distanced himself from a Frenchman behind the deal, and a lawsuit disputed their rights.

An unusual demonstration took place in the L.A. headquarters of Mattel, the American toy company that manufactures the famous Barbie doll, with members of the environmental group 'Green Peace' protesting against the wrapping of the Barbie doll that, allegedly, is linked to the destruction of tropical rain forests.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below 12000 points on Friday, threatening to bring the stock market to a sixth consecutive week of losses. It would be the longest such slump since 2002.

A four-year-old patent dispute ended in Microsoft's defeat. The international tech giant now owes $290 million to a small Canadian firm.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected Google Apps as the agency-wide e-mail and collaboration platform for its 25,000 employees, contractors and associates working across the country and around the world.

Ford Motors said on Thursday it plans to triple its electrified vehicle production capacity to more than 100,000 annually by 2013.

Borders, a bookseller currently in the midst of bankruptcy hearings, said its lenders want an additional 51 stores closed.

In the past few months, hackers have enjoyed a swelling of fame while their hits have suffered hurt customer credibility and financial loss. Now it's Citibank's turn.

The Senate decided yesterday to avoid delaying the 80 percent cut in debit card swipe fees, a move that could help consumers when shopping. But banking customers could suffer as banks look to make up for the lost revenue.

Citigroup does not know how the computer breach revealed Thursday which affected hundreds of thousands of its credit card customers took place, but such an event fell in line with a risk the company outlined to shareholders in its publicly available annual report in March.

French holding company, LVMH, allows public to come watch production.

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A hacking attack of around 210,000 customers in Citibank accounts happened in May, but a belated alert finally reached customers Wednesday, when Citigroup admitted the breach.

Apple's loss seems to be Android's gains as reports from U.S. wireless carriers emerged that the iPhone slayer Samsung Galaxy S II is due to hit the shelves in July.

Citigroup confirmed a security breach at Citi Account Online, which was discovered by the authorities recently during a routine monitoring. The names, account numbers and contact information, including email addresses of the customers have been compromised. More critical information like date of birth, social security numbers, card expiration date and card security code (CVV) have not been accessed by the hackers, Citi said.

US car major Ford Motors is planning to invest 50 billion rupees to set up a three-lakh-cars-per-annum plant in Gujarat, according to various media outlets.

General Motors will invest $49 million to purchase tooling and equipment for the Bedford Powertrain plant and create 91 jobs, the carmaker said in a statement.

Delta will now have to pay back $175 million dollars in loans that was used to help Northwest Airline's training center because Delta is moving the facilities to Atlanta, Georgia, Delta's home.

There is a 25 percent of the Northern Lights being visible tonight on Earth because of the Solar Flare and coronal mass ejection that occurred yesterday.

UBS is allegedly planning to migrate its Stamford staff back to Manhattan, and the move is expected by 2015.

Though Memorial Day was the Monday of last week, soldiers returning from duty at Afghanistan yesterday felt quite unwelcome due to $2800 of unexpected extra baggage fees by Delta Air Lines on their flight to Atlanta from Baltimore.

Longtime NBC television host Meredith Vieira said farewell to the Today Show this morning. In fact, almost the entire two-hour broadcast was devoted to her departure.

A blast occurred at Intel’s Arizona plant outside Phoenix on Tuesday injuring seven workers, one with severe burns.

An image of the space shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS.

Just under 23 percent of all home mortgages across the United States are currently “under water,” according to a report by CoreLogic, the information, analytics and business services firm.

Muddy Waters is in the business of taking down Western-traded Chinese companies by publishing scathing criticisms of them.