COMPANIES

Ford wants to appeal to Chinese customers by focusing $1.8 billion on smart cars developed in China.

Apple is pushing the envelope in getting its iPhones into the hands of as many Indians as it can, in the world's third-biggest smartphone market.

The city-state renowned for planning is preparing for technology that carmakers are racing to put to market.

According to a Bloomberg report, which cited sources, the Belgian brewing giant has discussed raising its bid to $66 a share, which would value SABMiller at $107 billion.

Thousands of factory workers and suppliers were affected after Shenzhen-based Fu Chang announced its closure, amid a slowdown in the market.

Over the weekend, reports emerged of debris sightings off the southern Philippines, spurring unfounded speculation about the missing airplane's discovery.

The recall in the company's largest market came amid reports that a European lender may freeze funds to the carmaker.

A global campaign to shine a light on food waste brings thousands to Athens for free fruits and vegetables.

A helicopter crash near a NATO base in Kabul has been ruled an accident. The incident killed five members of a NATO-led advisory unit and injured five more.

Social media was full of passenger complaints that airline employees had to manually process each customer, causing long lines and missed flights.

"Consumer spending has ground to a halt," says Noritoshi Murata, president of Seven & i Holdings.

The ITC ruled Friday that Samsung had not infringed on two of Nvidia's patents.

Martin Winterkorn, the VW CEO who steared Europe's largest carmaker to crisis, has since resigned, and upstarts in the corporation are calling for change.

Melting sea ice due to warmer ocean temperatures, one of the effects of climate change, makes searching for oil and gas easier. 

Trade unions, environmental organizations and consumer-rights groups all demonstrated against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

The legality of car-hailing services has vexed regulators in China where authorities say drivers are operating outside the law.

The company Uncharted Play makes both jump ropes and soccer balls with a megawatt mission: to generate energy aimed at covering power cuts in developing countries.

Sergio Marchionne, the CEO of its parent Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, has designed the initial public offering to cut its debt and help support a $54.5 billion expansion plan.

While the bulk of its offer will be in cash, Dell also plans to pay EMC shareholders with "tracking stock" that follows the value of the 20 percent of VMware that EMC does not own, sources said on Friday.

The bank prevailed in a suit brought by a former vice president who claimed it ignored red flags about a potential client's fraud.

A new study found that premature births increased in areas with heavy fracking.

Two women known only as Jane Doe 1 and 2 have filed a lawsuit against ride-hailing service Uber over sexual assault.

Challenges lie ahead for Tesla, and some investors have gotten skittish.

The dense, highly technical intellectual property provision is bad news for Internet groups. But Big Pharma and Tech love it.

Four other carmakers were not accused of installing any software to cheat on the emissions tests, but their diesels spew more pollution than shown in tests.

McDonald's, known for high-calorie Big Macs and salty French fries, has especially struggled with how to appeal to health-conscious German consumers.

The company announced earlier in 2015 it wanted to open 115 new stores in China.

Meanwhile, Volkswagen's Australia unit said it will conduct a voluntary recall of nearly 100,000 vehicles equipped with emissions-rigging software.

Rebates are being offered throughout October on cars ranging from sedans to trucks.