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Billionaire George Soros' fund company sold most of its shares in the Chinese online giants Alibaba and Baidu last quarter, as major hedge funds did likewise.

The audit will cover accounts "all the way to 2014, 2015," including all contracts and agreements, managing director Emmanuel Kachikwu said.

Uber has a history of success with previous campaigns to attract public support.

The ride-hailing company enacted two-factor authentication after a surge of complaints earlier this year.

Thanks to fracking, America is the world’s No. 1 oil and gas producer. But the economic bounty it delivers to small communities across the nation comes at a price. Now it’s dividing friends and neighbors in one Ohio county.

Debris that washed up on the island nation's shores was sent to Malaysia this week for analysis of its origin.

General Motors Co. is boosting production of its highly profitable large SUVs and trucks to a pace that could result in 48,000 to 60,000 additional vehicles for the 2016 model year, in a bid to capitalize on rising demand, sources told Reuters.

Two years after it filed for bankruptcy, Fisker Automotive has signed an 11-year factory lease in Moreno Valley, California.

Malaysia Airlines has decided against transporting relatives to the location where debris thought to be linked to a missing plane was found.

Each automaker was advised to update their iOS app immediately.

The operations being acquired employ 1,500 people at six manufacturing facilities in Norway, Sweden, France and Spain.

Travel demand by an increasingly affluent Chinese population is set to soar long-term, a huge business opportunity for both countries' carriers.

French authorities launched air-and-sea search operations last week around Reunion Island after a wing flap washed up on its shores last month.

Despite increasing customer dissatisfaction, the airline industry is hardly affected, a report shows.

"It’s appalling that a global brand has allowed a T-shirt like this to be produced and sold in store," said one customer.

A $300 million undersea cable project aims to speed data between the New York and London financial hubs.

McDonald's Mobile, launched in San Diego and New York City, is an effort to keep pace with other fast-food chains.

Items such as a package of noodles and a luggage tag were likely not from a Malaysia Airlines jet, but officials were glad people were looking. 

The Chinese e-commerce giant posted quarterly sales that missed Wall Street forecasts as sales growth declined to its slowest pace in more than three years.

Families of those on board the missing plane have yet again raised doubts over Malaysia's handling of the search.

The Conservative government spent $30 million to promote tar sands exports and quash environmental opposition, the Guardian reports.

Proceeds from the sale are expected to help Pearson turn around the company’s education business.

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the famous twins’ company. An ex-intern said she was not paid and overworked.

The company faced major backlash after featuring an advertisement that read "Look like a girl...think like a man" in honor of National Women's Day.

Debris found near an Indian Ocean archipelago was from a barge that capsized Feb. 10, the vessel's captain said.

Apple's next iPhone may fail, in fourth-quarter sales, to surpass its predecessor.

"There seem to be more than a few items that connect it with Zichron Yaacov, with the glass factory at Tantura, and with the baron’s ships,"  said University of Haifa researchers Monday.

The Silicon Valley automaker is losing more than $4,000 on every Model S electric sedan it sells, using its reckoning of operating losses, and it burned $359 million in cash last quarter in a bull market for luxury vehicles.

One goal is to make staff match the demographics of the communities they're working in.