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General Motors Co said on Monday that it was looking to reduce its payroll by several thousand skilled trade workers at 14 U.S. plants in the first quarter of 2011.

Industrial motors company A. O. Smith Corp. has agreed to sell its electric motor segment to Regal Beloit Corp. for $875 million in cash and stock, to focus on its water-products operations.

Delegates at the UN climate change conference in Cancun have agreed on a deal to curb climate change and fund developing countries on Saturday. Bolivia however, raised objections to the proposals drawn up the host Mexico. The draft comes as respite as the last summit in Copenhagen failed to agree on the best way to cut emissions.

A rise in U.S. consumer confidence to its highest in six months and a much bigger-than-expected contraction in the country's trade deficit pointed to a firmer economic recovery on Friday.

A rise in U.S. consumer confidence to its highest in six months and a much bigger-than-expected contraction in the country's trade deficit pointed to a firmer economic recovery on Friday.

A rise in U.S. consumer confidence to its highest level in six months and a much bigger-than-expected contraction in the country's trade deficit pointed to a firmer economic recovery on Friday.

Rodman & Renshaw initiated exploration company Energy Partners Ltd. (NYSE:EPL) with a Market Outperform rating and a target price of $18, saying its turnaround story is worth another look.

U.S. economic data painted a picture of a firming recovery on Friday as consumer confidence rose to its highest level in six months and the country's trade deficit narrowed much more than expected.

(Corrects 8th paragraph to say 9.8 percent unemployment rate was for November, not October)

Twitter is ending the year with the number of accounts touching the 100 million mark. To celebrate, the site has created an infographic on Twitter's 'Class of 2010', which includes Bill Gates, Kanye West, Tiger Woods and many more.

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed much more than expected in October, as exports rose a robust 3.2 percent and imports declined slightly in the face of slackening demand for industrial and petroleum products, a Commerce Department report showed on Friday.

A privately owned company put a spacecraft into orbit and brought it back on Wednesday in a groundbreaking test flight NASA hopes will lead to cargo runs to the International Space Station after the space shuttles are retired next year.

A privately owned company put a spacecraft into orbit and brought it back on Wednesday in a groundbreaking test flight NASA hopes will lead to cargo runs to the International Space Station after the space shuttles are retired next year.

A leader of a violent international street gang, the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for murdering a fellow gang member in 2004.

A U.K. biotechnology company called Oxitec has tested genetically engineering mosquitoes to pass on a suicide gene that kills them before they mature, to control the spread of dengue, a sometimes fatal disease.

Global law firm Chadbourne & Parke has elected Andrew A. Giaccia as its new managing partner.

Google has launched a new Google Labs product called Google Earth Engine at the International Climate Change Conference in sunny Cancun, Mexico, said Google blog post.

Opening its doors to art connoisseurs and prominent collectors from across the world, the Miami Beach Convention Center is hosting the prestigious Art Basel Miami Beach from December 2 to December 5, 2010.

Even as the Obama administration is encouraging the use of natural gas to reduce dependence on foreign oil, the government is contemplating new laws compelling energy companies to reveal information about the chemicals used in the extraction process.

Google has introduced its latest version of Google Earth, their interactive digital atlas.

How the celebrities spent their Thanksgiving holiday, here is a round-up.