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EU imposes massive fine on TV, monitor producers
For years, some top managers at electronics multinationals would hold secretive meetings in Europe and Asia to fix the global market on the most ...
Starbucks to open 1,500 more cafes in the US
Another Starbucks may soon pop up around the corner, with the world's biggest coffee company planning to add at least 1,500 cafes in the U.S. over the ...
Boston Market reports record Thanksgiving sales
Boston Market Corp. is reporting record Thanksgiving sales this year — and it's already planning for next Thanksgiving. The Golden, Colo.
Arson fire in clothing factory in China kills 14
A former worker told state media Wednesday he set the fire that killed 14 young workers at a Chinese clothing factory because he was angry about less ...
Samsung promotes chairman's son to vice chairman
Samsung Electronics Co. promoted its chairman's only son to vice chairman, putting the 44-year-old closer to the top leadership position at the ...
Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate
Salmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes ...
Darden cites failed promotions for lower outlook
Darden Restaurants Inc. is cutting its profit forecast for the year, with the owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster blaming failed promotions and ...
Stocks little changed as budget talks continue
Stocks closed little changed Tuesday on Wall Street as budget talks continued in Washington. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 13.82 points ...
Icahn gives up bid for truck maker Oshkosh
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is giving up his bid to buy truck maker Oshkosh after less than 25 percent of the company's shares were tendered ...
Venezuela chocolate king thrives despite controls
Cacao pods ripen to colors from bright yellow to crimson in the forest-shaded plantations of Venezuela, where some of the world's finest chocolate is ...
Flat open on Wall Street as budget talks loom
Stocks are mixed in early trading on Wall Street as budget talks continue in Washington. Discount retailer Big Lots soared 8 percent after beating ...
Lincoln brand changes name as new MKZ goes on sale
Lincoln is getting a new car and a new name designed to reverse 20 years of falling sales. The 97-year old luxury brand, synonymous with presidential ...
Stocks edge lower after weak manufacturing report
Stocks edged lower on Wall Street Monday after a surprisingly weak manufacturing report heightened concern that fiscal deadlock in Washington is ...
Stocks rise as Chinese manufacturing rebounds
Stocks are rising in early trading on Wall Street, following European markets higher, following news that China's manufacturing sector grew last month ...
AP IMPACT: China overtaking US as global trader
Shin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade.
Bangladesh fire victims want old jobs back
As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an ...
Crystal Sugar workers reject contract 4th time
Their ranks thinned by a 16-month lockout, American Crystal Sugar Co. workers on Saturday rejected a contract for the fourth time. Contract opponents ...
The factory fire: Global commerce, local tragedy
In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos — sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue — beckon from the ashes.
Missouri lottery winners want to live normally
To announce one of the biggest events of their lives together, Cindy and Mark Hill returned to the place where it all began — the high school where ...
Notorious Macau gangster released from prison
The notorious Macau crime boss known as Broken Tooth Koi, who was released from prison Saturday after serving nearly 15 years, will hardly recognize ...
Pressuring GOP, Obama takes his fiscal plan to Pa.
President Barack Obama argued Friday that allowing taxes to rise for the middle class would amount to a "lump of coal" for Christmas, while Republican ...
Shoppers' habits not changed by garment plant fire
Before purchasing a shirt, shoppers will run their hands over the fabric, look at the price tag and wonder how it will hold up in the washing machine.
Couple convicted of stealing GM trade secrets
A former General Motors engineer with access to the automaker's hybrid technology was convicted Friday along with her husband of stealing trade ...
Sony introduces ultra-high-definition video player
"The Amazing Spiderman," ''Taxi Driver" and "The Karate Kid" are getting some real resolution. The new, restored and rebooted films from Sony Pictures ...
Stocks inch lower as investors wait on budget
Stocks ended the week more or less where they started it. Investors were watching closely while lawmakers in Washington worked at thrashing out a ...