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The World Cup brought a new tweets record for Twitter, but will it juice new user growth?

Oil and gas drillers are wary of the drug-related violence in northern Mexico that's threatening to stymie the country's shale oil and gas development.

California's drought now covers a third of the state this week.

Indonesian retailers are cashing in on the Iraq crisis by selling ISIS merchandise, including "We Are All ISIS" T-shirts, online.

But the high court also said the EPA had wrongly stretched the Clean Air Act program for new and expanded stationary sources.

Chinese manufacturing rose this month to a seven-month high.

Commercial featuring a narcolepsy joke has been set to “private” on YouTube following complaints by people with the condition.

The Iraqi crisis will have ripple effects through the global economy.

A Dutch company is capitalizing on the prevalence of e-cigarettes with the introduction of the world's first electronic joint.

Dealerships need to check for exploding airbags in popular models like the Honda CR-V, Nissan Cube and Mazda6.

The latest buyout would be Oracle’s biggest after its takeover of Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion in 2010.

The executive's lawyer reportedly sent a letter to the board claiming that the founder of American Apparel was illegally terminated.

It was the first time since December that the PMI was in growth territory, and the highest reading since November.

BNP Paribas has been negotiating on an almost daily basis with U.S. authorities for weeks.

Greek authorities make biggest heroin seizure in Europe.

Board says Charney didn't try to stop publication of nude pictures of former employee who sued him.

FCC arrived at fine by multiplying maximum fine by the number of devices sold.

"There are lots of gadgets in this space right now, but there's nothing great out there," Apple's Tim Cook said in 2013.

A court ruling opens up the possibility of Shell paying out 300 million pounds to the Bodo community in Nigeria.

The Cayenne and the Quattroporte makers say they need more retail outlets to maintain expected growth, especially in Asia.

How has the rise of mass shootings affected gun sales?

Kraft Foods Group Inc. issued a voluntary recall for 260 cases of Velveeta cheese sold to Walmart stores in 12 states.

India is one of only four nations that hasn't signed an international nuclear cooperation treaty.

Rising commodity costs and spending cuts equal trouble for Caterpillar sales in Asia.

In a region dependent on tourism, officials are worried about a new virus that has spread across the Caribbean.

To celebrate the summer solstice, break out your pocketbooks and wallets.

Tesla Motors Inc. unveiled new fast-charging stations for electric vehicles this week in Germany and a showroom in Dallas.

Paris has approved GE's bid to buy Alstom's energy assets for $13.5 billion.