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Global case volumes rose 2% in the quarter, while those in China rose 12%, due to increased marketing.

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The device is programmed to fly about 100 feet above the ocean floor and look for signs of wreckage of the missing plane.

Quarterly earnings, data on inflation and housing, and opening remarks from Janet Yellen at a Fed conference should influence markets.

Ohio is requiring seismic monitors at drilling sites near faults.

The latest open offer is the second attempt by Diageo to gain a larger stake in the Bangalore, India-based company.

Searchers are confident they know the approximate position of wreckage of the missing plane.

Canadian franchise operators for the world's largest quick-service restaurant chain face accusations of preferring foreign temps over locals.

Amazon bought Zappos in 2009, and four years after the acquisition the company has adopted one of its unconventional human resource strategies.

The offer is unsolicited, with Endurance noting that Aspen's board and management have refused the proposal.

The deal will add more than $221 billion in assets to TIAA-CREF's roughly $569 billion in assets under management.

Earlier, Russia's Deputy Premier Arkady Dvorkovich went to China as part of a delegation to discuss cooperation in the energy sector.

Citigroup's quarterly loss on troubled assets eased to $292 million from $798 million a year earlier - and that aided the bottom line.

In the past, GSK has faced charges of corruption in China and Iraq. In 2012, it paid $3 billion to the FDA after pleading guilty for malpractice.

After last week's volatile sessions, which ended with the markets losing a lot of ground, earnings and economic data should guide markets.

At the end of 2013, Citigroup had reduced its employee count by more than a fifth to 251,000 from 323,000 in 2008.

A total of 11 military aircraft, one civil aircraft and 15 ships were scheduled to search an area about 18,000 square miles in size Monday.

The focus may shift to trying to find wreckage using the sonar and cameras of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle.

The recall includes many of BMW’s most popular models, including the 1 Series, 3 Series and X3.

In what is being called an "act of aggression," pro-Russian activists seized government buildings and a police station, witnesses said.

Youthful demographics are fueling growth in the region's leisure and entertainment sector.

A few things users should know about the new Samsung Galaxy S5.

The company appears ready to take a gamble on a growing public demand for healthier foods.

Wal-Mart's plan to offer Wild Oats organic products has thrifty foodies salivating, but how organic will these products really be?

Officials of the proposed French-Swiss company plan to unload billions in assets to get the regulatory blessing they need to merge.

The widespread bug surfaced late Monday, when it was disclosed that a pernicious flaw existed in a widely used Web encryption program.

Many websites, including Yahoo, Amazon and Netflix, fixed the hole after it was disclosed on Monday, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The company reported a far weaker-than-expected quarterly profit as revenue from securities trading fell in a climate of uncertainty.

As speculation about the device heats up, consumers are warming up to the idea of spending for a larger, sleeker phone.