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General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt has publicized the maintenance app for oil companies in a LinkedIn post.

Ukraine, the Candy Crush IPO and Facebook's latest acquisition could play on investors' minds even as sentiment looks upbeat.

Equipment from the U.S., which can help in locating the plane’s black box, arrived in Australia on Wednesday.

The ban will stop carriers from selling smartphones for a period of 45 days, and could prompt Samsung to aim for a launch before April 5.

New research shows that californium, a little-known element on the periodic table, may prove effective in storing radioactive waste.

The U.S. Senate heard testimony Tuesday to discuss ways to curb Russia's monopoly on the European gas market.

After hitting a snag in financing its new airport, Myanmar is hoping to secure a loan from developed countries.

A certain Senate subcommittee has been looking into American multinationals offshore taxes, the latest from a decades-old panel exposing everything from organized crime to the Enron collapse.

Robusta coffee has won over consumers more quickly than its established rival Arabica coffee.

Ethanol prices spiked this week.

French winemakers currently supply 10 percent of China's total consumption, but they want to grow that number.

Emerging market stocks represent startling good value for those willing to brave geopolitical risk, according to a New York investment bank.

A Senate committee will discuss exporting energy and importing American jobs Tuesday morning.

Maker Studios founders and YouTube stars react to the Walt Disney Co. acquiring the Internet content company for $500 million.

The "#nomakeupselfie" fundraising campaign has raised more than $13 million so far since going viral on social media last week.

Auto companies are subject to a specific law that makes it a crime for them to mislead regulators about safety defects.

Data on housing and consumer confidence, and retail earnings, along with developments in Ukraine could impact the day's trading.

Founded in 2009, Maker is one of the largest video-production networks on YouTube and targets its content toward younger users.

While beer markets in the U.S. lag, brewers in another region are about to thrive.

The larger-screen iPhone 6 model could be priced higher than the flagship smartphone's current version, an analyst said.

Family and loved ones of the missing passengers accused Malaysian authorities of “constantly trying to delay, hide and cover up the truth.”

The approval allows Oregon's Jordan Cove Energy Project to export LNG on a large scale for 20 years.

China's net imports of crude oil hit a notable level last fall, and the country has retained that title since.

U.S. home prices will likely increase 4.5-5.0% in 2014, Nomura forecasts, with stronger growth expected in the West and Northeast.

The shipping channel is the gateway for more than 10 percent of U.S. crude refining capacity.

For the first time in its annual report, Walmart recognizes reductions to public assistance as a bottom-line risk.

Lake Turkana Wind Power Project reps finalized a $870M agreement to finance one of the largest clean energy ventures on the continent.

The U.K. exported 82 percent more food to China in 2013, driven by near doubling sales of pork and salmon.

As world leaders gather for third nuclear security summit, Japan's decision holds global political significance.