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The company's seasonal employees are eligible for health care benefits, and many are eventually offered permanent jobs.

The prime minister's moves are part of his overall drive to jump-start the nation's long-suffering economy.

General Motors Co. and Jaguar Land Rover PLC have similar problems on different sides of world right now.

AmazonFresh's slow two-step strategy may be an effective way to develop a profitable distribution system, unnoticed by powerful rivals.

Tesla sold 0.81 percent of the number of vehicles Renault sold in first half of 2013.

Promoting sustainability, Swedish furniture retailer IKEA will add solar panels to the menu in its U.K. stores in 2014.

North America’s largest auto company and the U.S. Army have similar hydrogen-fuel-cell aspirations, so they’re pooling their brainpower.

The environmental activist group Greenpeace International has gotten into trouble with authorities before, but this time it's different.

Although gold sells in spot markets for roughly $1300/oz, total production costs usually meet or exceed that, said Citi analysts.

Nearly 50 people were hospitalized on Monday morning after a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train collided head-on with an out-of-service train.

The goal is to get 1.5 million electric vehicles on California roads by 2025.

Depressed retail sales in Greece reveal more “recessionary signals” from the debt-ridden economy, according to one Greek analysis site.

Is it possible to frack oil and gas from shale rock in an environmentally friendly way?

Samsung will produce 30 percent to 40 percent of Apple's A8 processors next year, with TSMC presumably taking care of the rest.

Apple displaced Coca-Cola, which had held the No. 1 position for 13 consecutive years, according to a "best brands" report.

US law enforcement accounted for more than 90 percent of all requests pertaining to users' emails, photos and online documents.

Fears of a government shutdown, weakening inflation data in Europe and underperforming factories in China lowered investor sentiment.

Apple’s upcoming iPad 5 could be a slightly bigger version of the iPad mini, if a video demo from a Chinese parts supplier is accurate.

The Norwegian carrier demanded that Boeing repair the plane, while Poland’s LOT wants compensation from Boeing for revenue losses.

Output in China's manufacturing sector improved and foreign demand increased for the first time in six months, in September.

The reduction in force at the Munich-based diversified-machinery firm will be in the area of 4.08 percent.

Coffee prices are finally declining after a decade of steady increases, but are still much higher than in 2003.

Thousands from across the U.S. have descended upon the tiny Nebraska town of Pierce looking to buy one of more than 500 vintage automobiles being auctioned.

The department store bucked previous reports and offered 84 million shares of common stock. What’s next?

The Obama administration has a difficult task in coming up with an energy policy that can satisfy many.

Peter Willcox, who was the captain of the Greenpeace ship that was bombed by French forces in 1985, is among activists detained in Russia.

The world’s primary jade source is also home to 500,000 heroin-addicted miners, most of them HIV-positive.

These four campaign donors gave 55 percent of all car dealer-associated political contributions in Texas, where Tesla can't open dealerships.

Platinum miners in South Africa face layoffs as one of the largest mining companies looks to cut its payroll.