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With tighter ad restrictions, a UK watchdog agency has order Dior to pull mascara ads which it says are misleading

Brewmeister, a Scottish brewery, said it has created the world's strongest beer called Armageddon with a 65% ABV.

Mena Suvari donned a risque "bra shirt" bodysuit from the new Martin Margiela collection for H&M at the designer's launch party.

Book publishers Random House and Penguin Group could be combined if talks between their owners, Bertelsmann AG and Pearson PLC, succeed.

Maker of Rubbermaid products and Sharpie markers likely sees slightly lower earnings, but investors are OK with that.

The crisis in Kingfisher Airlines ended Thursday as the management succumbed to the employees’ demand and agreed to pay four months’ salary dues before the year end.

Barnes & Noble said its credit card machines in 63 stores across nine states were hacked and will take fraud-protection measures.

Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq:CMCSA), the telecommunications giant based in Philadelphia, is expected to report higher 3Q earnings.

AngloGold and Gold Fields are the latest companies to resort to mass firings after weeks of crippling labor unrest.

The No. 2 U.S. automaker, which lost $553,000,000 in the first half of this year, aims to close a plant in Genk, Belgium.

For the past six years or so, weak home sales have depressed home appliance demand. But things are quietly changing now.

Dow Chemical Co (DOW.N), the largest U.S. chemical firm, announced Tuesday it plans to cut 5 percent of its workforce and shutter 20 plants as part of a restructuring program amid a slowing global economy.

Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) stock plunged in the immediate aftermath of the iPad Mini reveal.

U.S. chemical giant DuPont cites a slowdown in Asia, a decline in electronics and a widely used chemical as a reason for the cuts.

India’s Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Tuesday made it clear that the grounded Kingfisher Airlines would not get any help from the government and said it was too late to rescue the airline.

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) is projected to beat earnings estimates when it reports third-quarter results on Wednesday.

The world's largest express delivery service says it will break volume record on Dec. 10.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) lowered its profit and revenue projection for 2012 on weaker-than-expected global economy.

Kremlin-controlled Rosneft will pay BP PLC $17.1 billion for its 50 percent stake in TNK-BP.

Third-quarter profit of UPS, the world’s No.1 package-delivery company, is expected to match year-earlier results.

India Monday reiterated its compulsion to depend on the Iranian oil to meet its increasing energy demands.

After some regions around the country reported record-high gas prices, the shock of high gas prices is set to lessen a bit.

A small plane crashed off the coast of New York's Long Island on Saturday.

Poles are considering hydraulic fracturing in pursuit of oil and gas as their ticket to energy independence, but even they have doubts.

Mayor Thomas Menino is seeking to preemptively dissuade Trojan from distributing its sex toys in front of Boston City Hall

Caterpillar is expected to report higher third-quarter earnings Monday, despite a challenging economic environment.

In a move aimed at boosting insourcing work from outside contractors, leading automaker General Motors (GM) plans to hire 3000 Hewlett Packard (HP) employees who previously executed information technology work for the organization.

The World Trade Organization forbade China Thursday to impose duties on certain U.S. steel exports, in a case affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania.