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The Discovery Channel intentionally crashed a plane to ironically prove how safe they are to take.

Airlines raising fees on travel and luggage unfortunately is nothing new, but is Spirit Airlines latest $100 fee for carry-on bags taking it too far?

India’s Kingfisher Airlines Tuesday declared a partial lockout till Thursday following instances of labor unrest and strikes in the company while the Aviation Ministry warned the crisis-laden air carrier that it would not be allowed to fly if safety norms were flouted.

Braintree is rolling out a new feature as part of its effort to rebrand its mobile payments system into a one-stop shop that will scale alongside the companies that use it.

Swedish furniture giant apologizes for erasing women from Saudi version of its 2013 catalog. Here's a comparison of the two versions.

In a rare moment of good news, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) saw a jump in sales for its Playstation 3 console with the release of a new ‘super-slim’ model.

Walt Disney World celebrated the 30th anniversary of Epcot on Monday.

Apple's App Store experienced an outage Sunday with users being unable to make a purchase or download a previous purchase owing to a Terms & Conditions bug. However, they were able to make new purchases by 12:46 a.m. EDT as the issue got resolved.

India’s debt-ridden private air carrier Kingfisher Airlines cancelled several flights Monday, fearing a number of its striking employees might not report for work. The company’s shares plummeted 5 percent on the Bombay Stock Exchange following the reports.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A, BRK-B) will get just a shade greener as its MidAmerican Wind unit announced Sunday its agreement to buy two wind-energy projects in Tehachapi, Calif.

Take a look at how postal services are doing in other countries while you count down the hours to the second default of the U.S. Postal Service.

The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang was conceived of by the government as a symbol of the isolationist nation’s wealth.

Bank of America (BAC.N) said it will pay $2.43 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with investors who held its securities at the time the company announced plans to acquire Merrill Lynch.

U.S. coffee chain Starbucks Corp (Nasdaq:SBUX) will launch its first coffee shop in India by the end of October with Tata Global Beverages, John Culver, president, China and Asia Pacific, said Friday.

Spelling more trouble for the debt-laden Indian private air carrier Kingfisher, a consortium of its lenders Friday rejected the company’s Rs. 2 billion working loan request. The company’s shares plummeted over 5 percent in the Bombay Stock Exchange following the reports.

Five people including the gunman were killed and four others injured after a man opened fire at a Minneapolis business house Thursday evening, police said.

The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) reached an agreement with Chrysler Group LLC, Thursday. The agreement mirrored prior agreements with Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and General Motors Company (NYSE: GM).

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) has been aggressively pursuing global expansion. Coffee-hungry Scandinavia is its next target.

News Corp. is reversing its decision to block Google from indexing content from its paywalled UK newspaper, The Times.

The European Union asked the World Trade Organization on Thursday for the right to impose annual trade sanctions worth up to $12 billion on the United States in retaliation for illegal subsidies to plane maker Boeing (NYSE: BA.N).

Following the approval of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail sector in India, retail giant Walmart (WMT) has announced plans to launch its first store within 12 to 18 months through its joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, but the high cost of real estate may pose a big challenge for the low-price retailer.

Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) will post weaker fourth-quarter profits as a payment dispute with Express Scripts cuts revenue.

Sudan and South Sudan have reached a deal on border security and oil production that will let oil exports from South Sudan through Sudan to resume, spokesmen for both sides said

Hong Kong tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung is offering a $65 million marriage bounty to marry his lesbian daughter, Gigi Chao.

Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) is now the 5th biggest U.S. company by market capitalization, leaping from 10th place, where it was on July 14.

The "Sexy Little Geisha" outfit along with the entire Victoria's Secret "Go East" collection was removed for being "racist."

In review, the 2013 Nissan 370Z Roadster Touring shines as a value-for-money sports car.

The contract dispute between The New York Times (NYSE: NYT) and the Newspaper Guild is on the "threshold of crisis," The Guild said.

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) cut its profit guidance for 2015 -- one week after FedEx (NYSE: FDX), also a global economic bellwether, reduced its outlook.