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Oil prices jumped on the signal that Saudi Arabia would work to stabilize oil prices, but the gains were quickly erased.

The "ask, ask tell" method may slow down drive-through lanes, but orders should be carried out correctly more often.

With Iran set to join the global oil market in coming months, experts worry prices will remain low amid a market oversupply.

If the deal succeeds, it would add to a list of similar ventures where Internet tycoons have been attracted to the ailing, aging newspaper business.

The retail giant has decided to start Cyber Monday shopping day 24 hours earlier, launching its deals Sunday, Nov. 29, instead.

Australian authorities reportedly said that the search for Flight MH370 will now focus on an area identified by a Boeing 777 pilot.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said Sunday that rental car companies charge unnecessary and exorbitantly high E-ZPass fees.

Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board outbid other buyout firms in an auction for the animals supplies company, said people familiar with the matter.

Executives of consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble should consider breaking up the company to improve its beleaguered performance, Barron's financial newspaper said.

The pharma companies on Monday confirmed a merger, valued at about $160 billion, that would create the world’s largest drugmaker.

A Turkish Airlines flight with 256 people on board was on its way to Istanbul from New York when it was diverted mid-air to Canada's Halifax airport after a possible bomb threat Sunday.

Tourists around the world have canceled holiday trips to Paris after the recent terrorist attacks there, which hasn't helped foot traffic at the city's annual Christmas Market.

"The fee per barrel that is paid as profit to the company‎ is flexible based on the risk which is considered,” an Iranian official says.

Led by Australia, the effort to find the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 already has covered about 27,027 square miles of the Indian Ocean.

The California maker of electric cars moved swiftly to inspect 3,000 vehicles and its assembly process after a customer in Europe alerted it to a seat-belt flaw.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has tracked two cases in California, two in Minnesota, one in New York and one in Ohio, with the latest case dating to Nov. 8.

From headsets to cases, there are plenty of potential gifts for Apple smartphone fans.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said VW used software that reported false emissions data in all vehicles with 3-liter diesel engines from 2009 to 2016.

The U.S. Treasury Department aims to prevent companies from moving abroad to avoid taxes. But big corporations in the midst of inversions aren't blinking.

Castrol says an oil change and filter service with the Nexcel takes less than a tenth of the current time. And it's much cleaner.

The weather in the Indian Ocean search area is also expected to improve.

Despite resistance in Hong Kong to its new technology, the automaker is seeking “hardcore software engineers," with no previous auto experience, CEO Elon Musk says.

The nation’s largest insurer adjusted its earnings forecast Thursday, citing losses from an exchange linked to the Affordable Care Act.

Several genetics experts voiced support for the FDA's action, but some groups opposed to genetically modified foods voiced concern.

A judge ordered Murray Energy Corp. to pay a fine after the company interfered with miners' rights to file confidential safety complaints with regulators.

The payments company led by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey was the latest Silicon Valley unicorn to hit public markets Thursday.

Low oil prices and regulatory concerns have taken their toll on the mega deal, as anxious investors await further key approvals.

A change of guard at the IRS earlier this year has raised questions whether existing spinoffs like Yahoo's sale of Alibaba stake will ultimately be treated as tax-free.

Meanwhile, the head of Audi of America said that the emissions scandal had not diminished sales of its vehicles in the United States.