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The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Juan, Puerto Rico, charging the Puerto Rico Department of Justice (PRDOJ) with employment discrimination for failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

German automaker Volkswagen AG unveiled its New Beetle and claims it as the most fuel-efficient Beetle ever.

The global car sharing company Hertz Corporation is expanding its London fleet with electric vehicles (EV) for members to drive in and around the capital.

Toyota Motor Corp will resume production at all domestic plants on Monday in the aftermath of the catastrophic March 11 earthquake, the carmaker said in a statement.

Buying distressed real estate with cash is a great investment idea because distortions have made them extremely cheap.

Faced with its worst financial situation in over 30 years, Portugal avoided default on Friday by paying off maturing 2005 bonds.

A new study shows that most of the energy a computer ever uses is in the manufacturing process rather than when it s being used.

The signature blue beach house featured in the now classic Beverly Hills, 90210 which was inhabited by Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling, is for sale for approximately $9 million, according to a report by People.com

The world's first practical jetpack developed by a New Zealand company Martin Jetpack will be hitting the stores in few months from now.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has confirmed what many experts said all along -- that the spent fuel rods in one of the reactors were damaged and releasing radioactive material.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new treatment system manufactured by Neurovasx Inc. for large brain aneurysms. Maple Grove-based Neurovasx's cPAX Aneurysm Treatment System is for surgery on brain aneurysms that are difficult to manage because of their size and shape.

A 15ft-long, six-wheeled behemoth that on first glance looks like a cross between the Batmobile and a (very) stretched limousine, billed as the 'Superbus' was unveiled in Dubai on Sunday.

German luxury automaker Daimler AG and auto part manufacturer Robert Bosch GmbH plan to establish a 50:50 joint venture in the development and production of electric motors for all-electric vehicles in Europe.

CEO pay of the biggest US companies saw a sharp rebound in 2010.

Actress Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott are selling their Encino, CA home for $3.199 million.

Google goes green by investing $168 million in Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, California.

Intelsat S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced today that the launch of Intelsat New Dawn has been rescheduled to Friday, April 22 at 5:37 p.m. (EDT). The satellite, loaded on an Ariane 5 rocket, will be launched from the Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first test to help diagnose people with signs and symptoms of dengue fever or dengue hemorrhagic fever. Manufactured by Seattle-based Inbios Inc., the DENV Detect IgM Capture ELISA test detects antibodies to dengue virus in blood samples from patients who have signs and symptoms of dengue.

Nissan Motor India Pvt Ltd, the 100 per cent subsidiary of Nissan Motors Japan, has increased the price of its largest selling flagship hatchback - the Micra.

The US space agency NASA is expected to announce the final resting places of the agency's space shuttles Tuesday, on the 30th anniversary of the first-ever shuttle mission, according to various media reports.

The Navy has made a significant step in laser defense with its Maritime Laser Demonstrator system.

Endo Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: ENDP) announced an agreement to acquire American Medical Systems (AMS) (Nasdaq: AMMD), a maker of medical devices to treat pelvic conditions, for $30 per share or $2.9 billion in cash, to boost its core urology franchise.

Arsenal stakeholder Stan Kroenke is set to takeover the club after it was confirmed that he had increased his stake to 62.89% and will make the mandatory offer in an attempt to acquire the remaining shares in the club.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved molecular diagnostics company Cepheid (NASDAQ: CPHD)'s test designed to detect the toxin associated with a common bacterial infection that can cause diarrhea and other serious intestinal conditions and death in severe cases.

Japanese auto major Toyota Motor Corp and technology giant Microsoft Corp plan to build a global platform for TMC's next-generation telematics services using the Windows Azure platform, the carmaker said in a statement.

The U.S. Justice Department approved Google's planned acquisition of online travel software firm ITA, but it made the technology giant agree to several conditions and concessions. Even as the Justice Department concluded its months-long review of Google's purchase of Massachusetts-based ITA, the focus now has turned to the possibility of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiating an expansive antitrust investigation into Google to see if the company is stifling competition and getting i...

German luxury carmaker Audi has released the details of all all-electric Audi A3 e-tron concept, a vehicle that will hit the market sometime in the near future. The electric car is based on the 2011 Audi A3 Sportback.

In the run-up to the international automobile trade show Auto Shanghai 2011, BMW Brilliance Automotive presented a new concept of a premium-segment plug-in hybrid sedan.

The domain registrar and web hosting firm is estimated to have won over 20000 GoDaddy customers in the aftermath of the PR crisis brought about by the viral video of the latter's CEO killing an endangered African species.