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A boom in oil shipments by rail and a spate of derailments across North America have put heightened focus on rail safety.

Britain's Treasury Committee has called HSBC's chairman and CEO to give evidence on the matter Feb. 25, Reuters reported.

A leaked document indicates the agency is considering minimal regulation of the use of certain drones, citing economic and social benefits.

A bill to be presented in the national assembly this month is formally called the "Conglomerates Ethical Management Special Law" but has been nicknamed the Cho Hyun-ah law.

The nation’s newest solar thermal power plant prepares to come on-line as support for the technology has waned.

Genetically altered to resist browning, the apples were developed by the Canadian company Okanagan Specialty Fruits.

The vehicle reportedly resembles a minivan, and will not have any of the self-driving functionality that its rival Google has been developing.

At least 16 were killed and 30 injured in a collision between a freight train and a bus on a highway in the north of Mexico Friday evening, an emergency official said.

As many as half of car owners ignore efforts to get flawed vehicles repaired as they casually accept the risks.

Holmes, a 26-year-old mother of four, plans to use the money to pay for a new house and for her children's college tuition.

It's been a year since Venezuelans launched mass protests over crime and the economy. Things are even worse now.

The world’s second-largest maker of aircraft engines is being hit hard by a decline in its marine offshore business.

KuaiDi and Didi may join forces ahead of Uber's planned entry into the country's car-service booking app market, according to a published report.

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A new report released Thursday revealed the 100 most overpaid CEOs at S&P 500 companies, whose pay have skyrocketed.

The bank is believed to have hired Chinese officials' children as a way of securing investment work from the government.

The head of America’s second-largest port says recent delays will double idling cargo ships off the coast of Los Angeles.

Chemists witnessed -- for the first time -- the birth of a molecule in a breakthrough that could augur new medicines.

The California tech giants this week announced separate clean-energy projects, in a sign that wind and solar power are getting cheaper.

Amid a carriage dispute, a U.S. congressman is asking regulators to look at how Comcast’s merger could affect smaller networks.

Activist investor Carl Icahn sees $1 trillion in the iPhone maker, but others aren't so sure.

Alpha Natural Resources Inc., a top U.S. coal producer, told investors it will make significant cost cuts in 2015 in light of tough market conditions.

The second U.S. airline flying the Boeing 787 will debut the Dreamliner from Dallas to Chicago in May.

Expedia has expanded into a travel giant after going public in 1999: It can now add Orbitz to its growing portfolio, which already includes Hotels.com and Hotwire.

Tesla is spending at a faster rate than expected, as it tries to become a big player in a capital-intensive industry.

The search for the TransAsia crash victims has concluded as all of them were found, bringing the final death toll to 43.

United, Delta and American claim the success of airlines such as Emirates is fueled by unfair advantages.

Some relatives of the Chinese passengers on board the plane met with Malaysian authorities on Thursday.

The executive, a member of South Korea's powerful 'chaebol' -- family-run conglomerates -- has stirred resentment in the country.