Reuters

The pundits once said he never had a chance. But amid the Republican front-runner’s comments on Mexicans, Muslims and his rivals, Donald Trump’s popularity is soaring.

United Tech last week rejected Honeywell’s $90.7 billion offer, saying that pursuing a merger would be irresponsible toward its shareholders.

Shares in London Stock Exchange Group, which had a market value of $13 billion as of Monday's close, rose as much as 8.8 percent to a record high Tuesday.

Increasing competition between manufacturers and falling commodity prices also led to a fall in the prices of various goods.

Prosecutors suspect favors were extended to former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by executives of engineering firms Odebrecht and OAS.

The vote is expected to come during a meeting that begins at 3 p.m. EST Tuesday.

A federal jury in Manhattan found former Euro Pacific Capital brokers Daryl Payton and Benjamin Durant liable for engaging in insider trading.

Matthias Müller said he is confident of an agreement with U.S. regulators on a fix for diesel cars, vehicle buybacks and fines over its emissions scandal.

A Raleigh officer shot a man who was fleeing arrest, a local TV station reported.

Energy and healthcare shares lost ground Monday as the S&P 500 fell below its 50-day moving average.

However, recent strong data on consumer spending and durable goods orders have supported the view that the economy is regaining momentum.

Brian Deese was involved in leading the administration’s bailout of the U.S. auto industry and making budget deals with Congress

The decline in 2015 is expected to be the steepest in 25 years, with a sharp drop in the fourth quarter signaling the economy has yet to hit a bottom.

Fashion expert Nick Verreos sees green, white and purple as the Oscars' big color trends on a stylish but safe Oscars red carpet.

Catholic Church abuse movie "Spotlight" was named best picture, the top award at Sunday's Oscars ceremony, after a night peppered with pointed punchlines from host Chris Rock about the #OscarsSoWhite controversy that has dominated the industry.

After striking a supply deal with Morrisons, Britain’s fourth biggest supermarket, the online retailer could potentially ramp up competition in the sector.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently accused Philippines of “political provocation” in seeking arbitration to resolve the territorial dispute in the South China Sea.

The outlook, however, remains far from assured given global market jitters and weakening demand both at home and abroad.

The layoffs, some of which will come in 2016, are part of the country’s efforts to cut industrial overcapacity.

The Chinese utility group agreed to buy at least a quarter of the technology company.

Under a licensing agreement, the world’s biggest coffee-shop chain will see its first cafe in Italy open in Milan.

The first signs of a strengthening market outlook have appeared after a 20-month rout that saw prices fall by 70 percent, analysts said.

“I’m not here to defend the indefensible,” Australian Cardinal George Pell, a high-ranking Vatican official, testified.

Officials said the two countries are near an agreement that would include the U.S. helping India build its largest aircraft carrier.

The party released a video featuring Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz denying man-made global warming intercut with images of flooding, wildfires and droughts.

Daimler said the request came in response to a class-action suit pertaining to its luxury car brand.

Interior Minister Angelino Alfano pledged the bill would go no further.

Police Colonel Abdi Osman said the death toll was 17, mostly civilians, with 25 others injured.

Microblog portals were ordered to ban the account of Ren Zhiqiang, known for his bold remarks on China's economic policy, for “spreading illegal information.”