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A new study has found that immigrant women, who toil in the US food industry, suffer sexual harassment, wage theft and other forms of abuse at work.

How much was accomplished at the just-concluded G20 summit in Seoul, South Korea likely depends upon whom you are asking. While some observers feel the summit cannot really do anything to address the fundamental differences between diametrically opposed economies (see: U.S. vs. China), others feel that progress of any such summit has to be measured in slow, patient doses.

Ford Motors has announced the list of cities, which shall receive the first all-electric passenger car Focus Electric, which debuts in late 2011.

As the 2010 election is over, a new study says companies engaging in corporate political activities are making higher profits.

Plenty of research - from sources like GE and Deloitte, to name a few - has shown that range anxiety, or the fear of running out of battery charge in the middle of the road, is one of the biggest factors scaring consumers away from electric vehicles (EVs).

Dumb money is beginning to pour into gold. However, gold fever has not yet taken over the public imagination and there are still many potential buyers on the sidelines. The rally is therefore likely to continue.

Home foreclosures in the U.S. in October fell by 9 percent primarily because some major banks temporarily froze foreclosure proceedings and delayed sales of foreclosed properties nationwide after being criticized for shoddy paperwork, according to real estate data company RealtyTrac.

Motorola responds to Microsoft's patent lawsuit with one of their own.

Sixty-four percent of Americans support death penalty for those convicted of murder while one of two Americans feels death penalty is not imposed often enough, Gallup's annual Crime Survey has revealed.

For big U.S. banks, Basel III will likely have limited impact in the short-term because of its generous phase-in timeline

The federal government has committed at least $8-billion (and counting) for the development of a nationwide high-speed intercity passenger railway system in almost three-dozen states. Rail advocates have long dreamed of an extensive railway grid that will provide clean, speedy, energy-efficient travel.

Suze Orman speaks to IBTimes about the current economic situation for Americans and gives advice to people with underwater mortgages and seniors living on fixed income.