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Elderly Florida woman run over by purse thief

The man could be seen in the video sneaking up behind the woman and grabbing her purse before making a dash for the door. The woman chased the man into the pa...

Macron pledges to raise French minimum wage in response to protests

Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday the government could delay some payroll taxes, but expressed resistance to restoring the wealth tax or lowering taxe...

Trump told not to meddle in French affairs

What began as demonstrations against fuel tax hikes have ballooned into a mass movement over rising living costs and accusations that Macron, an ex-banker, only...

Qualcomm wins Chinese court order banning some iPhone models

Another patent involves the ability for users to manage applications using a touchscreen while viewing, navigating, and dismissing apps on their phones. Qualcom...

RBI Governor Urjit Patel resigns

He further said that the support and hard work of the RBI staff, officers and management has been the proximate driver of the Bank's considerable accomplishme...

Nissan seeks to block Ghosn's access to apartment in Rio

In a fall from grace that stunned the business world, the former Nissan chairman was arrested on Nov 19 on suspicion of under-declaring his income by some fiv...

Elon Musk suggests Tesla's new chairwoman won't rein him in

Mr. Musk said he is abiding by the terms of the settlement "because I respect the justice system". Musk also said he doesn't "really want to try to adhere to ...

For Huawei CFO, an idyllic summer playground turns into a prison

The announcement came amid fears China could detain Canadians in retaliation. Wang Yiwei, a professor of global relations at the Renmin University of China, s...

Elon Musk says Tesla may consider buying one of GM's idled plants

In an interview with 60 Minutes that aired on Sunday, Tesla CEO and prolific tweeter Elon Musk made it abundantly clear how he feels about the U.S. The T...

HomeUber makes confidential filing for long-awaited IPO

Uber's acceleration of the process comes after U.S. ride-hailing rival Lyft also announced Thursday that it had filed for an IPO, heating up the contest between...

Japan to indict Nissan as well as Ghosn, says report

He may also bee re-arrested for new charges that have not yet been made public, Japan Times reports. Nissan Motor Co said on Friday it will recall 150,000 m...

Clues in Marriott hack implicate China

Among the information that was compromised, Marriott has acknowledged such data includes names, mailing address, phone numbers, email addresses, passport number...

Project to create 1000mph Bloodhound supersonic car scrapped

On Friday, administrators at FRP Advisory announced that efforts to secure an investor had failed. In 1997, he achieved the world land speed record of 763mph ...

Wall Street ends lower after a down week

Losses for the S&P 500 were mitigated by gains for Amazon, Netflix and some of the other technology and internet stocks that have been hit particularly hard dur...

Southern United States Faces Wintry Mess in Snow Storm

They have few salt trucks, few snowplows. Sunday: Cloudy. A chance of a snow shower in southern Maryland and central Virginia. FlightAware , a website ...

OPEC cuts oil production by 1.2 million barrels a day

It is believed that it will have a huge effect on India and once again the order of the price hike of petrol and diesel may start. Following crunch talks in...

Canada's unemployment rate hits lowest point in over 40 years

Employment increased by 94,100 in November, with broad-based gains across industries of mostly full-time jobs, Statistics Canada said Friday from Ottawa. "I wou...

Amazon Go cashierless stores may expand into big U.S. airports

A source spoke to Reuters claiming that Amazon is working on a "strategy" to deploy Amazon Go stores in airports, doing so potentially as a way to increase ...

Microsoft's Commits to Facial Recognition Regulation after Its ICE Blunder

But Smith is anxious enough about the spread of surveillance systems with powerful facial recognition that he's calling for lawmakers to act now. In a move to...

Manufacturing jobs continue to rise in November labor report

These gains from the thriving labor market are widespread across many demographic groups. Employers posted 7 million open jobs, outnumbering the number of unemp...

Skoda reveals Scala and powertrain development plans

Skoda chief executive Bernhard Maier said: "We are starting a new chapter in Skoda's compact auto range with the new Skoda Scala ". The boot can be optioned w...

Oilpatch pain to be felt across Canada: Poloz

The bank's rate directly affects the rates that Canadian consumers get from retail banks. When the central bank hikes its rate, it makes borrowing more expens...

Lampert Makes Bid To Acquire Sears

Edward Lampert and his private equity firm ESL Investments have made a $4.6 billion bid for the bankrupt retailer, hoping to save thousands of jobs and continue...

France's Tax Burden Now the Highest of Any OECD Country

Therefore, in Greece, especially in the period from 2015 to 2017 - and against the global trend - taxes and social security contributions increased disproport...

Lyft files for IPO, as ride-hailing firm hikes rivalry with Uber

Lyft raised enough capital to increase its valuation to $15.1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported in June. It has been widely expected that both companies...

China to 'immediately' apply measures agreed in trade truce with US

To the European Union, shipments increased 6 per cent, compared with 14.6 per cent in October. Exports to South Korea fell from a year earlier, while in October...

Fiat Chrysler to Add Second Jeep Assembly Plant in Detroit

It would be the first new assembly line to open in Detroit in 27 years, and the first new US assembly plant to be built by GM, Ford and Chrysler in more...

Altria buys 45% stake in cannabis producer Cronos for $2.4 billion

Over this past year, Altria's stock (NYSE:MO) has fallen almost 5%, but its shares rose 25% Friday after this news was released and Cronos (NASDQ: CRON ) rose...

Southwest 737 Overruns Runway

Flight 278, a Boeing 737-700 that originated in Oakland, was landing in Burbank shortly after 9 a.m. when it slid off the runway and came to a stop after hitt...

Australia's controversial anti-encryption bill passes into law

A bill to force technology firms including Google , Facebook and Apple to give police access to encrypted data was passed by Australia's lower house of par...

Aston Martin Is Fitting Classic Cars With Electric Powertrains

Aston Martin Works expects to begin completing customer Heritage EV conversions next year. It proved so popular that Jaguar in August confirmed production pla...

New Jeep Wrangler Scores 1 Star In Euro NCAP Crash Tests

When the all-new Jeep Wrangler 4×4 was put through the same crash testing regime, it scored a paltry one-star rating . Automatic emergency braking, lane-keep...

'It's Really Heartbreaking': Dana Perino, Brit Hume Remember George H.W. Bush

Bush. In a 2006 interview with CNN's Larry King on "Larry King Live", Bush, who flew combat missions in World War II, read part of a letter he wrote his fiv...

China Hails Trump-Xi Summit, Says "Very Confident" in Trade Deal

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his USA counterpart Donald Trump recently held a meeting at a working dinner in Buenos Aires, reaching important consensus ...

Donald Trump Demands 'REAL DEAL' with China Despite Shaken Stock Market

It wasn't clear whether the preparations meant China would cut the retaliatory tariffs it imposed on those products, or when the purchases would happen. "Trump ...