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Exploration and production companies, many saddled with billions in debt and struggling to avoid bankruptcy after a 60 percent slide in oil prices forced them to halt most new drilling, had viewed exports as a lifeline of sorts. The White House signaled Wednesday it would support...

As written, a human driver with a special “autonomous vehicle operator certificate” would have to be in the self-driving auto whenever it’s operational, and he or she would be responsible for anything that goes wrong.

It has probably been the most long awaited quarter of a point interest rate rise in history, but the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has finally pulled the trigger by increasing the target range for the Fed funds rate by 0.25 per cent to 0.5 per cent. “There are pressures on some...

Buenos Aires: Argentina’s new President Mauricio Macri met with governors on Saturday in another major change of tone from his predecessor Cristina Kirchner’s confrontational style.

Adding to the commodity’s woes is the US Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to raise benchmark interest rates for the first time in nine years, boosting the dollar and thus making crude more expensive for buyers with weaker currencies.

Gorilla Glass is to be used by the Ford Motor Company on its upcoming Ford GT sports car’s windshield and rear window.

With the lure of Bourbon Street and the ever-present strains of blues and jazz in the Big Easy, Wambach came to the right place to call it a career, even if she had to see her World Cup-winning team suffer a rare loss. Her USWNT won two Olympic Gold Medals in addition to the 2015...

Mayor Mitch Landrieu made his remarks Thursday ahead of public comments and a City Council vote on the matter.

The November jobs report, to be unveiled later Friday, provides a last key bit of economic data for the Fed before a policy meeting on December 15-16 that may see the first USA interest rate increase in a decade.

The buildup to Thursday’s inauguration has at times resembled a soap opera more than an orderly democratic transition, and culminated with a last-minute judicial injunction obtained by Macri ruling that Fernández’s ended at midnight, instead of at noon on the day of...

The pharmaceutical executive reviled for price-gouging resigned Friday as head of the drugmaker Turing Pharmaceuticals, a day after being arrested in NY on charges of securities fraud related to a company he previously ran. He has since been released on a $5 million bond.

The company is tipped in the early stages of its effort, and sources indicate the service could launch in early 2016; however, because the project has only just started, it is possible the launch could be later in the year. However, two sources said Target hasn’t actually...

But Mr. Obama’s loosening of restrictions on USA companies doing business with Cuba has led to few deals so far, though many major companies have visited the island to explore opportunities.

“Macri has a very strong chance of settling this issue, mainly because he has the political will to do so and enjoys the trust of the markets”, said Jimena Blanco, head of Americas with global risk and strategy consultancy Maplecroft.

The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index was down 0.6 percent by 1144 GMT, while the euro zone’s blue-chip Euro STOXX 50 index weakened 0.9 percent.