American consumers' appetite for US car brands eased significantly in July, as the industry continued to slow from last year's record-setting pace, according to sales figures released Tuesday. All...
Tesla began delivering on a dream to make an electric car for the masses, rolling out its "Model 3," aiming to disrupt a world accustomed to automobiles powered by pollution-spewing fossil fuel. An...
Tesla began delivering on a dream to make an electric car for the masses, rolling out the first of its keenly-awaited "Model 3" cars, aiming to disrupt a world accustomed to automobiles powered by...
US petroleum giants ExxonMobil and Chevron reported big jumps in second-quarter profits Friday, the latest boost from a recovery in oil prices that still feels shaky to many industry officials....
Tesla delivers its first Model 3 vehicles Friday in what is likely to be a milestone for electric cars and possibly for the entire auto industry. The first 30 Model 3 sedans -- mass-market versions...
Jeff Bezos, the owner of online retail giant Amazon.com, briefly held the top spot as the world’s richest person earlier on Thursday when his personal wealth surpassed $91 billion. Bezos briefly...
The US economy gathered speed in the second quarter, more than doubling the growth pace of the first three months of the year as consumer and defense spending accelerated, according to data released...
ExxonMobil saw its second-quarter profits nearly double from the year-ago period due to higher oil prices and better refining margins, the company reported Friday. Net income jumped to $3.4 billion,...
British telecoms and television broadcasting firm BT Group on Friday posted a 42-percent slump in profits during its first quarter, rocked by fresh fallout from an Italian accounting scandal. The...
Orders for major US-manufactured goods spiked in June to a three-year high as civilian aircraft orders more than doubled, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. The monthly gain in durable goods...
A border standoff between Chinese and Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau has heightened long-standing tensions while ensnaring a tiny kingdom, Bhutan, between the two nuclear-armed powers....
Sales of new US homes rose slightly in June, hitting their highest level in three months, as demand for housing remained stiff, according to government data released Wednesday. But prices retreated...
Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are being radicalised by extremists from the Islamic State group, a security think-tank said in a report Wednesday. Around 150,000 of the city's army of domestic...
McDonald's reported higher second-quarter profits Tuesday behind strong comparable sales in key markets, including the United States. Net income for the quarter ending June 30 was $1.4 billion, up 28...
Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported a quarterly profit of $3.5 billion, in a sharp decline from a year ago, with a massive fine by the European Commission biting into earnings. The technology...
Wall Street and major European stocks ended in mixed territory on Monday amid a busy weak of US corporate earnings. Meanwhile, the dollar continued to weaken on receding expectations that the US...
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was a no-show Monday at a televised debate ahead of August 8 elections, leaving his main rival Raila Odinga alone to field questions. Both candidates had initially...
The jihadist takeover of Syria's key Idlib province raises the prospect that the region could become the next target of the international participants in the country's complex war. The northern...
European stock markets ended the week down as the euro extended its gains on Friday after the European Central Bank said it would reassess its monetary policy stance in the autumn, fueling talk that...
General Electric reported lower second-quarter earnings Friday following a mixed performance of its industrial division as outgoing chief executive Jeff Immelt prepares to step down. Net income was...
