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FCA will resurrect a Detroit factory to build three-row Jeeps, reports say

The company will turn the facility into its first new vehicle assembly plant in the Motor City in 27 years and manufacture an all-new, three-row Jeep Grand C...

Altria Pays $1.8 Billion for Control of Marijuana Stock Cronos

It was also revealed on Friday, that they are also going to inject a further CAN $1.4bn (US $1bn / £830,000) for warrants, which would give the Altria a 55 pe...

Aston Martin develops 'reversible' EV system to protect vintage vehicles

Classic cars are not on their way out. "Driving a classic Aston Martin on pure EV power is a unique experience and one that will no doubt be extremely attr...

New Jeep Wrangler Scores 1 Star In Euro NCAP Crash Tests

Historically, the Wrangler has performed poorly in crash tests . The new Wrangler, meanwhile, comes with a seatbelt reminder and a "simple driver-set speed l...

AHEPA statement on the passing of George H.W. Bush

Melania Trump attended instead. The Daily Briefing host Dana Perino joined Fox & Friends Saturday morning to remember George H.W. Bush. The stock exchan...

GM's Mary Barra vows 'open mind,' makes no promises on plant closings

Gary Peters, will meet with Barra on Thursday, Dec. 6. A week after announcing huge job cuts and factory closures that enraged U.S. President Donald Tru...

Ted Baker shares drop to three-year low following harassment allegations

It is due to give a trading update on Thursday. It claims to represent 200 of the staff of Ted Baker. More than 60 people were said to have come forward wit...

China promises prompt action on USA trade pact

China's crude oil imports from the USA had ground to a halt. The commerce ministry of China assure the agreement signed between Chinese President Xi Jinping...

VW says final generation of combustion engines will launch in 2026

The company did not give any details about job cuts, but ruled out forced redundancies. Volkswagen said it aimed to reduce administrative expenses and achieve...

Amazon robot punctures can of bear repellent, hospitalizes 24 workers

One is in critical condition while another 30 were treated at the scene. In doing so, a concentrated form of Capsaican was released into the air and nearby wo...

The Cheesecake Factory is giving away free slices of cheesecake today

Customers can cash in on this sweet deal by ordering through DoorDash and using the promo code FREESLICE and an individual slice of cheesecake or layer cake w...

Southwest Airlines flight skids off runway at Burbank airport

A Southwest Airlines flight skidded off the runway during heavy rains at a California airport Thursday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Th...

Burger King trolls McDonald’s with penny Whopper deal

But, and here comes the sneaky part, customers have to be using the Burger King app to order - and be at a McDonald's . A new Burger King marketing promoti...

Trump says China trade talks to end March 1 'unless extended'

However he offered no new details on what China had agreed to with the United States. Yet, the flow of fentanyl continued and fentanyl-related overdose deaths...

Dollar pressured by falling U.S. yields; recession fears

Regardless of other possible reasons, "it is mainly indicative of worries about how long growth in the US can remain so strong". In recent weeks expectations ab...

Trump panel proposes postal reforms that could raise Amazon shipping costs

But Amazon and its CEO, Jeff Bezos , have been frequent targets of Trump's attacks, with the president widely seen as targeting the company because Bezos own...

China's Huawei finance chief arrested in Canada, faces extradition to US

Meng was detained in Vancouver on Saturday, the day Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Argentina and announced their deal. Meanwhile, the subst...

Markets slump after arrest of the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

The lingering trade dispute has deepened investors' worries that the prospects for global economic and corporate earnings growth could be dimming. Traders have ...

Brexit analysis not an 'exam crisis', Carney tells MPs

Mr Carney's comments follow the Bank's stark warning last week on the havoc a no-deal Brexit could wreak, with the worst-case scenario sending Britain into a ...

Oil prices drop amid rising USA stocks, OPEC uncertainty

Bulls in the industry are hoping that OPEC and Russian Federation will come to their rescue and announce steep cuts in the production meeting in Vienna next mon...

Trump asks OPEC not to cut production

Russian Federation has so far resisted steep production cuts. "If Mr. Hook has come to Vienna to apply for USA membership in OPEC , and this is the reason ...

Huawei CFO arrested for violating United States sanctions on Iran: Canadian media

Meng, 46, has been the CFO of Huawei Technologies since 2011 and vice chair of the company since March 2018. The statement said that Meng was taken into cus...

These are the 10 best places to work in 2019

Tech companies accounted for 14 of the top 50 spots this year, down from 22 tech brands last year. As noted by ZDNet sister site CNET , there are 29 tech com...

Audi planning 10 new fully-electric vehicles by 2025

Overall, the company's total projected expenditure for the next five years amounts to $45.6 billion, the company said. Interim CEO Bram Schot thus sounds righ...

RBI keeps interest rates unchanged

Ravindra Dholakia, however, had voted to change the stance to neutral. Moreover, the central bank had said in its October policy that a rate cut was off the ta...

Growth slumps to lowest in two years as businesses panic over Brexit

The seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index rose to a four-month high of 53.7 in November, from 52.2 in October, as firms highlighted ...

France mulls wealth tax changes as protests intensify

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Tuesday rollbacks on fuel taxes and electricity price increases in a rare televised address after France was roc...

World stocks sideswiped by Wall Street, US yield curve double whammy

Asian stocks slid on Wednesday, dragged down by Wall Street's tumble as sharp declines in long-term U.S. Treasury yields and resurgent trade concerns stoked inv...

Ryanair faces legal action over refusal to compensate strike-hit passengers

Passengers have made claims for compensation to the airline, but these have been rejected by Ryanair on the grounds that the disruption arose from "exceptiona...

Xiaomi Beats Apple in Wearable Devices Shipments in Q3 2018: IDC

The results for the third quarter of 2018 show Xiaomi's incredible growth: the company obtains 80% of its revenues in China , but it is now establishing its pr...