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Glencore shares slump as US probes 'corrupt practices'

It said that the investigation was understood to be at an early stage and had a similar scope to the existing US Department of Justice investigation. "This is...

Tesla's Elon Musk and the SEC have reached an agreement, report says

By reaching a compromise, Musk would avoid more penalties while the SEC would affirm the Tesla CEO's obligation not to release misleading information on socia...

Could caffeine be the key to boosting solar efficiency?

Graduate student Rui Wang from UCLA was drinking coffee with colleagues in March past year. They have yet to be commercialized, however, due to their poor t...

Contamination Halts Flow of Russian Oil to Europe

A model of a pipeline is seen at the main entrance to the Gomel Transneft oil pumping station, which moves crude through the Druzhba pipeline westwards to Europ...

Official election results released

Elections Alberta released the official results for the 2019 Provincial General Election on Friday. Unofficial results had estimated the voter turnout at ...

Stocks hit new highs in a late burst of buying

Stocks are closing at a fresh all-time high on Wall Street Friday, as investors weighed a report showing solid USA economic growth. The U.S. stock market opens ...

Lime Scooters Are Saying Rude Things in Australia

Unfortunately, some of their scooters have started behaving badly. As many as eight e-scooters, which are now being trialed in Brisbane, had their audio files...

CMA blocks merger between Sainsbury's and Asda

He welcomed the news that, following an in-depth investigation, a group of independent CMA panel members concluded that the deal would result in a substantial...

Netflix adds 9.6M subscribers in 1Q as competition heats up

While Netflix costs between $8.99 and $15.99 per month, Disney's streaming platform that is scheduled for a November release will cost $6.99 per month. Apple ...

Cenovus Energy Inc. (NYSE:CVE) Trending Above The Moving Averages

In variance, the average volume was 4.63 million shares. Officials say that shows the NDP government's plan to reduce production was "doing what it was mean...

Second-biggest diamond in history found in Botswana

Lucara's Karowe mine is becoming famous for giant stones. The company says it is one of the largest diamonds ever found and the largest diamond to be mined at...

Trump says he's spoken to Saudi Arabia about increasing oil flow

Saudi officials also say they ahven't discussed lowering oil prices with Trump. West Texas Intermediate for June delivery slid $2.37 to $62.84 a barrel on t...

Planet Fitness: Teens can work out for free this summer

Teens can pick one of more than 1,700 locations across the country and work out as much as they want from Wednesday, May 15 through Sunday, Sept. 1. More than 5...

New brand of infant rockers recalled due to deaths

For a complete list of recalled products, check here. Kids II has announced a mass recall for nearly 700,000 baby rockers after they were linked to the deaths...

Mopar unveils 986 BHP 'Hellephant' engine; pre-orders begin

The Hellephant name pays tribute to the 426 HEMI that was nicknamed the Elephant. There are other accessories including an expansion kit for an air-conditi...

Ford posts better-than-expected first quarter, confident of stronger 2019

Ford posted a quarterly net profit of $1.15 billion or 29 cents per share, down 34 percent from $1.74 billion or 43 cents per share a year earlier. The first-...

Ford: U.S. Justice Dept. opens probe into emissions certification

Last September, a group of employees reported possible problems with a mathematical model used to calculate pollution and mileage, prompting Ford to hire an out...

PepsiCo proposes settlement to Gujarat potato farmers sued by it

The out-of-court settlement would eventually depend on the willingness of the four farmers to accept the same or not. The company has argued that it is the re...

USA economy grew at strong 3.2% rate in first quarter

Pablo Shah, senior economist at the London-based consultancy Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), also said the data points to underlying weakne...

Tesla Model 3 to go on sale in United Kingdom next week

While some parts of Europe have received orders of the Model 3, the United Kingdom hasn't been on that list. While deliveries to left-hand drive mainland Euro...

Air Canada says its 737 MAX jets grounded until at least August

American Airlines extending cancellations of Boeing 737 Max flights through August 19; Coca-Cola producing bottles shaped like droids exclusively for "Star Wars...

Bitfinex Accused of $850 million ‘Cover-up’ by New York Attorney General

Bitfinex accused the attorney general's court filings of being "riddled with false assertions". The accusations were made by the NY attorney general and deta...

Debenhams announces plans for 22 shop closures

Debenhams has been placed into administration . Under the plans all Debenhams stores are proposed to remain open during 2019. Earlier this month lenders t...

More than 70000 travellers stranded on Friday — SAS STRIKE

It is now in the middle of renewing its aging plane fleet and faces rising competition from budget carriers such as Norwegian, Ryanair and Easyjet. "This stri...

How Lego is helping children with sight loss - CBBC Newsround

Each brick also has a printed letter or character on top to allow sighted adults and children to play and learn along with blind students. "This is particular...

Uber gears up for $90bn IPO

Uber is also set to sell about $500m worth of stock to PayPal in a private placing at the IPO price, according to Refinitiv IFR. Uber will face a host of que...

Pork prices to rise more than 70% year-on-year in H2

Data from the ministry showed that the pig population dropped by 18 percent in March, year-on-year, while the number of female pigs for reproductive use also de...

Woman arrested after complaining of vomit on Frontier Airlines seat

According to the New York Daily News , Swinney's 14-year-old daughter made a shocking discovery after she sat in her seat. She said she only reacted after he...

Alphabet (Waymo) To Manufacture In Detroit's Former American Axle Plant

Waymo is working with the component company American Axle & Manufacturing to convert an existing factory in the traditional heart of the US's car-making indust...

Amazon Prime to be 1-day shipping instead of 2

Free two-day shipping is one of the key benefits of the Prime subscription program, which also offers customers access to services like Prime Video, Prime Music...