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Ford Motor Co began shipping its locally-made EcoSport compact SUV on Monday, hoping to share in growing demand in India for mini-sport utility vehicles, which are popular due to heavy traffic, scarce ...

Starboard Value LP revealed a major stake in Smithfield Foods Inc on Monday and urged the world's largest pork producer to explore a breakup rather than go ahead with a planned $4.7 billion takeover by ...

IntercontinentalExchange is set to win unconditional EU approval for its $8.2 billion bid for NYSE Euronext, sources said on Monday, in a deal that would strengthen its presence in the lucrative derivatives trading business.

Heading into Wednesday's critical Fed announcement and Bernanke press conference the investing world is poised to freak out in general over modifications to the existing quantitative easing program.

Beware of coming off as a 'Google Jerk' in public. It's easy to do, Virginia Heffernan tells The Daily Ticker. Here's what you need to know.

We’ve heard all about American companies providing data to U.S. spy agencies; this has ruffled a lot of feathers lately. But there may be some good news in the secret partnerships between corporate America and the spooks in Washington.

If you were shocked to discover last summer that the LIBOR market was being rigged, prepare to be flabbergasted: Regulators are investigating a number of global markets that appear to be subject to manipulation.

One of Smithfield Foods' largest investors is pressuring shareholders to vote against the company's agreement to be purchased for $34 a share.

Fitch analyst Charlene Chu has concluded that China's growth is fueled by a credit bubble that is unlike anything the modern world has ever seen.

Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.

Orchard Supply Hardware Stores has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, court documents showed on Monday, with rival retailer Lowe's Companies set to buy the majority of its assets for $205 million in cash.

Big finance waded into a rain-soaked Paris Airshow with more than $10 billion in orders for jumbo passenger jets as planemakers dueled over strategy for large aircraft on Monday. The world's biggest aircraft ...

Telefonica said on Monday it had not received any indication of interest from AT&T , following a Spanish newspaper report that the government had halted a 70 billion-euro offer from the U.S. company. An ...

Richard Suttmeier, chief market strategist at ValuEngine.com, on how to approach internet stocks like OpenTable, LinkedIn, Yelp, Facebook and more.

Republicans' hopes to reclaim the White House in the 2016 elections hinge on whether they support — or sabotage — the immigration overhaul being debated in the Senate, two lawmakers who helped write the proposal warn.

Top officials from the Obama and Bush administrations say the government's newly exposed secret surveillance programs have been essential to disrupting terrorist plots and have not infringed on Americans' civil liberties.

Are average investors better off since the financial crisis? CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton says: not really.