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A.T. Cross Co. of Rhode Island, a company long known for its writing instruments, has agreed to sell the accessories business that includes pens for $60 million so it can focus on its sports sunglass brands Costa and Nat...

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The A350, the passenger jet Airbus created to compete with Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, has completed its first phase of test flights, Airbus announced today. Ten test pilots flew the first A350 -- known as MSN1 -- for 92 ho...

Restaurant employees say the owner messaged them to tell them about the loss of their jobs.

For anybody who knows New York City crime history, it's hard not to think of "subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz when reading about neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. Goetz shot four, unarmed black teens, paralyzing o...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- About 575 U.S. salaried workers are retiring as part of Pratt & Whitney's voluntary separation program, the jet engine manufacturer said Monday.

Arden Group Inc., the Compton parent of the upscale Gelson's Markets chain, said Monday that it is considering selling the company or looking into other options.

Apple is pulling a page from Google's playbook.

Apple has embarked on a hiring spree to tackle design problems with its "iWatch" wrist computer, bringing in fresh expertise amid concern that the launch of its first new product since the death of Steve Jobs could be at...

Officials from North and South Korea are meeting for the third time this month to discuss how to restart a stalled inter-Korean factory park which was a key symbol of cooperation between the countries.

By David Slocum

From EarthTechling's Pete Danko: Conservation groups won a victory last week in the fight over the regulation of biomass energy production and the strange thing...

McLaren's Formula One ace Jenson Button took time out from his busy schedule to drive the company's new P1 supercar at its dynamic debut at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed this past weekend. Button not only drove the...

Earned media is really just the digital-age term for word-of-mouth advertising. It's an idea that has grown hand-in-hand with content and social media marketing and the notion that a viral success can translate to mega-e...

Much of Hollywood took to Twitter this weekend to mourn the tragic loss of 31-year-old "Glee" star, Cory Monteith, who died in a Vancouver hotel room Saturday. But probably no one will feel the loss as much as the young ...

Anyone who plays football professionally knows that they won't be able to play forever. That means they need to have post-football career plans in mind. For some, Wall Street is the perfect fit. It's cut-throat, super co...

Shares of Polaris jump as much as 4.4%, headed for the biggest gain since 17 June

GitHub is shipping 'em like crazy this Monday morning with new tools for easy software licensing and smartphone coding.

Guest Post Simply put, if you want to really engage consumers, you've got to run a content-driven campaign and you've got to get that content to a large audience precisely when and where they want them the most.

Threeways in an Uber car are now really easy. Threeway fare-splits, that is.

Maybe we need a constitutional amendment protecting defendants from double jeopardy.

Emily Benson, owner of Boston's The Fashion Truck. Those of us that live in cities in the United States have had front row seats to food truck phenomenon. During the luncheon hours it's easy to find any number of vans an...