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Aerospace engineers have built a reinforced pod that they believe will protect inhabitants from the biggest storms in the world. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake triggered a tsunami off Japan's coast that killed almost 16,000...

A former federal agent pleaded guilty on Wednesday to stealing bitcoins during the government's investigation of Silk Road.

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BERLIN -- A robot has killed a contractor at one of Volkswagen’s production plants in Germany, the automaker said Wednesday. The man died Monday at the plant in Baunatal, about...

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A Los Angeles woman has asked a federal judge to sentence her to probation instead of prison for violating laws designed to prevent money laundering.

ATHENS, Greece -- Contradictory polls are showing that any result is possible in Greece's upcoming referendum. The "No" campaign against the bailout seemed to be in the lead on Tuesday morning, while another later in the...

Cisco announces plan to acquire cloud-based security company OpenDNS for $635 million. The move, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter of 2016, is the company's latest attempt to enhance its security business.

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Greece's emergency foreign spending restrictions have left tech companies scrambling to fund web hosting accounts and other services. The ongoing financial crisis in Greece has left some tech companies struggling to pay ...

NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Greece's debt woes roiled global markets this week, and probably will do so again next week.   On Thursday, stocks ended slightly lower ahead of the long holiday weekend (U.S. markets are close...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Not only is the rest of the world unsure whether Greece will accept its creditors' conditions for a bailout, so are Greek voters themselves. A survey late Wednesday from polling firm GPO showed 47...

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- It's tough to trade a situation like the Greece crisis, because the headlines and the posturing in the negotiations are constantly changing and often surprising. Emotions like fear can creep into ...

Brazil's federal police have arrested another former executive of state-run energy company Petróleo Brasileiro SA.

Wounded by slumping PC sales, Intel announces management departures and changes.          

Schlumberger, Halliburton, Weatherford, Cameron and National Oilwell would gain if sanctions were lifted.

Co-CEO Walter Robb says 'we made some mistakes' in video posted to YouTube.          

Facebook revises its revenue sharing setup and is set to offer a so-called 'revenue split,' where 55 percent of ad revenue will go directly to video creators.

The 2010 oil spill killed 11 people and was one of the worst environmental disasters in the U.S.          

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US factory orders drop 1 percent in May; demand in key investment category also down

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