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Carmaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has reported a 60 percent rise in net profit for the first quarter of 2018

LG Electronics to acquire Austrian-based automotive light maker ZKW in biggest acquisition in company's history

Samsung Electronics profit exceeds expectations on record quarterly memory chip profit

Samsung Electronics says its first-quarter earnings jumped 52 percent over a year earlier thanks to its mainstay memory chips that posted another record-high quarterly profit

Ford's net income rises 9 percent in the first quarter while company says it's found more cost efficiencies

Maryland has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with Volkswagen AG and two of its affiliates for using devices in cars that violated the state's environmental laws

The widow of maverick automaker John DeLorean alleges a Texas company has illegally received money owed to his estate from a deal with Universal Pictures for the "Back to the Future" movies

Ford's net income rises 9 percent in the first quarter while company says it's found more cost efficiencies

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Rising demand for travel gives Boeing a lift, pushing profit and revenue above Wall Street expectations

State and local governments offered about $1.5 billion in incentives to lure a $9.4 billion plastics complex to Louisiana

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says first-quarter revenue dropped 2 percent as a stronger pound offset encouraging sales of a new shingles treatment

General Motors is adding a shift at a Tennessee assembly plant that makes GMC and Cadillac SUVs, putting about 700 people to work

The maker of the much-debated e-cigarette brand Juul says it will spend $30 million to try to keep its products from underage users

European plane maker Airbus and France's Dassault Aviation have agreed to join forces in developing and producing a new European fighter jet

Japanese drugmaker Takeda has reached a preliminary agreement to take over Ireland-based drugmaker Shire Plc for 46 billion pounds ($64 billion) in one of the biggest pharma deals to date.

Chinese automaker BAIC announces plans to produce electric cars in South Africa as Beijing auto show highlights China's growing role in the emerging technology

Automakers showcase e-vehicles designed for Chinese at Beijing auto show

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand after months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand after months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators