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The Trump administration is considering putting some of Amazon.com Inc's overseas websites on a list of global marketplaces known for counterfeit goods, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Industrial conglomerate 3M Co is exploring a sale of its drug delivery systems unit, which could fetch around US$1 billion, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday (Dec 7) that a Dec 15 deadline is still in place to impose a new round of US tariffs on Chinese consumer goods, but President Donald Trump likes where trade talks with China are going.

BUDAPEST: Hungary's competition watchdog has fined Facebook 1.2 billion forints (US$4 million), its biggest fine to date, for misleading users by claiming its services were free. The watchdog said Facebook Ireland had breached the law with adverts posted on its front page and help centre. "While ...

Elon Musk arrived on Friday at a federal court in Los Angeles looking relaxed in a dark-colored suit, as a trial over whether the Tesla founder defamed a British cave explorer with tweets suggesting he was a pedophile approached its end.

STOCKHOLM: Epidemic Sound, backed by Spotify's investors, is one of a new wave of music companies expanding rapidly on the back of demand for easy access to original music from commercial users, especially YouTubers. The global market for digital content creation, a rapidly expanding part of the ...

Frankfurt prosecutors have dropped an investigation into two Deutsche Bank employees accused of aiding tax evasion through a former Virgin Islands unit, although they have fined the lender for compliance lapses.

U.S. regulators on Friday said they had found political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica had deceived consumers about the collection of Facebook data and ordered the company to stop making misrepresentations about its privacy protections.

The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urged Uber Technologies Inc to take action after the company disclosed Thursday it received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault related to its 1.3 billion rides in the United States last year.

US job growth increased by the most in 10 months in November as former striking workers returned to General Motors' payrolls and the healthcare industry boosted hiring, the strongest sign yet the economy was not in danger of stalling.