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French auto maker Renault said Tuesday that it will file a lawsuit Wednesday against three executives it suspects of leaking confidential information about its electric-vehicles program.

French auto maker Renault said Tuesday that it will file a lawsuit Wednesday against three executives it suspects of leaking confidential information about its electric-vehicles program.

By an 8-to-1 vote, the Supreme Court sided with a credit card company in a bankruptcy case. The dispute involved the 2005 law enacted by Congress to ensure that people who file for bankruptcy pay part of their debt if they can afford it. Justice Antonin Scalia was the lone dissenter.

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Comverse Technology is likely to pursue a sale of its subsidiary Verint Systems in a deal that could fetch $2 billion.

Comverse Technology is likely to pursue a sale of its subsidiary Verint Systems in a deal that could fetch $2 billion.

A court heard the sequel to one of the Web's most storied legal quarrels: whether Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for the influential social-networking site.

A court heard the sequel to one of the Web's most storied legal quarrels: whether Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for the influential social-networking site.

American Airlines and Japan Airlines Corp. Tuesday set into motion the details of the first alliance since the liberalization of airline services between the U.S. and Japan, unveiling a new joint business that will operate on 10 trans-Pacific routes.

Verizon Wireless will start selling Apple's iPhone 4 early next month, ending AT&T's exclusive hold over the blockbuster smartphone and shaking up the industry.

Verizon Wireless will start selling Apple's iPhone 4 early next month, ending AT&T's exclusive hold over the blockbuster smartphone and shaking up the industry.

Bank of China, one of the country's big four state-owned banks, has opened trading in the Chinese currency to customers in the U.S., representing a symbolic endorsement by Beijing of foreign trading in the yuan.

The federal government needs to beef up oversight of the offshore oil and gas industry, says the presidential commission that studied the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In the final report released Tuesday, the group made 15 major recommendations.

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Most of the banks set to decide the fate of shopping-center owner Centro Properties Group by December have been replaced by hedge funds and other opportunistic investors.

Even as its U.S. parent bows to consumer demand for healthier products, McDonald's in Japan is ladling on the calories -- an unusual strategy in a country known for its healthy diet and longevity.

Even as its U.S. parent bows to consumer demand for healthier products, McDonald's in Japan is ladling on the calories -- an unusual strategy in a country known for its healthy diet and longevity.

Social-networking website MySpace cut nearly half its workforce--about 500 employees--as part of a major restructuring aimed at reviving its business after being eclipsed by Facebook.

Social-networking website MySpace cut nearly half its workforce--about 500 employees--as part of a major restructuring aimed at reviving its business after being eclipsed by Facebook.

The proposal would temporarily boost the personal income tax rate from 3 percent to 5 percent. The measure would impose strict caps on growth in state spending. If spending exceeds 2 percent a year, the income tax increase would be canceled.

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Housing remains one of the biggest challenges facing Haiti after an earthquake destroyed much of the capital last year. But recently, thousands of people who've grown tired of living in temporary camps have started building houses in scrubby, vacant hills north of the capital.

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If Julian Assange is extradited to Sweden, there is a "real risk" the U.S. would seek to extradite him, and detain him at Guantanamo Bay or subject him to the death penalty, his lawyers argue.