Walmart, America's largest retailer, has agreed to pay $25 million to settle lawsuits filed by individuals who were killed or injured by exploding plastic gas cans sold by the company.

Here's my take on cryptocurrency, how it works, how I used it, and what my attachment is to this digital economic uproar.

Humorous advertisements have been with us for decades. If you are a small company, why not consider commissioning one, or even producing it yourself?

The trend of increased North American oil production continues as Mexico moves toward amending its constitution to allow foreign oil companies in the country.

Bali - At a meeting in Bali, Indonesia, ministers from 159 member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) reached a deal that will make it easier to move goods around the world and streamlines customs procedures.

Madrid - Bankruptcies in Spain escalated sharply from 1,147 in 2007 to more than 9,000 in 2012, according to the National Statistics Institute, but experts say the worst is yet to come.

Based on the long lines, maddening crowds, and general human insanity observed in stores across the U.S. last month on Black Friday, consumers clearly still have a passion for finding deals in this post-Thanksgiving retail ritual.

Harford - In what has become a familiar setting for union contract negotiations, Hartford, Connecticut Pratt & Whitney’s machinists union is bargaining against potential losses of jobs instead of potential gains.

London - Without any real cat plan in mind, IKEA placed animal handling teams and five film crews in a London store overnight and set free 100 house cats and recorded their actions.

The same McDonald's employee resource website that has advised workers to apply for government welfare and sell their holiday gifts to make ends meet is in the news again.

The city attorney of Los Angeles sued Wells Fargo and Citigroup on Thursday, alleging that the two companies engaged in mortgage discrimination, which led to foreclosures in minority communities.

Facebook users may never see the day when a 'Dislike' button appears on the posts that show up on their newsfeed, but they could end up seeing a 'Sympathize' button.

Sydney - Holden (General Motors Holden) are on the ropes. The Holden brand is has been the standard bearer of the Australian “car culture” for so long. The trouble is money. What a surprise.

Alfafar - The popular Swedish retail company Ikea is about to open yet another store, this time in Alfafar in the Valencian community of Spain. They have 400 jobs on offer, but received applications from 20,000 people, crashing their server capacity.

In a push for higher pay, fast-food workers in nearly 100 cities will walk off the job on Thursday, according to protest organizers.

Recession-weary shoppers used smartphones and tablet computers to home in on the best deals, but the 2013 Christmas shopping season still got off to a disappointing start, analysts say.

Detroit - In the greatest blow to local government unions in American history, a federal judge ruled Tuesday that the city of Detroit can use bankruptcy to cut city employee pensions in order to lift their crushing financial weight from city finances.

Sydney - A 17 year old apprentice in Bathurst, Australia, was allegedly subjected to horrifying abuse according to testimony heard before the New South Wales coroner. Incidents have been reported which indicate various forms of assault, verbal and physical.

Gothenberg’s streets could soon become a very weird place when Volvo, Sweden’s other iconic car brand, puts 100 driverless test cars on the road.