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  • FILE PHOTO -The rear of a Lexus SUV equipped with Google self-driving sensors is seen during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

    Self-Drivings Cars May Change Where You Want to Live

    By Deborah Findling, CNBC

    Menlo Ventures managing director Venky Ganesan says that urban spaces will change dramatically once self-driving cars become widespread. "The average house is roughly 3,000 sq ft and it's been going...

  • Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin poses for a portrait wearing Google Glass glasses before the Diane von Furstenberg Spring/Summer 2013 collection show during New York Fashion Week in this September 9, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files

    Remember Google Glass? It's Not a Flop After All

    By Christina Farr, CNBC

    Google Glass isn't dead. In fact, it's a growing business. That's according to developers who license the smart glasses technology from Google Glass' enterprise-focused " Glass at Work " program...

  • Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

    Tesla Is Now Worth More Than Ford as It Shares Surge Higher

    By Robert Ferris, CNBC

    Tesla shares hit an all-time high on Monday, after the electric carmaker announced strong first-quarter delivery numbers Sunday that outpaced analysts' expectations. Tesla shares surged as high as $...

  • File photo of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk standing on the podium as he attends a forum on startups in Hong Kong

    Why China Is a Big Part of Tesla’s Future

    By Evelyn Cheng

    Elon Musk's Tesla is a growing player in China, where the global fight to develop electric, self-driving cars is raging hot. Hong-Kong traded Tencent, a company best known for its WeChat messaging...

  • FILE PHOTO: A Tesla charging station is seen in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. on September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

    The New Tesla Model 3 Could be the Safest Car Ever

    By Robert Ferris, CNBC

    Tesla's Model 3 sedan could end up being significantly safer than the average car currently on the road, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas. And customer preferences suggest that level of...

  • Marijuana Banking Regulations on the Way

    By David Ingram, Reuters

    Treasury and law enforcement agencies in the U.S. will soon issue regulations opening banking services to state-sanctioned marijuana businesses even though cannabis remains classified an illegal...

  • Wal-Mart's cuts 2,300 jobs at Sam's Club

    Wal-Mart's cuts 2,300 jobs at Sam's Club

    By Reuters

    (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it cut roughly 2 percent of total employees, or about 2,300 jobs, at its Sam's Club retail warehouse chain on Friday, its biggest round of layoffs since 2010. The...

  • Insight: U.S. pensions' funding gap closes, driving corporate profits

    Insight: U.S. pensions' funding gap closes, driving corporate profits

    By David Randall, Reuters

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corporate America is rapidly healing one of the last wounds suffered in the 2008 financial crisis. Large companies' pension plans are reporting among their best returns on record...

  • The Target Hack: Time for Consumers to Take Action

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    First, the hackers hit some 70 million credit and debit accounts issued by giant retailer Target to their customers. Now comes the news that 20 million South Koreans had their personal data stolen –...

  • Exclusive: Pentagon report faults F-35 on software, reliability

    Exclusive: Pentagon report faults F-35 on software, reliability

    By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new U.S. Defense Department report warns that ongoing software, maintenance and reliability problems with Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 stealth fighter could delay the Marine...