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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...

  • Yahoo's new CEO Mayer takes on the mobile challenge

    Yahoo's new CEO Mayer takes on the mobile challenge

    By Alexei Oreskovic and Gerry Shih, Reuters

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Chief Executive Marrisa Mayer promised to modernize Yahoo's websites and make them more smartphone-friendly in her debut appearance at the helm of the struggling...

  • How Long Will China’s Slowdown Hurt U.S. Markets?

    By Patrick Smith

    China’s economy, after prolonged signs of weakness, now appears to be stabilizing. Good news? That is not clear, because it is stabilizing at a lower rate of growth . The great, big boom years—14.2...

  • Market Forecast: 3Q Black Clouds Could Bring Storm

    By Caroline Valetkevitch, Reuters

    U.S. earnings started the quarter on the wrong foot, and things have only gotten worse.Expectations for the third quarter were dismal, with forecasts for a decline in profits from a year ago.

  • Canada blocks $5.2 billion Petronas bid for Progress Energy

    Canada blocks $5.2 billion Petronas bid for Progress Energy

    By Euan Rocha and Stuart Grudgings, Reuters

    TORONTO/KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Canada has blocked Malaysian state oil firm Petronas' C$5.17 billion ($5.2 billion) bid for gas producer Progress Energy Resources in a surprise move that could...

  • U.S. says death toll rises to 23 in meningitis outbreak

    U.S. says death toll rises to 23 in meningitis outbreak

    By Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. death toll from fungal meningitis linked to potentially contaminated steroid injections has risen to 23 with one new death each reported in Tennessee and North...