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The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, introduced on Wednesday in Germany, brings cars one step closer to autonomous driving.    

Laurene Powell Jobs has carefully entered the public sphere, pushing her agenda in education as well as global conservation, nutrition and immigration policy.    

Members of a Congressional caucus want Google to explain how it will protect privacy with the introduction of Google Glass.    

A report cautioned that government wiretapping of the Internet could pose “serious security risks” to users.    

Proposed changes on reporting leases, backed by the International Accounting Standards Board and the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the United States, are unlikely to satisfy many corporations.    

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted in favor of new rules to shine a light on risky Wall Street trading, but the commissioners softened a crucial aspect of the plan in the face of lobbying pressure from banks.    

Foxconn Technology has made progress toward better safety conditions, but employees are still working longer than Chinese law allows.    

Tony Hayward was appointed interim chairman of the mining company in the most recent management change since Glencore International completed its takeover of Xstrata.    

The company is scheduled to go to trial in June over the Justice Department’s accusation that it conspired with five publishing houses to fix prices on electronic books.    

A look back at what television executives offered Madison Avenue for the 2013-14 season.    

The department store chain’s former chief executive, who is now its new chief executive, is reinstating old pricing and promotion policies to lure alienated customers back through its doors.    

Stocks fell as a Federal Reserve official suggested the central bank could ease up on its monetary stimulus program soon.    

Johnson & Johnson faces a wave of lawsuits from patients who say they were injured when all-metal implants sold by the company failed.    

The Bayonne Medical Center charged Medicare the highest amounts for about a quarter of the most common treatments, a Times analysis of 2011 data shows.    

Jobless claims rose sharply last week, while housing starts dropped in April and a gauge of underlying inflation indicated weak demand.    

Google announced seven new apps for its Internet-connected glasses, including ones from Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, CNN, Elle and Evernote.    

Vikram Pandit, the former Citigroup chief executive, and his business partner Hari Aiyar have bought a 3 percent stake in the Indian firm JM Financial.    

As it grappled with a takeover battle, Dell said its first-quarter earnings dropped 79 percent as the rise of mobile devices ate into demand for personal computers.    

Two separate groups sent letters to Wal-Mart, Target, Sears and Gap, urging them to sign on to the factory safety plan that over 30 European retailers embraced this week.    

Ashok Subramanian, C.E.O. of Liazon, says he doesn’t want his company governed by a handbook, but rather “by a culture in which we hold ourselves accountable for great performance.”