Getty Images German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at the annual congress of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) on June 20, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s efforts to form a three-way coalition government that wouldsecure her a fourth term hit a major setback on Sunday after a …

ALEJANDRO MORTIZ/AFP/Getty Images File picture released by Telam showing the ARA San Juan submarine being delivered to the Argentine Navy after being repaired at the Argentine Naval Industrial Complex (CINAR) in Buenos Aires, on May 23, 2014. The Argentine submarine is still missing in Argentine waters on November 17, 2017, …

AFP/AFP/Getty Images A vendor takes a nap beside a public ‘bomb-proof’ toilet in Beijing’s Zhongguancun ‘Silicon Valley’ area, 06 September 2006. It was reported 06 September that the toilet, which has received a fair amount of interest in the Chinese and Hong Kong press, cost over 800,000 yuan (100,000 USD), …

Getty Images Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Can-Am 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 12, 2017 in Avondale, Arizona. Harvick, a 42 old NASCAR veteran who’s been racing for nearly 20 years, partially attributed his long-running career to his 2014 champion win. Last year, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches extended …

Alexandria Sage | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk shows off the Tesla Semi as he unveils the company’s new electric semi truck during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, U.S., November 16, 2017. Plus, there’s nothing about Tesla that can’t be easily duplicated by other automobile companies, he argued. “There is …

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images A paramilitary police officer stands guard in front of red flags at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. Traditional friendship between China and North Korea represents “valuable wealth” for their people, China said after its special envoy met a high-ranking North Korean official, but …

Stocks have a good chance of trading higher in the week ahead, if the typical Thanksgiving holiday week trading patterns take over. The S&P 500 has averaged a gain of 0.6 percent during Thanksgiving week, and has been higher 75 percent of the time since 1945. In the years when …

“Justice League” reportedly earned $13 million in Thursday night viewings. That’s a respectable haul, but it comes in below the $14.5 million that Disney’s “Thor: Ragnarok” earned on Thursday night two weeks ago, when it sailed to a $122.7 million three-day opening. It’s also less than half the Thursday-night gross …

In the week leading up to Black Friday and in the days thereafter, the clear outperformers in the stock market are the retailers participating in the holiday shopping phenomenon themselves. The shares are already on the comeback trail heading into Thanksgiving week 2017, as companies including Nike, L Brands, Wal-Mart, …

Alexandria Sage | Reuters Tesla’s new electric semi truck is unveiled during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, U.S., November 16, 2017. There are still plenty of questions about Tesla’s new Semi, but there is no doubt it is innovative, and represents a number of firsts for the trucking industry, says …