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Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, Michigan Fiat Chrysler reported a better-than-expected increase in net profit when the company reported its third-quarter earnings before the bell Friday. Shares of the Italian-American carmaker rose more than 3 percent in premarket trading after the report. The …

George Rose | Getty Images A firestorm that began in Napa Valley’s Calistoga destroys more than 1,000 homes and businesses in just the northwestern Coffey Park neighborhood as viewed in this aerial photo taken on October 12, 2017, in Santa Rosa, California. State officials are calling the Tubbs Fire the …

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Billionaire businessman Guo Wengui speaks during an interview in New York City, April 30, 2017. Casino tycoon Steve Wynn may have played a central role in a U.S.-Chinese diplomatic episode strange enough that the Wall Street Journal wrote it was “worthy of a spy thriller.” The …

Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Frans van Houten, chief executive officer of Royal Philips NV Dutch health technology company Philips said on Monday its core profits in the third quarter rose 12 percent to 532 million euros ($626.11 million), as strong growth in China pushed sales up 4 …

Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images American and Japanese flags in front of a monitor showing a news broadcast of North Korea’s missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 15, 2015. CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Thursday that North Korea is months away from perfecting its nuclear weapons capabilities. …

Erik McGregor | LightRocket | Getty Images A Dreamer rally held by the the Asian American Federation and immigrant advocacy groups outside Trump Tower in Manhattan on Oct. 5, 2017. Nearly two dozen major companies in technology and other industries are planning to launch a coalition to demand legislation that …

Stephane De Sakutin | AFP | Getty Images General Electric chief executive Jeffrey Immelt (R), flanked by John Flannery in 2014. Former General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt used to fly with two corporate jets when he would travel, a nearly empty jet following the one Immelt was traveling in, according …

Getty Images A man plays Star Wars Battlefront II on opening day of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 13, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Electronic Arts shares tumbled Wednesday after the game-maker announced it was postponing the release of a Star Wars …

Philippe Wojazer | Reuters An employee works on an Airbus A380 plane inside the Air France KLM maintenance hangar at the Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Roissy, near Paris, France, May 31, 2016. Airbus Chief Executive Tom Enders said the company has offered to assemble some of the narrowbody …

“We estimate a $400 billion incremental revenue opportunity from providing internet access to under- or unserved parts of the world,” Morgan Stanley’s team said. Internet bandwidth from satellites is what the firm calls a “second order impact” — a way for internet companies to benefit from the increasing efficiency and …