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U.S. approves 2016 BMW diesel X5 SUV after EPA review

The Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board approved the sale of the new 2016 BMW diesel X5 after government testing found no evidence of software to evade emissions standards, the government said Thursday. EPA spokeswoman Laura Allen said Thursday that the agency – along with California and Canada – was doing additional testing before approving new diesel vehicles.

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Ford to invest $4.5 billion more in electric car plan by 2020

Ford Motor Co plans to invest an additional $4.5 billion by 2020 in programs to broaden its offerings of hybrids and electric vehicles, Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields said Thursday. Fields said it will launch late next year a new version of its Ford Focus electric car that has a 100-mile range and can recharge in 30 minutes. Ford also plans to add 13 new plug-in hybrid, hybrid or …

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VW says only small group to blame for emissions scandal

Volkswagen said on Thursday only a small group of employees was responsible for cheating U.S. diesel emissions tests and there was no indication board members were involved in the biggest business crisis in the carmaker's history. Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch said investigations into the affair were going well, but the scandal was the result of a “chain of errors” and it would still take months to …

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Fed to guide on rate hike path with fresh language, forecasts

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen next week has to decide not only whether to raise interest rates for the first time in a decade, but also how to assure markets on the likely path of future rate hikes. The central bank has held short-term borrowing costs near zero for seven years and the last thing policymakers want is for their first rate hike to trigger expectations for future increases that could knock economic growth off track. Traders currently expect…

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U.S. jobless claims at five-month high; import prices fall

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose to a five-month high last week, but this likely does not signal a deterioration in the labor market as the underlying trend remained consistent with tightening conditions. The reports did not change views the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates next Wednesday for the first time in nearly a decade. “As we approach the end of the year, jobless claims have a tendency to be more volatile due to seasonal adjustment issues around the holidays.

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