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U.S. government agency sued over sale of ‘certified’ used cars

The Center for Auto Safety and five other groups filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Monday for allowing used cars to be advertised as “certified” or safe despite being the target of an outstanding safety recall. The FTC reached an agreement in January 2016 with General Motors Co and two dealership companies, Jim Koons Management and Lithia Motors Inc , that allows them to advertise cars as “certified pre-owned vehicles” even though they might have an issue …

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Channeling Steve Jobs, Apple seeks design perfection at new "spaceship" campus

By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Inside the original Macintosh computer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs inscribed the signatures of his team, revealing his deep concern for even the hidden features of his products. The campus is something of an exception to the trend of radically open offices aimed at fostering collaboration, said Louise Mozingo, a professor and chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at U.C. Berkeley.

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Tesla’s Musk adds solar roofs to his clean energy vision

Tesla Motors Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Friday unveiled new energy products aimed at illustrating the benefits of combining his electric car and battery maker with solar installer SolarCity Corp . The billionaire entrepreneur showed of solar-powered roof tiles that eliminate the need for traditional panels and a longer-lasting home battery, which Tesla calls the Powerwall, aimed at realizing his vision of selling a fossil fuel free lifestyle to consumers. The…

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Wal-Mart stops selling Egyptian cotton sheets made by India’s Welspun

Wal-Mart Stores Inc on Friday said it will stop selling Egyptian cotton sheets made by Welspun India after the Indian manufacturer was unable to assure them the products were authentic. Last month, U.S. retailer Target Corp severed ties with Welspun after accusing them of passing off cheap sheets as premium Egyptian cotton for two years. “Welspun has not been able to assure us the products are 100 percent Egyptian

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NY Fed, Bangladesh Bank meeting on heist postponed: sources

A meeting between Bangladesh central bank officials and the New York Federal Reserve scheduled for this week to speed up efforts to recover $81 million stolen from Bangladesh Bank's account at the Fed has been postponed, officials in Dhaka said. A four-member Bangladesh Bank team headed by deputy governor Mohammad Razee Hassan, who also heads …

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IKEA to recall 1.7 million chests, dressers in China: watchdog

Swedish furniture company IKEA Group [IKEA.UL] said it would recall 1.66 million chests and dressers in China over concerns the drawers could pose a danger to children if not properly fixed to walls, China's safety regulator said on Tuesday. The recall covers MALM chests or dressers manufactured from 1999 to 2016, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said in a statement posted on …

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Icahn nods at Valeant interest, pushes for cash repatriation law

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn made a cryptic reference suggesting he has an interest in embattled drug maker Valeant on Tuesday, and said he was speaking to U.S. politicians about a corporate cash repatriation law that would deter so-called tax inversion deals. “I’m not in Valeant, well, I don’t want to say I’m not completely in it but I’m not going to tell you where I am with it,” Icahn said, when asked about the company at…

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VW says fuel usage understated on some models; Porsche warns

Volkswagen on Tuesday said it had understated the fuel consumption of 800,000 cars sold in Europe, while majority stakeholder Porsche Automobil Holding SE warned that VW's latest findings could further weigh on its results. The latest revelation about fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions, which Germany's largest automaker said represented a roughly 2 billion euro ($2.19 billion) economic risk, deepened the crisis at VW. The scandal…

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Honda drops Takata air bag inflators after U.S. fine, ban on volatile chemical

TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Honda Motor Co said it was ditching air bag inflators made by Japan's Takata Corp , after the top U.S. auto safety regulator on Tuesday fined the supplier $70 million and ordered it to stop using…

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Fed faces patchwork recovery despite near-normal labor markets

By Howard Schneider ALEXANDER CITY, Ala (Reuters) – As gleaming new factories turn out Airbus aircraft and Hyundai cars in Alabama's urban centers, this small town that once was home to Russell Athletics shows the dilemma now faced by U.S. policymakers. Economic recovery has…

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