A Florida company is giving new clients a voucher to buy an AK-47 assault rifle to defend themselves from violent crime. | The United States and Mexico on Wednesday signed an agreement aimed at resolving a cross-border trucking dispute. The longstanding disagreement had come to symbolize growing resistance, especially in the US Congress, to free-trade provisions with America’s ... | THE EU was under fire last night for seeking a ban on plastic shopping bags to fight pollution. | AN Egyptian businessman plans to build an abattoir in South Australia to export camel meat to the Middle East. | China tried to quell panic buying of iodized salt Thursday after grocery stores across the country were emptied of the seasoning by hordes of people hoping to ward off radiation poisoning after the nuclear accidents in Japan. | Chinese customers are set to account for nearly half the world market in luxury goods and travel by 2020, a report by a Hong Kong-based investment group said Wednesday. CLSA Asia Pacific Markets predicts China's share of global sales in luxury goods and tra... | A company based in Hawthorne is recalling 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef products because they may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. | Cars that were contaminated by radiation during the March nuclear meltdown in Japan are finding their way into the reeling nation's used car market. |