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The White House is working with bipartisan sponsors on a bill to protect data collected from students through educational apps - the first of President Barack Obama's "Big Data" privacy plans to gain traction in the Republican-controlled Congress.

French bank BNP Paribas reported a sharp decline in full-year net profit on Thursday, down 96.7 percent on the previous year.

Global oil companies are gritting their teeth as crude's slump cuts into their profits, but reports suggest Chinese national oil firms may be immune.

Even with $2.8 billion in pretax costs to fix more than 42 million recalled vehicles worldwide and $400 million set aside for death and injury claims, GM still managed to turn a $2.8 billion profit. It plans to raise the quarterly dividend.

Oil investors are still betting on a rebound after being proved wrong since October.

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, erasing an earlier advance, while the euro extended losses after the European Central Bank tightened the terms of Greece’s bailout. Crude oil resumed its decline following a rise in American inventories. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index slipped 0.4 percent by 4 p.m. in New York after a two-day rally. Energy producers and health-care stocks led declines, while Walt Disney Co. surged to a record on better-than-expected...

South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. has started domestic sales of high-end televisions powered by its Tizen operating system and plans to add washing machines, fridges and other appliances to the range of products that use the software.Samsung said sales of Tizen-powered ultra-HD TVs began Thursday in South Korea. The new TVs come in four sizes from 55 inches diagonally to 88 inches. The smallest model costs 5.49 million won ($5,000).The company's smartphones and tablets rely on Google's Android operating system despite...