NEW YORK (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) avoided a potentially costly setback to its financially troubled mobile phone business on Friday as the U.S. International Trade Commission declined to block the import of its devices in a longstanding patent dispute. The decision rejected a ruling in April by a U.S. …

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government says gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, sending the economy of Latin America’s biggest country into a technical recession. The government statistics bureau IBGE said Friday that Brazil’s economy shrank 1.9 percent in the second quarter compared with the previous …

By Julia Fioretti , Brussels (Reuters) – – The European Commission will launch a study in September of the ride-hailing app Uber in an effort to settle legal disputes that have pitched the U.S. start-up against conventional taxis across Europe, three people familiar with the matter said on Friday. Since …

Associated Press/Mic Smith – Republican presidential candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, gives a foreign policy speech on the campus of The Citadel, Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Associated Press/Ted S. Warren, File – FILE – In this Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015, file photo, Okanogan County Sheriff’s deputies guard the entrance to Woods Canyon Road near Twisp, Wash. Three firefighters were killed after their engine rushed up a steep gravel road and crashed down a 40-foot embankment near …

By Ingrid K. Williams Travel + Leisure Fifteen minutes from check-in to gate sounds far-fetched, but it’s already a reality for travelers who fly Peach, a new Japanese low-cost carrier that operates from its own terminal at Osaka’s International Airport. Cost-conscious fliers already know about Europe’s biggest budget airlines, easyJet …

If you are traveling to Europe or the US soon it’s probably a good idea to review what’s in your hand baggage before you set off. Everyone knows that you will only be able to carry a limited amount of liquids in your hand luggage but one unlucky traveler in …

Associated Press/Chuck Burton – Kevin Anderson, of South Africa, returns a shot against Borna Coric, of Croatia, during a quarterfinal in the Winston-Salem Open tennis tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

LONDON (Reuters) – England batsman Ian Bell is retiring from one-day internationals to concentrate on prolonging his test career, the 33-year-old said on Friday. Bell, who has scored an England record 5,416 runs in 161 one-dayers, was left out of the squad for the five-match series against Australia starting next …

LONDON (Reuters) – Everton have signed Uruguayan striker Leandro Rodriguez on a four-year deal from River Plate Montevideo for an undisclosed fee, the Premier League club announced on Friday. The 22-year-old scored 19 goals in 71 games for his hometown club and Everton manager Roberto Martinez believes he will be …