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 Mercedes-Benz USA and parent company Daimler AG have agreed to pay $149.6 million to settle allegations the automaker secretly installed devices in hundreds of thousands of vehicles to pass emission tests ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 Shares have opened lower in Europe after gains in Asia that tracked a Wall Street rally led by AI-related stocks ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 A former Hong Kong reporter at the Wall Street Journal has begun testifying against the newspaper which she alleges terminated her due to her union activities in a trial Monday ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 Competition among retailers for a slice of the $129 billion U.S. beauty and personal care market is fiercer than ever due to the ease of e-commerce and the advice shoppers seek on social media instead of in stores ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 December is a big month for fragrance sales in the U.S. Market research firm Circana says one-quarter of annual sales of high-end perfumes, colognes and other scented beauty products happen then ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 A mock funeral for the penny, which was discontinued earlier this year, was held Saturday in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 Tourists visiting the Trevi Fountain are now going to pay more than just the legendary coin toss over their shoulder ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new concerns about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business 

 A Kansas tribe said it has walked away from a nearly $30 million federal contract to come up with preliminary designs for immigrant detention centers after facing a wave of online criticism ​Read More  ABC News: Business ​Business