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California prosecutors fine Ghirardelli and Russell Stover $750,000 for misleading customers; GM suspends production at several Michigan plants after a request from Consumers Energy.

Fox Business Briefs: Apple reports better-than-expected; Volkswagen holds on to the car industry's top spot in global sales.

Samsung to replace plastic packaging in favor of more environmentally sustainable materials; Google, Amazon reportedly looking into ways to harness information on consumers' personal energy use.

Fox Business Briefs: Fortune releases its annual ranking of the world's most admired companies; WeWork set to launch new kind of casual workspace that will function as its own branded coffee shop.

Fox Business Briefs: Google hit with biggest penalty imposed under a new European privacy law; British Airways celebrates its 100th anniversary by giving one of its Boeing 747s a 1960s-era makeover.

Fox Business Briefs: JCPenney is struggling to survive after fellow department store chain Sears filed for bankruptcy; wireless carriers stepping up the fight against robocalls.

Fox Business Briefs: CVS Health and Walmart are announcing a new pharmacy benefits network; Tiffany is reporting it expects record sales and profits for the full year.

Fox Business Briefs: Recall notices are going out to owners of nearly 170,000 Hyundai and Kia vehicles; Gymboree expected to file for bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years.

Sears gets another chance at life after the company's chairman reportedly won a bankruptcy auction; McDonald's loses 'Big Mac' trademark battle to Irish fast food chain Supermac's.

Ford and Volkswagen announce plans for a global alliance to development of commercial vans and pickups; Facebook says it will invest $300 million in local news over the next three years.

Fox Business Briefs: Gymboree expected to file for a second bankruptcy in two years with plans to close all 900 of its stores; Taco Bell announces it will test a dedicated vegetarian menu.

Some Starbucks stores will soon include needle-disposal boxes in their bathrooms; Better Business Bureau gives the company behind the popular 'Fortnite' video game an 'F' rating in customer service.

Fox Business Briefs: Google Assistant will now help you converse in nearly 30 different languages with new interpreter mode; Yelp names its top 100 places to eat in the United States.

Fox Business Briefs: Hyundai unveils a new car that can walk at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas; U.S. News & World Report is out with its list of the best jobs of 2019.