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Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week. Still, the reports suggested ...
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Young Americans Seek Careers in China
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China Says State Firm Profits Fell Last Year
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Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to ...
World Stocks Gain on Upbeat Asia Assessment
European stock markets followed Asia higher on Tuesday after the Asian Development Bank upgraded its growth forecasts for major economies like China and India and ...
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Japan's Suntory Holdings has made a binding offer to buy European drink maker Orangina from private equity firms Blackstone and Lion Capital, the equity firms ...
Singapore Cuts Citigroup Holdings to Below 5%
A Singapore sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it has cut its stake in Citigroup Inc. from 9 percent to below 5 percent, reducing its holding ...
Asia Stocks Up on Strong Growth in Taiwan, Thailand
World markets rose Monday as concerns that U.S. borrowing costs may be increased later this year diminished ahead of a testimony
August Leading Indicators Higher Than Forecast
A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the recession has ended. The Conference Board said ...
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Dell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business ...
Intel's Hardball Sales Tactics Detailed by EU
The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over ...
Emmies Show Acknowledges Decline of TV
A year after its least-watched telecast ever, the Emmy Awards plaintively acknowledged TV's changing role in the Internet age, bringing a collective sense of reckoning ...
World Markets Slip Ahead of Fed Meeting
World stock markets were modestly lower Monday as investors look to this week's Federal Reserve meeting for more clues about the strength of the U.S. ...
10 Mil. Jobs Would Reward Climate Action Says Blair
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes to break the "deadlock" in global climate talks with evidence that 10 million jobs could be ...
California Moves toward Major Tax Overhaul
A special commission this week is scheduled to recommend a sweeping overhaul of California's antiquated tax system, a move designed to bring fiscal sanity to ...
Japanese Giants, Taiwan to Develop WiMax for China
Three big Japanese corporations may join Taiwan in developing cutting-edge broadband technologies that will allow them to jointly tap China's
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The Ford Explorer, the hulking family-hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to define a new ...
Asian Stocks Rise on Growth Data, Europe Flat
European stock markets and the euro were steady Monday as investors weighed the results of the stress tests into 91 EU banks
Japan Exports Jump for 7th Straight Month
Japan says its exports in June rose 27.7 percent from a year earlier. The Finance Ministry said Monday that Japanese exports climbed
Disney Begins Sales for Hawaii Mega-Resort
More than 80 years after Mickey Mouse piloted "Steamboat Willie" and whistled his way into the hearts of children across the world
China Romantic Comedy Gets Fox Investment
Fox Filmed Entertainment says it has invested in its first Chinese film, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to enter the booming mainland movie market. The ...
AT&T to Sell Garmin GPS-Hybrid Nuvifone
After more than a year of delays, Garmin Ltd.'s GPS unit/wireless device hybrid nuvifone is finally going on sale in the U.S. Garmin, based in ...
Leading China Filmmaker Plans $91 Mil. IPO
Huayi Brothers, one of China's leading filmmakers, has listed itself on ChiNext with an eye toward raising 620 million Chinese yuan ($91 million) in an ...
Top Russian Tycoon to Buy New Jersey Nets
Could the New Jersey Nets become the Nyets? The basketball team once known as the New Jersey Americans is a step closer to being owned ...
Singapore Recoups Half of Big Loss from Crash
Singapore state investment company GIC said Tuesday its investments fell more than 20 percent in the 12 months ending March, but have recovered more than ...
Asian Stocks Rise on Yen Fall, Wall Street Jump
Asian stocks bounced back Tuesday as big corporate takeovers in the U.S. gave investors a new shot of confidence and the yen retreated from a ...
CNN to Charge Fee to Download Its iPhone App
CNN is coming out with an iPhone application Tuesday that has a feature few other news apps have tried: a price tag. There's been a ...
Japan Fears Deflation on Record Drop in Prices
The government says prices in Japan tumbled at a record pace in August amid growing worries about jobs and wages. The country's core consumer price ...
California Tax Panel Recommends Total Overhaul
A commission charged with reforming California's tax structure will recommend repealing the state sales and corporate taxes, flattening the income tax rate and taxing businesses ...
China Gives Bombardier $4 Bil. Hi-Speed Train Contract
Train maker Bombardier Inc. said Monday its Chinese joint venture has been awarded a $4 billion contract to build 80 high-speed trains for China's railway ...
Asian Stocks Fall on Strengthening Currencies
World stocks fell Monday after disappointing data from the U.S. undermined hopes of a fast economic recovery and a sharp strengthening in Asian currencies hurt ...
Housing, Jobless Data Show Fragile Recovery
Adding to evidence the recession has ended, housing construction rose in August and fewer laid-off workers sought jobless aid last week. Still, the reports suggested ...
Many Publishers to Start Charging for Online News
With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some ...
Meltdown Shattered Cherished Assumptions About Investing
The stock market bounced back, just as it has for nearly three decades. It just doesn't feel that way. Last year's financial meltdown knocked the ...
Young Americans Seek Careers in China
When the best job Mikala Reasbeck could find after college in Boston was counting pills part-time in a drugstore for $7 an hour, she took ...
China Says State Firm Profits Fell Last Year
Profit at China's top state-owned companies fell 30 percent last year, hurt by the global financial crisis, but assets have increased. The 141 banks, airlines, ...
Suburban Families Downsize from SUVs to Crossovers
Suburban mom Shana Rampersad is looking for a new family car, and it's got to be fuel efficient, stylish and roomy. That eliminates sedans, sport ...
Multinationals Break Vietnam Laws Promoting Breast-Feeding
Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has ...
Stocks Resume Rally After Brief Break
Investors popped the stock market's rally back in gear Friday after analyst upgrades boosted their optimism about the economy. A 36-point advance in the Dow ...
Arena's Obesity Drug Effective but Disappointing
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. says its obesity drug candidate lorcaserin succeeded in a clinical study, but the drug did not appear to be as effective as ...
Wynn Boosts Size of HK IPO for Macau Assets
Casino operator Wynn Resorts Ltd. will increase the size of its Hong Kong initial public offering for its Macau casino assets, as it looks to ...
World's Carmakers All Aboard Electric Bandwagon
The race is on among the world's auto companies to make electric cars go farther on a single charge, bring the price down to compete ...
U.S. Net Worth Grew for First Time Since 2007
Americans' wealth rose this spring for the first time in nearly two years, with stocks and home values gaining as the recession faded. Still, household ...
New Jobless Claims Rose Last Week
The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits likely rose last week, evidence that jobs remain scarce. Wall Street economists forecast that first-time claims ...
Kodak to Shore Up Balance Sheet with Capital Infusion
Eastman Kodak Co. said Wednesday it expects to raise up to $700 million through a series of debt sales in an effort to shore up ...
China's BYD Sets Sights on Overtaking Toyota
Fast-growing Chinese battery and automaker BYD Co. is thinking big — really big. It aims to overtake Toyota Motor Co. to become the global auto ...
Asia Markets at New Highs for Year
Asian stock markets climbed to new highs for the year Thursday after strong U.S. industrial production data boosted confidence the world's largest economy is growing ...
Google to Turn Digital Library into Paperbacks
Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks. As part of a deal announced Thursday, ...
Facebook Scraps Beacon Tracking to Settle Lawsuits
Facebook is shutting down its much-maligned Beacon marketing program, launched nearly two years ago amid fanfare only to generate a storm of privacy complaints over ...
Stocks Take Break from Rally Ahead of Fed Decision
Stock futures are creeping higher Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates. Markets overseas were mixed. Asian markets fell slightly overnight, ...
Choosy McDonald's Sets Rules for Potato Farmers
From the fields of Idaho to tasting rooms in suburban Chicago, potato farmers, researchers and industry representatives are in the midst of an elusive hunt: ...
Fed Likely to Leave Supports in Place
Nurturing a nascent recovery, Federal Reserve policymakers are sure to leave a key interest rate at a record low and probably will keep other economic ...
Ford Adds Low-Cost Compact to India Lineup
Ford Motor Co. will manufacture a low-cost compact car in India from early next year, the automaker said Wednesday, as it seeks to boost sales ...
Yahoo to Spend $100 Mil. to Build Brand Buzz
Yahoo Inc. believes a lot of its good work has been overlooked by investors and the media so it's spending more than $100 million to ...
World Stocks Gain on Upbeat Asia Assessment
European stock markets followed Asia higher on Tuesday after the Asian Development Bank upgraded its growth forecasts for major economies like China and India and ...
Suntory Bids $2.7 Bil. for European Drink Maker Orangina
Japan's Suntory Holdings has made a binding offer to buy European drink maker Orangina from private equity firms Blackstone and Lion Capital, the equity firms ...
Singapore Cuts Citigroup Holdings to Below 5%
A Singapore sovereign wealth fund said Tuesday it has cut its stake in Citigroup Inc. from 9 percent to below 5 percent, reducing its holding ...
Asia Stocks Up on Strong Growth in Taiwan, Thailand
World markets rose Monday as concerns that U.S. borrowing costs may be increased later this year diminished ahead of a testimony
August Leading Indicators Higher Than Forecast
A private forecast of economic activity rose in August for the fifth straight month, the latest sign the recession has ended. The Conference Board said ...
Dell to Buy Perot Systems for $3.9
Dell Inc. plans to buy the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. for about $3.9 billion as it tries to expand beyond the PC business ...
Intel's Hardball Sales Tactics Detailed by EU
The European Union on Monday published e-mail excerpts from computer makers and Intel Corp. to show that Intel pressured chip buyers into choosing Intel over ...
Emmies Show Acknowledges Decline of TV
A year after its least-watched telecast ever, the Emmy Awards plaintively acknowledged TV's changing role in the Internet age, bringing a collective sense of reckoning ...
World Markets Slip Ahead of Fed Meeting
World stock markets were modestly lower Monday as investors look to this week's Federal Reserve meeting for more clues about the strength of the U.S. ...
10 Mil. Jobs Would Reward Climate Action Says Blair
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes to break the "deadlock" in global climate talks with evidence that 10 million jobs could be ...
California Moves toward Major Tax Overhaul
A special commission this week is scheduled to recommend a sweeping overhaul of California's antiquated tax system, a move designed to bring fiscal sanity to ...
Japanese Giants, Taiwan to Develop WiMax for China
Three big Japanese corporations may join Taiwan in developing cutting-edge broadband technologies that will allow them to jointly tap China's
New Ford Explorer Lower, More Fuel-Efficient
The Ford Explorer, the hulking family-hauler that helped launch the SUV boom in the early 1990s, is back. And it hopes to define a new ...
Asian Stocks Rise on Growth Data, Europe Flat
European stock markets and the euro were steady Monday as investors weighed the results of the stress tests into 91 EU banks
Japan Exports Jump for 7th Straight Month
Japan says its exports in June rose 27.7 percent from a year earlier. The Finance Ministry said Monday that Japanese exports climbed
Disney Begins Sales for Hawaii Mega-Resort
More than 80 years after Mickey Mouse piloted "Steamboat Willie" and whistled his way into the hearts of children across the world
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