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Average new home prices in major cuties are up 9.9 percent, and even more in Beijing and Shanghai.

The $300 million theme park will feature 25 attractions based on films like “Rio,” “Ice Age,” “Planet of the Apes” and “Alien vs. Predator.”

Navy researchers are working on technology to churn the sea itself into a jet-like fuel.

Despite improvements in the housing market, 6.4 million U.S. homeowners still owed more on their homes than what they're worth, CoreLogic said.

As the sector experiences its biggest boom in years, the job share held by females dropped to 27% -- the lowest rate since 1971.

Nigerian Aliko Dangote plans to invest $16 billion across infrastructure projects in the energy, agricultural and construction sectors in Africa.

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Three studies add to the evidence that vitamin pills and mineral supplements do not prevent diseases or make people healthier.

Slower increases in food and energy prices caused the inflation to moderate to a multiyear low.

The FOMC’s Wednesday announcement remains in focus as data and Fed rhetoric point to the beginning of the end for stimulus.

In the last 8 years, most of the 37,000 “investor-class migrants” who settled in British Columbia originated in mainland China.

The FDA has said risks associated with antibacterial soaps may outweigh their benefits and have unexpected hormonal side effects.

Rising profits from sales of its jetliners have helped the company declare additional dividends and a record share-buyback program.

The session will focus on the economic impact of files leaked by Snowden on tech firms and address issues dogging the Obamacare website.

The compensation, if and when disbursed, will be used to reduce the use of lead-based paint in tens of thousands of homes.

Wells Fargo Securities and SunTrust Robinson Humphry put a damper on the new issue's stock party.

Ever wanted to ski the Italian Alps? Better make those plans soon.

Brazil has been in the market for new fighter jets for a decade, yet the government has rejected two of three bidders.

A plaintiff's attorney for claimants criticized strict documentation standards needed for claims on BP’s oil spill fund, arguing that thousands are left unpaid even if they suffered damages.

Two years of banking woes did not put a stop to the industry that supplies cash to small businesses.

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Tesla is moving ahead with its plans to go downmarket and will unveil its latest car, the Model S, in 2015, a report says.

China Everbright Bank finally admitted (sort of) it defaulted on 6.5 billion yuan ($1.07 billion) worth of a loan due last June.

MAC has relaunched its popular Heroine lipstick from the Reel Sexy collection. Here's where to purchase online and when to buy in stores.

Even though China is looking to curb carbon emissions, coal power plants will still account for the majority of the country's electric generation.

The Canadian government has made clear it prefers investment from private companies, not China's state-owned enterprises.

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London's famous insurance group broke with tradition when it appointed its first female CEO.

The German union is demanding better pay and formal negotiations with the Seattle-based e-commerce giant.