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Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc.'s (NYSE: MMI) launch of several sub-$200 smartphones for emerging markets will boost units but hurt average selling prices in third quarter, Jefferies said.

Japanese imports of rare earths from China fell 13 percent in June to 1,386 tonnes as a rise in prices made it unaffordable to many Japanese hi-tech companies.

China's latest crackdown on intellectual property piracy has netted more than 20,000 fake Tibetan-language text books, 90,000 copies of a well-known Chinese film as well as porn films, state media said on Friday.

Urgent efforts to avoid an unprecedented U.S. debt default suffered a new blow on Thursday when some fiscally hardline Republicans blocked a budget deficit plan proposed by their own congressional leaders.

SHANGHAI (Reuters Life!) - Hemlines are a little longer at this year's annual online gaming fair in Shanghai, as companies take to heart a government directive against vulgarity, a Chinese newspaper reported on Friday.

Scientists in Alaska have discovered the most complete leftovers of rare dinosaur fossil ever found in North American excavation history, known to be a thalattosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile which went extinct 200 million years ago in the Triassic Period.

Motorola Mobility which was spun off from Motorola this year managed to report a 40 increase in second quarter revenues largely due to strong sales of its Google Android-based Smartphones.

U.S. hog futures advanced on Thursday on renewed talk China may be seeking more U.S. pork, record high wholesale pork prices and higher live cash hog markets in the U.S. Midwest.

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To be sure, long-term, the U.S. budget deficit must be eliminated. But if policy makers cut federal spending too much, too soon during a period of weak demand, the result will be another recession.

The Chinese people are in mourning after two high-speed trains collided on Saturday.

In support of rock legend Gregg Allman and R&B artist Natalie Cole's battle with Hepatitis C, the Allman Brothers Band put on a star-studded benefit show at New York's Beacon Theatre. Roughly 130 million injection drug users worldwide suffer from hepatitis C, according to a study published online by World Health Organization said on Tuesday, "World Hepatitis Day."

Images from the China train wreck site, as Premier Wen Jiabao makes visit.

Ryan Lochte became the first swimmer to break a long course world record since controversial polyurethane swimsuits were banned last year while James Magnussen ended a far longer Australian wait at the world championships Thursday.

Volkswagen predicted a significant rise in operating profits this year driven by strong demand around the world for its Audi and VW cars.

Only a very small portion of these people are receiving anti-viral drugs to treat their condition.

Public health officials say roughly 130 million injection drug users worldwide suffer from hepatitis C, according to a study published online by World Health Organization said on Tuesday in The Lancet, which coincides with 'World Hepatitis Day.'

A new report from paleontologist Xing Xu and his colleagues at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, detailed the finding of a similar species, called Xiaotingia zhengi, dating back 155 million years to the Jurassic Period.

Fear the United States will lose its AAA credit rating or even default on its debt is driving foreigners away from U.S. assets, and the dollar is taking the biggest hit.

Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, reported a higher quarterly profit that missed Wall Street estimates as its international refining business and output fell short.

A tropical storm moving through the Philippines on Wednesday has killed 27 people and left more than 60 injured or missing, according to a government disaster response agency.