Is there a way to get a quick-read on the U.S. economy, for those who are time-pressed, and don't have time to review the latest economic reports from the U.S. Federal Reserve? Indeed there is: review the performance of diversified industrial giant General Electric (GE).
An American blogger and her husband came across an genuine-looking Apple Store in the city of Kunming, more than 1,000 miles from the nearest genuine Apple stores in Beijing and Shanghai. The store has signs and products which look so real that even its employees thought they were working for Steve Jobs, reported The Daily Mail. But notice, a real Apple Store would not put up an Apple Store sign.
Russia, which boycotted the Nobel ceremony on Friday, suggested that the Norwegian Committee should award a peace prize to Julian Assange. In an unusual move, Moscow called upon Rights group to rally support for the whistle-blower. Meanwhile, snubbing the communist China, the Nobel Prize committee has called for the immediate release of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
A malicious new sophisticated Trojan malware targeted at Android smartphones has appeared in China.
Obesity is becoming serious problem among Chinese youth as the Asian giant prospers and increasingly adopts Western customs and lifestyles.
Silicon Valley's old guard is waking up to the fact that the era of consumer PC may be in its twilight, accelerating the need to invest and adapt to rapidly changing tastes.
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As it sells off its flagship aircraft carriers over a government website, Britain is finding enthusiastic interest from an unexpected group -- Chinese businessmen potentially keen enough to outbid any other rivals.
McDonald's Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as low prices brought in strong sales in Europe and the United States. The company's share price rose 3.1 percent.
There are troubling signs of discontent and frustration among the poor and middle-class.
Customers at an Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming berated staff and demanded refunds on Friday after the shop was revealed to be an elaborate fake, sparking a media and Internet frenzy.
An American blogger who stumbled upon a near flawless fake Apple Store in China has become an Internet sensation after her post went viral and triggered a feisty debate about piracy in the world's second largest economy.
So strong is the appeal of the Apple brand in China, some Chinese are willing to sell a kidney to pay for its gadgets.
Clinton and other Asian government officials are meeting at a summit on the island of Bali to address a number of regional issues.
GE's stock opened in positive territory Friday after the company beat Wall Street's expectations in second quarter earnings. GE was upbeat about the future, including the latter half of 2011 and into 2012.
A fake Apple Store was found in the Chinese city of Kunming by American blogger BirdAbroad. Even the staff of the store had no idea it was a fake.
A fake Apple store in China, made famous by a blog that said even the staff working there didn't realize it was a bogus outlet, is probably the most audacious example to date of the risks Western companies face in the booming Chinese market.
POSCO <005490.KS>, the world's No.3 steelmaker, warned of weakening demand growth and persistently high input costs in the second half, after posting a 17 percent fall in quarterly operating profit.
So strong is the appeal of the Apple brand in China, some Chinese are willing to sell a kidney to pay for its gadgets.
POSCO <005490.KS>, the world's No.3 steelmaker, met market expectations with a 17 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Friday, hurt by firm raw material costs and cheaper products from Japanese rivals after the March 11 earthquake.
Good demand for Volvo's trucks in the face of macroeconomic uncertainty led to record second-quarter operating profit and boosted its shares on Friday.
Volvo stuck to its forecast for 2011 truck market sales and cut its outlook for the market for construction equipment due to a softer China, when reporting second-quarter earnings that met expectations.
