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iRobot Corp, whose products clean homes and disarm bombs in war zones, expects to see better growth overseas this year as the United States, its domestic market, keeps a tight rein on spending.

Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke Speech At the International Monetary Conference, Atlanta, Ga. on June 7, 2011

Ford Motor Co said it planned to cut its net debt by 15.7 percent to around $14 billion by the end of June, continuing to pay off the loans that helped make it the one major U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy in recent years.

Muddy Waters is in the business of taking down Western-traded Chinese companies by publishing scathing criticisms of them.

Ford Motor Co's global auto sales will grow about 50 percent to around 8 million vehicles a year by the middle of the decade, Ford executives said on Tuesday.

Politicians should not play chicken with the country's credit rating, but need to focus urgently on finding ways to reduce the rising budget deficit, according to the head of General Motors Co.

Rains are more than welcome, but the Middle Kingdom is paying the toll for precipitation in human capital.

The shaky U.S. economy, facing stubbornly high unemployment and volatile oil prices, is one of the main worries facing General Motors Co, according to the head of the largest U.S. automaker.

Low-flying NATO jets have reportedly conducted a rare daytime bombing campaign on Tripoli, Libya, setting off huge explosions and also striking the military barracks and compound of Moammar Gaddafi.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that the size of the additional financial package for Greece had not yet been worked out and that the package will not include the restructuring of Greek debt.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that Indian officials had positive views on her credentials as she contests for the head of the International Monetary Fund , and that she hoped to get a view on China's position later this week.

Stock index futures rebounded on Tuesday, a day after the S&P 500 hit its lowest level in over two months, taking out important technical levels as investors grew more bearish on the economy.

China should guard against risks from excessive holdings of U.S. assets as Washington could pursue a policy to weaken the dollar, a senior currency regulator said in comments published on a website that briefly pushed the dollar lower.

U.S. stock index futures rebounded on Tuesday, a day after the S&P 500 hit its lowest level in over two months, taking out important technical levels as investors grew more bearish on the economy.

China should guard against risks from excessive holdings of U.S. assets as Washington could pursue a policy to weaken the dollar, a senior official at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said in comments published on Tuesday.

The U.S. dollar fell broadly on Tuesday after a Chinese official said the greenback could weaken further against other major currencies while European equities rebounded as investors picked up beaten-down shares.

Former South Korean Ban Ki-moon has asked for the support of UN Security Council for his candidacy for a second five-year term as U.N. secretary-general.

Big day for Apple and therefore for the rest of the world! People were happy watching frail looking Steve Jobs introduce a host of services, and one among the audience even shouted to the Apple CEO: We love you to which he responded that it helps. As the user reviews poured in following the WWDC, people appeared to be in love with Apple's ideas. But industry experts, rival corporations, music industry insiders and legal experts seem to have qualms about the possible implicati...

China's Sina Corp will launch an English version of its microblog, Weibo, by the end of the year for overseas users, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.

Toshiba Corp and Sony Corp are in talks to combine their units that make small and mid-size LCD panels for smartphones and tablet computers, and may sell a stake in the new entity to the Japanese government for about $1.2 billion, sources said.

China came out swinging against renewed allegations that it hacked Gmail accounts belonging to US companies, US officials, and Chinese political activists. Instead, it accused Google of lying about being hacked and playing political games.