Stocks fell on Monday, joining a global equities sell-off, as a slowdown in manufacturing growth and a stronger U.S. dollar clouded the outlook for earnings.
Despite being the ‘heir apparent’ to the top post of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde has cautioned that her candidacy might be premature.
Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) say the Foxconn explosion was definitely preventable and caused by the manufacturer's negligence.
Infosys Technologies, India’s second largest outsourcer, continued its expansion in China by setting up a new campus at the Zizhu Science and Technology Park in Shanghai and planned investment up to $150 million, reports said
Manufacturers in Europe and China tapped the brakes this month and price pressures eased as tighter policy measures to control inflation began to bite, purchasing managers' indexes showed on Monday.
The solid demand for gold is not supported just by private individuals and panicky investors, but countries like China, India and Russia are ramping up investment in the yellow metal.
China's largest listed car distributor Pangda Automobile Trade Co Ltd <601258.SS> has started initial procedural talks to gain Chinese regulatory approval to invest in Swedish car maker Saab.
US President Barack Obama is ready to order more covert operations inside Pakistan, similar to the May 2 attack that killed Osama Bin laden to target Al Qaeda or Taliban leaders in order to protect America and its allies.
China's State Council has issued a national guideline to promote sustainable and healthy development of the nation's rare earth industry.
After Chinese government tightened the monetary policy in April for four times, the manufacturing growth of the country slowed in May, while price pressures eased, according to a survey showed on Monday, Reuters reported.
Foxconn Technology Co Ltd on Sunday confirmed that a third person has died following a large explosion at a plant in southwestern China on Friday that local media have linked to production of Apple's iPad 2.
Even after learning that no devastating earthquake struck New Zealand, Australia, China or the consequent countries in the time zone chain, some steadfast followers of Harold Camping's church are reportedly still out on the streets carrying signs as of Saturday May 21st, 3 p.m. EST.
Since the shocking discovery (and subsequent) assassination of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in early May in a compound in Pakistan, rumors have swirled that authorities in Islamabad have been harboring and protecting the world’s most wanted man all these years.
The dollar may need to make room for the Euro and the Renminbi as the rise of economic strength and influence of emerging markets threaten its dominant position as the world's currency.
The president of Family Radio Harold Camping's Doomsday predication failed and didn't happen. Many people are openly mocking it now.
MOSCOW, May 21 - Russia's oil pipeline monopoly said on Saturday it would appeal a court ruling ordering it to release board meeting minutes, saying an anti-corruption blogger wanted the information as part of a conspiracy against Russia.
There has been no New Zealand earthquake – none of the apocalyptical proportion that Harold Camping expected – and he has just been proven a false prophet.
As the U.S. Geological Survey recorded over 12 earthquakes across the world on Saturday, May 21, 2011, which was predicted to be doomsday or the end of the world, we bring here a brief about earthquakes that jolted the world on the same day in the past.
A report by Chinese police said a company controlled by Ai Weiwei, one of China's best-recognized contemporary artists, has evaded a big amount of tax payment which indicated the first economic crime after his arrest and has triggered an international outcry
A convoy from North Korea traveled to the northeast Chinese city of Changchun on Saturday.
A secretive team from North Korea visited north eastern city of Changchun in China on late on Friday, reported Reuters.
Apple Inc said on Friday it was working with Foxconn, its main contract producer for gadgets, to understand the cause of an explosion at a factory in China that local media have linked to the technology giant's iPad 2 production.
