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The Japanese earthquake shook the Earth so violently that it likely moved it from its axis and shortened the day.

Manufacturing in New York state rose in March to a nine-month high, while prices paid also accelerated in another sign inflation is starting to build.

Manufacturing in New York state rose in March to a nine-month high, while prices paid also accelerated in another sign inflation is starting to build.

U.S. stocks plunged in early trade on Tuesday, following sell-off in European and Asian stock markets amid fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan.

American folk singer Bob Dylan will perform in the Communist nation of Vietnam for the first time next month, according to his promoter.

Oppenheimer lowered its profit forecast on phone giant Nokia as the company is seeing greater than market seasonal weakness in demand in the first quarter of 2011.

The Internet had one overwhelming message for the world from Japan on Tuesday -- we're terrified of a nuclear meltdown and desperate to get out.

Brent crude fell below $110 a barrel for the first time in nearly three weeks on Tuesday as a deepening nuclear crisis in Japan and rising radioactivity levels heightened risk aversion across financial markets.

A new study by The European Fine Art Foundation states that China overtook the United Kingdom to move into the second spot for the first time in the global art market.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors were worried about the impact of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on the global economy.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Heckmann, Transcananda, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Clean Harbors and KBR, Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Callon Petroleum, American Oriental Bioengineering, Universal Travel, Dole Food and Wuxi Pharmatech.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Monday, as investors were worried about the impact of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan on the global economy.

Commodity bulls believe we are in early stages of a bullish ‘supercycle’ for commodities that may last several decades.

Investors hammered companies that build nuclear reactors and supply them with fuel on Monday as Japan struggled to avert a meltdown at a stricken reactor, on fear that the whole sector could be in for a downturn, in the short and medium term at least.

The United States is confident Japan will be able to handle economic challenges in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami, and does not expect the disaster to stall the world's recovery from economic recession, a White House spokesman said on Monday.

Following a recent blocking of LinkedIn in China, the social Internet network for professionals warned potential investors in its initial public offering that similar incidents in the future could hurt its value.

Some facts about US nuclear industry in the wake of a second explosion at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

Threat of a possible meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan has placed the roadmap of nuclear power as a source of energy on the back foot.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Star Scientific, A-Power Energy Generation, EMCORE, Gulfport Energy and JA Solar Holdings. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: USA Technologies, Neutral Tandem, NXP Semiconductors, Fushi Copperweld and Camtek.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it has agreed to acquire additives maker Lubrizol for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history. Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it has made an irrevocable, unconditional offer to acquire the animal health business of Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Co.

India has supplanted China as the world’s number one arms importer, according to a report from Swedish think-tank that keeps track of global arms transactions.