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Palladium, which has been hoping to perform better in the coming months with auto sales zooming in several countries, witnessed a turbulent month in July.

Google Inc said its earlier report that Internet search services in China were being fully blocked could have been the result of a technical glitch that overstated the problem.

Google Inc said its Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, weeks after Beijing agree to extend the company's Chinese webpage license.

Google Inc said on Friday the firm's report that web searches in China were being blocked could have been the result of its own technical glitch that overstated the problem.

Google Inc's Web search and mobile services in China were blocked on Thursday, according to a message on the company's website.

Nvidia Corp shares tumbled 10 percent on Thursday, as analysts slashed price targets after the graphics chipmaker cut its sales outlook.

U.S. lawmakers will hold a hearing on Sept. 15 to consider whether U.S. government action is needed to address China's exchange rate policy, a key House of Representatives committee said on Thursday. China loosened its yuan, also known as the renminbi, on June 19 from a 23-month-old peg to the dollar but it has barely risen in value since then.

Sony Corp lifted its annual outlook and returned to profitability in the first quarter on booming demand for its Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles.

Sony Corp lifted its annual outlook and returned to profitability in the first quarter on booming demand for its Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles.

Nissan Motor Co and Hyundai Motor Co's forecast-beating quarterly profits may prove tough to match in the second half as robust sales in China and elsewhere start to slow.

Nissan Motor Co reported its strongest quarterly operating profit in more than two years as sales surged in China and other major markets, but it left its cautious guidance unchanged amid an increasingly murky outlook for demand.

Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top automaker, warned global car demand will likely ease in the second half due to a slowdown in key markets such as China, Europe and the United States, sending its shares lower.

Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top automaker, said its quarterly net profit rose 71 percent to a record high, beating estimates on healthy demand in the United States and China.

Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top automaker, said on Thursday its quarterly net profit rose 71 percent to a record high, beating estimates on healthy demand in the United States and China.

Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top automaker, said its quarterly net profit rose 71 percent to a record high, beating estimates on healthy demand in the United States and China.

ConocoPhillips , the third-largest U.S. oil company, reported a 150 percent increase in underlying quarterly profit, in a dramatic bounceback of its volatile refining business.

Gold and copper production in China may suffer a setback following the Chinese government's order to limit Zijin Mining Group's production at a gold mine located near a separate copper mine that was the source of a toxic spill.

An updated edition of a mental health bible for doctors may include diagnoses for disorders such as toddler tantrums and binge eating, experts say, and could mean that soon no-one will be classed as normal.

International Monetary Fund staff believe the yuan is substantially undervalued based on expectations that China's current account surplus will increase as the global economic recovery gains strength, a senior IMF official said on Wednesday.

The euro struck a two-month high against the yen and stayed within reach of an 11-week high against the dollar on Wednesday, underpinned by robust European bank earnings and solid economic data. But analysts said the durability of any recovery in Europe was questionable.

The euro struck a two-month high against the yen and stayed within reach of an 11-week high against the dollar on Wednesday, as markets stayed in risk-on mode on robust European bank earnings and solid economic data.