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Japan’s GDP contracted in the fourth quarter more than economists had expected, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s program may need a boost.

Japan GDP fell more than expected in the fourth quarter. Most Asian stock markets rose in early Monday trading.

A Chinese economic slowdown, price routs in crude oil and other commodities, and all the related volatility have pounded the bottom lines of multiple hedge funds.

The summit will be held at Sunnylands, the same California estate where the U.S. president hosted China’s Xi Jinping in 2013.

Sales from dining and retails reached 754 billion yuan ($115 billion), with robust sales in traditional commodities such as food, tobacco, alcohol and clothes.

Central bank chief Zhou Xiaochuan says China has enough foreign-exchange assets to fulfill its trade commitments and defend the stability of its currency.

Banking union regulations shouldn’t be loosened, even after weeks of falling bank share prices, Jeroen Dijsselbloem said.

The latest State Department disclosures, some appearing to contain classified information, arrived shortly before Nevada's caucus and South Carolina's primary.

While Valentine’s Day is mostly a Western tradition, given its roots in Christianity, the holiday has caught on in countries around the world in recent years.

More than 60 such banks handled $152 billion in transactions last year, prompting government action.

The deployment comes ahead of talks next week to set up an even more sophisticated U.S. missile defense system in South Korea.

The stake made the Chinese e-commerce giant the fourth-largest stakeholder in Groupon, which had lost about 90 percent of its value since going public four years back.

NTT Data may seek to buy only pieces of Perot Systems in the event it cannot agree with Dell on a price for the entire unit.

Comments hinting at production cuts by major international oil suppliers sent the price of crude soaring Friday.

An article falsely claimed the missing plane's pilot, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, had been found alive.

Although the technical details of the new wireless communication standard — to be known as 5G — are yet to be finalized, networks like AT&T and Verizon are looking to take the lead.

The British government said that Hong Kong bookseller Lee Bo, who disappeared in late December, was likely taken to China against his will.

"The markets are clearly starting to price-in a sharp slowdown in the world economy," a chief strategist at Mizuho Asset Management said.

As turbulence tears through regional markets, investors continue to be anxious about the health of the global economy.

The developer of “Alto’s Adventure” has made the game free due to high levels of piracy on Google’s OS.

Central banks are resorting to negative interest rates to stimulate growth — Fed Chair Janet Yellen is considering them — but they are not as effective as investors had hoped.