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The uptick in consumer prices was partly due to the Lunar New Year holiday. The decline in wholesale prices also slowed last month.

The recall includes 1.3 million vehicles in North America and about 625,000 vehicles in Europe, the world’s largest carmaker by sales said Wednesday.

The California-based electronics distributor will be acquired for $6 billion by the Tianjin Tianhai Investment Company — a unit of China's HNA group.

But China's economic slowdown remained a factor that could put downward pressure on stock prices, one fund manager said.

Newly unveiled minutes from Federal Reserve officials’ January meeting reveal growing worries over economic growth.

A Chinese video game and TV company will pony up 25 percent of the budget for Universal movies made over the next five years.

Fitch Ratings downgraded the London mining giant to BB+ Wednesday on concerns over the company's plan to sell its iron ore and coal assets.

The Ryan Reynolds superhero movie broke many of the genre's conventions, but it still managed to clean up at the box office — taking in more than $260 million.

The island nation’s economy contracted more than expected in the fourth quarter of 2015, as cooling demand from China, its biggest market, hurt exports.

India will soon become the world's second-biggest smartphone market and Ringing Bell's $3.60 smartphone could help drive huge growth.

China’s foreign minister said the country has the right to "self defense" on islands it claims. Analysts said the deployment would add to tensions.

Over 9,100 people will be relocated from within a three-mile radius of the telescope to “create a sound electromagnetic wave environment.”

Foreign fund outflows from Indian stock markets and higher demand for the U.S. dollar from importers contributed to the slide.

The Chinese missile deployment is designed to show Beijing's displeasure at U.S. missions in disputed waters, and at a planned missile defense system in South Korea, analysts said.

The agreement, signed at the Singapore Airshow Wednesday, is subject to approval of the Chinese government.

Pyongyang also termed Tokyo's move to issue sanctions against it, over an apparent hydrogen bomb test earlier this year and a rocket launch this month, as sinister.

Shares rose in Japan after a government report predicted companies would order more machinery this quarter than last.

The ‘Oracle of Omaha’ disclosed a new investment in pipeline operator Kinder Morgan as oil prices remain low.

China's claims over the disputed South China Sea are a focal point of the ASEAN conference.

South Korea's ambassador to the United Nations called for new sanctions against North Korea to thwart its “nuclear blackmail.”

Recent market volatility has driven panicked investors to buy gold. But rising precious metals prices could soon tarnish, the bank warns.