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President Xi Jinping also offered belated condolences to the victims of the disaster.

After 500 U.K. shipbuilding years, the industry has suffered another blow as nearly 1,800 jobs are cut, perhaps signalling the industry's end.

The world’s third-largest automaker has some issues -- these are the days that are trying VW executives' souls.

The New York-based bank has been accused of hiring a consulting firm run anonymously by Wen Jiabao’s daughter.

Consumer demand this year has hit record highs, but Western investors are still apparently bearish on the metal, having fled specialist funds.

After hitting bottom in 2012, Vietnam's economy is now slowly recovering.

Samsung sets sights on doubling its business in sub-Saharan Africa but it will face challenges from local taxation, infrastructure, and cheap Chinese gear.

Industrial analysts were bullish on the Canadian aircraft maker after meeting with company management on Tuesday.

More than 100,000 Chinese social media accounts are reportedly being penalized for violating the country's online behavior guidelines.

Today's cheap gasoline prices aren't a fluke. The pump price is down for all sorts of reasons, many of which aren't going away anytime soon.

China has offered relatively small aid to the Philippines for Typhoon Haiyan relief.

Will this be the quarter that Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE:WMT) finally meets or beats expectations?

The full chapter of the broader international trade agreement raises concerns about individual rights and free expression.

China's biggest political meeting so far under new President Xi Jinping has concluded. The public's reaction was far from positive.

Rising land and ocean temperatures in 2013 have been driven by an unprecedented increase in greenhouse gases.

Silver Wheaton CEO Randy Smallwood is confident that silver prices will reach a bottom in the near future.

Near record-highs and technical resistance levels, earnings and developments at the Fed could be reasons for a pause in the rally.

CTBUH named One World Trade Center the tallest building in the U.S. Tuesday thanks to its spire, but it took a great deal of convincing.

Meanwhile, phablet sales made up one out of every five smartphone shipped.

Never mind the years they spent paying their taxes, many retirees in Mexico do not make enough with their pensions to make ends meet.

The recent recession slowed global GDP growth to 3.2 percent in 2012, and it's still falling.