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Five top themes were technology highlights of 2012, from low chip demand to online security.

Most Asian markets fell by week's end as investor sentiment turned negative due to Congressional leaders' lack of progress on reaching an agreement to avert the looming fiscal cliff.

Does Mexico mind that doomsday prophets have used the Mayan calendar to foretell the end of the world in 2012? Hardly.

North Korea is holding an American man in custody after he confessed to crimes which have not been identified.

A new Gallup poll claims that the world's happiest countries are almost all in Latin America.

Almost one-third of China's affluent business people want to put their money overseas, possibly hurting China's local economies.

As US-China economic, political and military relations continue to be tested, Taiwanese well-being could suffer the most.

NASA's “Ask an Astrobiologist” feature has been dominated by queries about planet-wide blackouts and mysterious rogue planets in recent weeks.

China's Foxconn decreased its employees' overtime hours, but employees are saying the restricted hours don't let them make enough money.

China's landscape has changed drastically, and it now contains one-third of the world's tallest buildings. Plans to build even more are underway.

All you need to know about Wednesday night's 2012 Miss Universe pageant, including where to watch, live streams and the beautiful contestants from all over the world.

Seven months after Elliott Management bid for BMC Software (NASDAQ:BMC), it bid for Compuware Corp. (NASDAQ:CPWR). Why?

Asian stock markets advanced Wednesday on hopes that the U.S. lawmakers will soon arrive at a consensus to avoid the "fiscal cliff” and the Japanese Central Bank will add to economic stimulus buoyed sentiment.

Hong Kong is one of the world's wealthiest cities, but its poorest inhabitants are resorting to extremes to make housing affordable.

The Mayan calendar (when interpreted right) predicts (if you ask the right person) that the word will end in 2012 (“this is not a hoax”).

A fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh last month, killing more than hundred workers and injuring even more, was an act of sabotage, a Bangladeshi government committee investigating the incident has found.

Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday as sentiment turned positive overnight following indications that negotiations over the U.S. fiscal cliff are progressing.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into China fell in November in comparison to the same period last year, as investors, who are concerned about the global economic condition cut down on spending.

China's government isn't afraid of the end of the world in 2012. It's afraid of the cults that believe in it, and cracking down hard on them.

After a stabbing at school injured 23 students and one adult, just hours before the Newtown shooting in he U.S., Chinese experts weigh in on the reasons -- and offer ideas for America too.

Despite going up against scalpers and imposters, Apple still managed to sell more than 2 million iPhone 5 units to Chinese customers in just two days.