The U.S., Canada and the UK have refused to sign a U.N. treaty at the global telecommunications conference in Dubai.
The U.S. stock index futures signal a higher open ahead of the release of the Consumer Price Index for November.
Crude oil prices advanced in Asia Friday as sentiment was buoyed after a private survey showed an increase in China's manufacturing activity in December.
Asian stock markets mostly advanced Friday after a private survey showed a pickup in Chinese manufacturing activity in December.
China's manufacturing activity expanded to a 14-month high in December, according to the HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index released Friday.
China's largest office building cost 4 billion yuan to construct, and is second largest in the world to the Pentagon. However, some Chinese believe this is a misuse of taxpayer money.
No one died when Chinese Muslims from the Xinjiang region tried unsuccessfully to hijack a plane in June, but they've been sentenced to death anyway.
PepsiCo's got a brand new bag: Lay's newest flavor of potato chips, Pepsi-Chicken Chips.
There are conflicting reports as to whether North Korea has full control of its satellite; the object could stay in orbit for months.
Airbus, Mitsubishi and Bombardier secured $15 billion worth of orders this week for greener, cheaper-to-fly jets.
People in China have been acting insane and even developed a phobia for the end of the world after a screening of doomsday film "2012."
Chan, who retired from making films earlier this year, has prompted similar controversy before.
Japanese scrambled F-15 fighters after a Chinese government plane entered the airspace over a set of disputed islands under Japan’s administration in the East China Sea.
U.S. intelligence failed to predict the North Korean rocket launch, CBS News reports. And the satellite’s orbit seemed to be unstable.
A look ahead to the women’s soccer friendly between the United States and China.
The one-billionth tourist is predicted to cross an international border on Thursday, marking a milestone in human interaction.
North Korea's successful rocket launch has stirred-up a host of reactions, and escalated tensions in the East Asia area.
PolitiFact has named Mitt Romney's claim and subsequent ad about Barack Obama shifting Jeep production away from the U.S. and into China the "lie of the year."
Is it a hit? Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) boosted production of its $499 Surface tablet, rival to the iPad from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL).
Even in China's red-hot economy, recent graduates aren't securing jobs. But it's not always because they can't find them.
If Congress can strike a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, the U.S. economy could show some meaningful improvements in 2013.
Students from the East Asian and certain European countries outdo those from the other parts of the world in mathematics, science and reading comprehension, according to a set of global studies.
