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IBM Global Financing, part of the Armonk, N.Y.-based company, quadrupled the cash amount in its latest financing plan.

A study has shown that Chinese consumers will pay up to 10 percent more for U.S. made goods.

The U.S. embargo against Cuba may be strained by that nation's discovery of a diabetes drug that may be marketed in Europe next year.

For now, India is still the largest buyer of gold by a small margin.

In an apparent gesture of goodwill, Myanmar would free 452 political prisoners ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama’s landmark visit to that country, state media reported Thursday.

Xi Jinping won a strong mandate Thursday to become the new president of the world’s most populous country while Li Keqiang was chosen the new premier.

Both Samsung and Apple continue to rule the smartphone market as the world’s best-selling cell phone brands, collectively accounting for a staggering 46.5 percent of global smartphone sales in the third quarter of 2012, according to research firm Gartner.

When he was 22, Michael Dell was the guy to sell you a PC or laptop by mail. Now it's services.

Seen from Taiwan, China's leadership change is a hopeful moment -- but not without some amusing twists.

Congress passed a bill Tuesday that would bar U.S. airlines from having to pay carbon taxes under the EU's controversial Emissions Trading Scheme.

At China's party congress, Hu stepped down as the nation's leader, giving way for the likely president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping.

The NFL, MLB, and NBA are looking to expand into China.

A Chinese ship en route to Syria was caught in May carrying a shipment of ballistic missile parts suspected to have originated in North Korea, in what appears to have been a breach of the U.N. sanctions, news agencies reported Wednesday citing diplomats with knowledge of the matter.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Wednesday ahead of the Commerce Department's retail sales report.

A weeklong congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) concluded Wednesday with a preliminary vote by delegates, who approved Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang as the anointed successors of President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao, respectively.

Home Depot reported third-quarter net income Tuesday that beat Wall Street's expectations, sending its stock 3.6 percent higher for the day, up $2.21 to close at $63.37 per shar

The Dalai Lama responded to Beijing's refusal to investigate Tibetan self-immolations by turning to China's least favorite neighbor.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged Australia to strengthen its ties with India during her regional security visit to Perth.

The US-Korean Institute says image analysis shows that North Korea has been testing motors for long-range missiles.

More than 460,000 people have signed an online petition demanding Macy's fire "The Apprentice" boss as a celebrity spokesman.

Weak global economic growth will likely continue to limit oil demand in 2013.