Chinese naval ships have carried out patrolling and military training in waters off disputed islands held by Japan, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) has been aggressively pursuing global expansion. Coffee-hungry Scandinavia is its next target.
An elite Chinese Communist training school is using Maggie Thatcher as a role model and icon.
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khar spoke in New York while her personal life appears to be coming undone back home.
The recent riots at Foxconn factory in northern China that left 40 people injured and impacted nearly 2,000 workers reflect the sagging morale of the Chinese factory workers, who appear to be stressed out on realizing a few benefits against nurturing high expectations of better conditions and guarantees.
Climate change caused by global warming is contributing to nearly 400,000 deaths a year and reducing global GDP by 1.6% annually.
The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data, the Census Bureau's durable goods orders data and Bureau of Economic Analysis’s gross domestic product report.
Chip manufacturer Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Thursday announced the addition of two new Snapdragon S4 mobile processors -- “MSM8225Q” and “MSM8625Q”. Both the new processors are members of the Snapdragon S4 Play processor tier and are optimized specifically for high-volume smartphones.
Most of the Asian markets rose Thursday as investor confidence was lifted by hopes that China would soon announce monetary easing measures to rejuvenate the economic growth momentum.
Japan will not compromise with China disputed on disputed islands in the East China Sea since it already has sovereignty over them, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda declared.
Food prices worldwide are likely to see a shock as the shipping industry begins demanding sharp rate hikes to move refrigerated cargo.
China's has banned Twitter for 3 years, but the country’s net users have beat it by using Virtual Private Networks and other tricks.
Facing a tough path to victory if they cannot win Ohio, Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan launched a two-day bus tour on Tuesday to try to boost their fortunes in a state that polls show could be slipping away from them.
The deadlock between China and Japan continued late Tuesday in talks between the two countries' foreign ministers with both sides standing their ground claiming sovereignty over a disputed set of islands in the East China Sea.
DJIA futures were down 0.04 percent, S&P 500 were down 0.16 percent and Nasdaq 100 down 0.10 percent.
The world's second-largest tobacco company is partnering with Medicago for flu vaccines.
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) cut its profit guidance for 2015 -- one week after FedEx (NYSE: FDX), also a global economic bellwether, reduced its outlook.
Not every opposer of Bashar al-Assad's regime is an armed fighter. Some are trying peaceful means and talking about them in public.
Akama Miki, a 12-year-old model, has started a relationship with Zhang Muyi, a 24-year-old pop star.
China's billionaires and millionaires got poorer over the past year, according to the Hurun Rich List 2012.
In a largely symbolic move, China officially delivers its first aircraft carrier to the People's Liberation Army Navy.
Asian markets remained in a tight range Tuesday as investors continued to maintain a cautious mode to find where the global economy is heading following the announcement of the stimulus measures announced this month by the policymakers around the world.
