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The FOMC’s Wednesday announcement remains in focus as data and Fed rhetoric point to the beginning of the end for stimulus.

Any stimulus reduction talk will be analyzed for its impact on gold prices, in the last major economic event of the year.

The German union is demanding better pay and formal negotiations with the Seattle-based e-commerce giant.

The EU's trade balance overcame a trade deficit from the previous month, while the euro zone's surplus nearly doubled over last year's.

Stocks seem set to open higher at the beginning of a week that features a range of data releases and the crucial FOMC meeting.

Did the question of a Fed taper became a little more muddled after Thursday’s jobless claims data clocked in at a two-month high?

Despite Seoul's official defiance against China's new air zone, Korea's international airlines have announced they will comply.

The day’s trading could be influenced by data on unemployment and retail sales, and speculation about next week’s FOMC meeting.

Where will radioactive material go from the destroyed Fukushima power plant?

A pump on one of the station's two external cooling loops failed because it became too cold to operate.

You know you want to buy all of this ... for yourself.

A London research firm ranked the top 100 scientific papers people are talking about on Twitter, Facebook, and more.

Markets might choose to slow down ahead of Thursday’s unemployment and retail sales data release, and next week’s FOMC meeting.

The Bank of America sees the S&P 500 hitting 2,000 by year-end 2014, and gold dropping to $1,250 per oz. in Q1, before rebounding.

There are at least 17,000 nuclear warheads around the world.

Washington state is still the best option for production of the 777X, but Boeing is considering other bids, all due today.

Even with a Chinese economic slowdown, China's total power demand is expected to hit a remarkable level in 2035.

Stocks are expected to hold course even as talk of a Fed taper heats up ahead of next week's FOMC meet.

Regulators around the world should use a common language and standard procedures to address nuclear disasters, an independent investigator said.

A map of the air defense zone changes happening in the East China Sea.

The new species was spotted on Manhattan's High Line for the first time and look different from the typical New York roach.