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Since the financial crisis, 810 people became billionaires. The net worth of all billionaires has nearly doubled since then to $6.5 trillion.

Google (GOOG) will offer users of its Android operating system free credit for survey responses with Opinion Rewards.

5-year-old genius Arden Hayes gave Apple some free publicity on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

JV deal with Beijing-based Bitauto and Chinese auto dealers group underscores growing importance of China auto market data.

Some elite Chinese couples are paying to have their children be carried by American women.

The Dish Network will continue its partnership with Blockbuster as long as the company stays in business.

The U.S. economy grew at the fastest pace in a year and a half, topping economists' estimate.

The bank’s latest regulatory filings show a discrepancy between the second quarter and the current quarter.

The potential change follows a string of controversies related to classified documents leaked by former defense contractor Edward Snowden.

Unlike developed economies, many Southeast Asian economies are fueled by a growing working-age population.

New data was released by the Defense Department as a bill to minimize military commanders’ power in prosecuting such cases is set to be debated.

Chinese regulators enabled asset-management firms to offer yuan-linked ETFs, which had previously been exclusive to Chinese investors.

The Houston Dynamo edged the New York Red Bulls 2-1 after extra time in the second leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinals to progress 4-3 on aggregate.

The kingdom is increasingly worried about Iran's nuclear ambitions as the U.S. and Tehran prep for another round of talks in Geneva on Thursday.

The offering is a sign of Twitter's maturity, even as it contends with slowing growth.

Connie McCallister has been found alive and living, with a new family, in Mexico.

Blockbuster's last 300 remaining U.S. stores will shut down as the video rental shop industry finally bottoms out.

It will be a little while before small investors can tap Twitter, but that isn’t stopping people from wondering if it's a smart investment.

A HSBC research note makes explicit what has become increasingly clear to gold investors this year regarding the gold market's most bullish factor.

Some 2 million Iranians use social-networking websites like Twitter and Facebook by logging on through a foreign server.

Exchange-traded-fund investors will have to wait a while to see Twitter included in major ETFs. But here's how things might spin out.