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This year, nine out of 10 of the top-grossing movies in China came from overseas. Most of those, including Men in Black 3, Battleship and The Avengers, are Hollywood blockbusters, which are apparently ruling the Chinese box office at the expense of Chinese films.

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA), the largest U.S. aerospace manufacturer, said Tuesday it had reached a deal with Kuwaiti airplane leasing company ALAFCO to sell 20 Boeing 737 aircraft valued at $1.9 billion, its second big deal at the Farnborough Airshow in England.

Now that its legal dispute with Proview Technology over the iPad trademark is done and settled, Apple is free to sell the world's most popular tablet in the world's biggest market: China. And that's exactly what the company plans to do. Apple's new iPad, or the iPad 3, will finally be released to Apple Stores in China on Friday, July 20.

In a survey of 500 financial service workers in the UK and U.S., a quarter said they would need to engage in illegal conduct to be successful, while 16 percent said they would commit a crime - insider trading - if they could get away with it.

Repealing the Affordable Care Act would allow members of Congress to keep their government-subsidized health plans, something they will lose if they law is fully implemented as a result of a Republican-sponsored amendment to the bill.

Jordan MP Mohammed Shawabka has landed himself into trouble after brandishing a pistol at rival Mansour Seif-Eddine Murad on Thursday during a live TV talk show.

The latest Washington Post/ABC News Poll finds that Obama and Romney are neck-and-neck, tied at 47 percent among registered voters. Neither man has been able to open a significant gap over his rival.

China's double-digit growth rate during the financial crisis has been the envy of the world and most people agree that we may have seen the last of the country's miraculous growth. So yes, China's growth is slowing. However, it's too early to get all pessimistic.

Ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond, who will still receive his salary and benefits worth in excess of £2 million, had given up the bonus payment voluntarily according to Barclays executive chairman Marcus Agius.

The Beatles and Rolling Stones were inadvertently stepping into a vacuum ? the biggest rock star in the world, Elvis Presley, was inducted into the army in 1962.

Seeking to resolve the territorial tensions in the South China Sea, the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Monday hammered out the key elements of a code of conduct in the region which has been at the heart of recent maritime confrontations between China and the other nations in the Pacific.

Worldwide spending on information technology is on track to surpass $3.6 trillion in 2012, a 3 percent increase from 2011 spending of $3.5 trillion, instead of a previously forecast 2.5 percent gain, according to research firm Gartner's revised 2012 IT spending outlook.

U.S. stock index futures point to a lower opening Tuesday, as weak global economic conditions and debt burden in the euro zone continued to drag down the investor sentiment.

Hurricanes Emilia and Daniel are both gaining strength over the eastern Pacific Ocean, where they have become major storms in recent days, threatening ships in their path but not likely making landfall before they peter out.

Asian shares crawled higher on Tuesday after sharp losses the day before but gains were limited as investors, worried about a global economic deceleration, waited for Chinese trade data due later in the day that could set the tone for risk appetite.

A supposed cheap shot was taken at the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, when a magazine cover was photoshopped to look like her teeth were rotting out of her mouth.The New Republic morphed Middelton's chompers into the American stereotype of Britons for a special politics and arts issue regarding the future of Britain- - clearly, the magazine doesn't think much of their former motherland's future or their dentition.

On Sunday and Monday, thousands of religious activists took to the streets in Pakistan to protest the country?s reopening of overland supply routes for NATO troops in Afghanistan.

Beady eyes. Massive jaws. Pearly white teeth with serrated edges. It?s no wonder sharks scare us. But how likely is an actual shark attack?

Many small businesses have been paying nearly twice the amount for half the health care benefits that they are entitled to provide their employees. However, under the new health care mandate, health insurance will be more affordable for small companies.

Hope Solo failed a drug test.

Denise Rich, the wealthy socialite and former wife of controversial billionaire trader Marc Rich, has renounced her United States citizenship thereby saving her millions of dollars in U.S. taxes.