General Motors Co is on track to hit the financial restructuring targets set in its U.S. government-sponsored bankruptcy, but still faces risks as it tries to win back consumers in an uncertain U.S. economy, the automaker said on Wednesday.
Oil edged higher above $71 a barrel on Wednesday after the release of U.S. government figures showed crude inventories in the world's largest energy consumer fell last week, boosting the view demand is picking up.
Global warming poses more of a threat to U.S. farm incomes than does the climate change bill passed by the U.S. House, which will have a negligible impact on American agriculture's bottom line, an environmental group said on Wednesday
Mammoth IPOs by the Brazilian unit of Spanish bank Banco Santander and U.S. risk specialist Verisk Analytics Inc raised nearly $10 billion on Tuesday, almost twice the amount raised by U.S.-listed IPOs in 2009.
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah flew to Syria on Wednesday for talks with President Bashar al-Assad aimed at healing a rift that has aggravated Arab discord over Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Lebanon.
Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of involvement in the disappearance of a technology university researcher, Iranian media reported.
Stocks edged lower on Wednesday, as investors awaited proof that corporate earnings will support recent strong gains.
Ustad Abdul Fattah once made jewelry in Afghanistan's royal studio, developing a lifetime of skills that went to waste in a country plunged into war after the king was toppled in 1973.
Detained pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi met a high-level official in Myanmar's military-ruled government for a second time in a week following her offer to lobby the West to lift sanctions.
Pakistan's army on Wednesday expressed serious concern about a U.S. aid bill that critics say contains conditions that amount to a humiliating violation of sovereignty as parliament began a debate on the U.S. aid.
Russia sees a redrafted U.S. anti-missile shield plan as less of a security threat than the previously proposed project, Russian agencies said Wednesday, which should ease tensions between the two powers.
Unemployment is the top U.S. economic political priority, a leading pollster said on Wednesday.
U.S. labor and manufacturing groups urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to live up to his campaign rhetoric and formally label China a currency manipulator in a Treasury Department report due out next week.
The teacup pigs were featured this morning on NBC's Today Show because of its growing demand from people including from celebrities who want them as their pets.
President Barack Obama told congressional leaders on Tuesday his decision on a new Afghan war strategy would not make everyone happy, while Republicans urged him to heed his military commander's call for more troops.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that some countries had offered to provide Iran with uranium enriched to 20 percent for use as nuclear reactor fuel, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The United States came under pressure to show leadership in U.N. climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbor is a stumbling block in efforts to try to craft a tough global climate agreement by December.
Canada's Nortel Networks said on Wednesday it has agreed to a stalking horse offer from U.S. network specialist Ciena Corp to buy its optical networking and Internet infrastructure businesses for $521 million.
Swiss authorities rejected an appeal on Tuesday to release from jail Roman Polanski, the film director arrested last month after fleeing the United States in 1978 to avoid sentencing in an underage sex case.
British bank Barclays could acquire a wealth management business at least the size of Julius Baer to meet its target of ranking in the top five private banks globally, Barclays Wealth's vice chairman said on Wednesday.
The Afghan Taliban pose no threat to the West but will continue their fight against occupying foreign forces, they said on Wednesday, the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that removed them from power.
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