(Corrects dates of next meetings, paragraphs 9 and 18)
China announced the first charges to be laid in connection with violent unrest in July that shook China's northwest region of Xinjiang, home to Muslim Uighurs.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Saturday a newly disclosed nuclear facility in Iran was proof the Islamic Republic was seeking nuclear weapons.
President Barack Obama said on Saturday the discovery of a secret nuclear plant in Iran showed a disturbing pattern of evasion by Tehran which added urgency to its Oct 1. talks with world powers.
The Group of 20 rich and developing economies, fresh from a triumphant show of unity at Pittsburgh, faces months of deal-making and communication to markets that will test its credibility as the premier global forum for economic cooperation.
The Group of 20 rich and developing economies, fresh from a triumphant show of unity at Pittsburgh, faces months of deal-making and communication to markets that will test its credibility as the premier global forum for economic cooperation.
The influx of high-speed electronic traders in U.S. options markets may spur regulators to finally move on decades-long concerns over how some exchanges lure business their way.
A majority of U.S. consumers say they have permanently changed their spending and savings habits in response to the global financial markets crash and recession, according to a Citigroup survey released on Friday.
California said it had approved the most aggressive energy efficiency plan among U.S. states on Thursday, earmarking $3.1 billion to retrofit homes and other programs that will cut power needs equivalent to three medium-sized power plants.
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The study, conducted by ANU economist Professor Andrew Leigh from the Research School of Social Sciences, used results from the most recent ANU Poll, which surveyed a random sample of households.
The Group of 20 rich and developing nations promised to give rising powers such as China more say in rebuilding and guiding the global economy, and declared their crisis-fighting efforts a success on Friday.
Shares of China's top videogame company Shanda Games Ltd fell 14 percent on Friday in one of the worst trading debuts of the year, the latest indication that while the IPO market may be recovering, investors are still selective.
The leaders of the world's 20 largest economies agreed on Friday that the G20 will replace G8 as world's dominant economic coordinator.
Johnson & Johnson said on Friday U.S. regulators approved its new treatment for psoriasis, called Stelara, for patients 18 years or older with moderate to severe psoriasis.
Fidelity National Financial Inc, which controls one of the largest U.S. title insurers, said it will sell Fidelity National Capital Inc to Winthrop Resources Corp, a unit of TCF Financial Corp, to lower debt
The chief financial officer of government-controlled mortgage finance company, Freddie Mac's, will start his new job with annual pay of up to $3.5 million and a nearly $2 million signing bonus, the company said in a regulatory filing late Thursday.
Bank of America Corp formally denied U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims accusing it of misleading shareholders about bonuses it let Merrill Lynch & Co pay employees before the companies' January 1merger, and said it is seeking an order dismissing the regulator's complaint.
Pennsylvania regulators said on Friday they ordered Cabot Oil & Gas Corp (COG.N) to stop all hydraulic fracturing operations at company natural gas wells in Susquehanna County following three recent chemical spills.
Financially stricken U.S. hog producers are cutting back on supply in a bid for profits but consumers will continue to get plentiful pork at grocery stores well into next year, analysts said on Friday.
The Group of 20 rich and developing nations declared their crisis-fighting efforts a success on Friday and promised to give rising powers such as China more say in rebuilding and guiding the global economy.
Twitter closed a new round of funding on Friday with five investors including mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price and private equity firm Insight Venture Partners, underscoring growing investor interest in the three-year-old Internet microblogging service.
