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Stock index futures rose sharply on Friday after a report the European Central Bank was gearing up to lend money to the International Monetary Fund in a bid to ease the Eurozone debt crisis.

The spectacular bull run in gold prices is unlikely to end soon, with bullion retaining its appeal in 2012 due to the uncertain global economy, analysts and industry officials said on Friday.

China's first chocolate theme park, in Beijing, will display exhibits made out of, of course, chocolate, at an exhibition in Shanghai.

Stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open for equities on Wall Street Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 up 1 to 1.1 percent ahead of a key jobs report.

Team Edward and Team Jacob fans have something to look forward to: Robert Pattinson just got another wax figure at Madame Tussauds, and one of Taylor Lautner is on the way.

Liu Bolin is China's vanishing artist, often dubbed the Invisible Man.

United States International Trade Commission commissioners will vote Friday on weather or not the U.S. solar industry is harmed by the alleged dumping of Chinese solar components. What happens Friday could either break or propel the case forward.

This trip represented the highest official U.S. visit to Burma in more than fifty years.

Angry Birds has teamed up once again with Wonderful Pistachios in a brand-new game built with the crackable nuts in mind.

A Chinese tourism company listed in the United States wants investors to pour their money down a dark hole. Literally.

Herman Cain should do himself and the Republican Party a favor and drop out of the presidential race -- but not for the reasons you think.

Wells Fargo Securities said California's wholesale trade, transport and export industries have been big beneficiaries of the growing wealth of Asia and growing demand from other countries, such as Canada and Mexico.

Anelka is currently a bench-warmer at Chelsea.

Wells Fargo Securities said California's labor market has shown some encouraging signs of improvement over the past three months, though jobs creation for much of the year has been a hit-or-miss venture.

Asian shares rallied to two-week highs Thursday, building on strong global gains after the world's six major central banks moved to tame a liquidity crunch for European banks by providing cheaper dollar funding.

The Sundance Film festival, the top U.S. gathering for independent cinema, on Wednesday unveiled its competitive lineup for 2012, some of which will become the most talked-about movies of the upcoming year.

In an interview with the Dow Jones Newswires, the chief executive at the Irish low-cost airline said he had just returned from touring the Shanghai factory where the Commercial Airline Corporation of China, a government entity, is building a 199-seat competitor to the single-aisle Boeing A320. He was impressed.

A gradual broadening and strengthening of U.S. growth should cushion the American economy against severe damage from the storms in Europe, unless a financial meltdown causes global havoc.

The world's major central banks acted jointly on Wednesday to provide cheaper dollar funding to European banks facing a credit crunch as the euro zone's debt crisis drove EU ministers to urge more IMF help to avert financial disaster.

Gold shot higher Wednesday after the world's top central banks launched a coordinated plan to provide liquidity to struggling Eurozone banks and China did likewise for its banks.

Untouchable, a comedy about a rich quadriplegic and his black caretaker, has become a certified box office phenomenon in France.