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Asian Stocks Fall On Europe Worries

Asian stock markets declined Monday, following a slump in the US and European stocks last week on renewed eurozone concerns.

ALMA: Searching For Stars On The Edge Of The Earth

Situated 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) high in the Chilean Andes, the world's largest and most expensive ground-based astronomy project has just begun its monumental search in hopes of answering some of humanity's biggest questions.

Gu Kailai And Bo Xilai: Murder, Mayhem, Mystery, And Myth Surround China's Political Power Couple

Gu Kailai and Bo Xilai, an elite power couple in China, are at the center of a shocking political scandal involving the death of a British national.

Currency dealers work in a dealing room of a bank in Seoul

South Korea Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged At 3.25%; ADB Says Economic Growth Will Slow Down

South Korea's central bank said Friday that it is keeping the key interest rate unchanged at 3.25 percent, subsequent to the inflationary pressures witnessed by the country.

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North Korea Rocket Launch Failure: Countries Hunt For Debris To Learn Technology Used In It

Barely minutes after takeoff, North Korea's rocket exploded scattering debris over the Yellow Sea, triggering an international search as the US and other countries believe that the debris could be a mine of information to assess the reclusive country's nuclear and missile capabilities.

iPad 3 – Top 10 Games You Should Download In 2012 (Download Links)

Did you order you new iPad? If you already did, then you will need a few games to show off the tablet’s amazing Retina Display.

Asian Shares Edge Up, Unfazed By North Korean Launch

Asian shares rose Friday on better-than-expected demand for Italian sovereign debt, shrugging off the failed rocket launch by North Korea before the markets opened.

Japan Prepared For North Korean Rocket Launch

Japan is ready to shoot down the North Korea's Unha-3 rocket with its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 land-to-air missiles if the rocket flies over Japanese airspace.

WTO Warns Global Trade Will Shrink Again In 2012

Trade growth is expected to slow for a second year in 2012 amid severe downside risks that could push it even further below the 20-year average of 5.4 percent, the Geneva-based body forecast Thursday.

Micron Shares Gain After $1B Notes Offering

Shares of Micron Technology (NYSE: MU), the only U.S. independent maker of memory chips, rose 5 percent after it announced plans to sell convertible senior notes valued at $1 billion.

India, China Headed for Asbestos Catastrophe: Experts

India and China are headed for an absolute catastrophe of death and disease because of likely massive jump in asbestos-related diseases in the coming decades, says a report written by Pulitzer winning journalist Gary Cohn.

US Reclaims Top Rank From China In Clean Energy Investments

The US reclaimed the top position as the biggest investor in clean energy last year, with clean energy finance and investment witnessing a growth $48 billion, a 42 percent increase over 2010, according to a global rank list published in a report by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

North Korea's Rocket Being Fueled And Prepped For Launch

The Commander of North Korea's Satellite Integrated Control Center said on Wednesday that a satellite had already been successfully installed into the rocket and that the Unha-3 was now being fueled.

26 Big US Companies Paid No Federal Income Tax From 2008 To 2011

The federal income tax for 30 companies was negative during the four-year period, even though they brought in a combined $205 billion in gross profit.

Lindsay Hawker: British Teacher’s Killer Tatsuya Ichihashi Loses Appeal, Faces Life In Prison For Grisly Murder

Tatsuya Ichihashi, a Japanese man who raped and killed British teacher Lindsay Hawker, lost an appeal against his life sentence.

Japan Core Machinery Orders Gain Surprisingly In February

Japan's core machinery orders rose in February against all expectations, indicating that the country’s economy is in the path of recovery in spite of deflationary pressures, a strengthening currency and decreasing foreign demand.

Asian Stocks Decline As Europe Concerns Resurface

Asian stock markets declined Wednesday, following an overnight slump in Wall Street as surge in Spain’s borrowing costs reignited concern over the eurozone debt crisis.

Stocks Tumble For A 5th Day, VIX Soars: Daily Markets Wrap

Stocks extended their longest and deepest slump of the year on rekindled worries about the euro zone crisis along with nervousness about first-quarter corporate earnings.

Brock Lesnar WWE Return: 10 Things To Know About The Wrestler's Hiatus From The WWE

Here's what Brock Lesnar was up to during his hiatus from the WWE.

Japan's Mitsui Fudosan Targets Europe For $6.1B Real Estate Expansion

Mitsui Fudosan, the world's largest property owner by value, plans to expand its presence in Europe by initially targeting London's strong real estate market as part of a 500 billion yen ($6.14 billion) global expansion.

Sony doubled its annual losses projection to $6.4 billion on Tuesday, just one day after the company announced it will cut about 10,000 jobs, or about six percent of its global workforce. CEO Kazuo Hirai needs to take a big look at his board of directors

Sony Losses 2011: Loss Projection Doubles To Record $6.4 Billion; Why Hirai Should Fire The Board

Not 24 hours after Sony announced it would slash about 10,000 jobs -- about six percent of its global workforce -- by the end of the year, the Japanese electronics maker announced on Tuesday that it has again doubled its annual net loss to a record $6.4 billion.

Japan Suicide Forest: Is A Novel To Blame For Hundreds Of Deaths?

Japan's Aokigahara forest has a chilling history. At the foot of Mount Fuji, authorities remove around 100 bodies a year from the forest - all victims of suicide.

Iran Dismisses Sanctions Ahead Of Nuclear Talks

The United States is hoping that new sanctions targeting Iran's central bank and its oil industry will pressure the Islamic Republic to stop enriching uranium, but Iran is defiant, claiming that it can withstand any oil embargo for two or three years.

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