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The Los Angeles Business Journal has reported that Chinese car maker BYD may build an assembly plant in Los Angeles...

Irish airline, Aer Lingus, has reported a loss for...

Eurotunnel has announced a profit of 1.4 million euros for last year, despite the weather, a fire in the tunnel and poor economic...

Icelanders have voted overwhelmingly against a referendum to allow taxpayers money to be used to repay international...

US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has met Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in...

U.S. stocks made narrow advances Tuesday, as traders remained cautious on the...

The Brazilian government has ordered the implementation of a sardine conservation awareness...

Chinese passenger car sales have climbed 55 percent from February 2009, with strong demand for smaller cars and four wheel drive...

The head of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned another food price crisis might happen if record high energy prices, growing demand for bio-fuels and low grain reserves force up price...

The main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in india has protested over a hike in fuel...

Land Registry sale price statistics have shown that exclusive houses in England and Wales are still maintaining their high...

Major US stock indices posted mild gains Tuesday, led by troubled financial firms bailed out by the US government in the past...

NEW YORK - Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations...

HONG KONG - Asian stock markets were little changed Wednesday even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade.The region's major indexes were largely mixed as many markets...

SINGAPORE - Oil prices hovered above $81 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after a report showed mixed evidence about U.S. crude demand. Benchmark crude for April delivery was up 5 cents to $81.54 a...

On Thursday, the US Commerce Department will report the January deficit on international trade in goods and services. Analysts expect it to increase to $41 billion from $40.2 billion in December. My...

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee depreciated by 12 paise against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, following the American currency's gains overseas. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex)...

MUMBAI: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by nearly 44 points in opening trade on Wednesday on fresh capital inflows from foreign funds amid firming Asian markets. The...

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia judge has certified a class-action lawsuit against Microsoft that could affect hundreds of thousands of people who have bought personal computers containing Microsoft...

HONG KONG -- China's trade surplus narrowed further to $7.6 billion in February from $14.2 billion in January on surging imports even as the nation's exports continued to rise rapidly, according to...

PSS ) reported a narrower than expected quarterly loss on Tuesday, and saw revenue that beat analyst expectations. The company, which owns Payless, among other shoe brands, reported a...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks hovered near six-week highs on Wednesday as Chinese data showed exports and imports in February were better than expected, while the euro and the pound suffered on...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell for a second day on Wednesday after an industry report showed U.S. crude stockpiles jumped more than expected last week, dampening hopes of a strong recovery of demand...

Goldman Sachs Capital Partners is seeking leave to appeal a lower court's ruling that allowed Shaw Communications Inc. to proceed with its bid to purchase a controlling interest in Canwest Global...

According to Seaboard estimates, WIND has picked up about 30,000 subscribers in Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, the three cities it now offers services...

If corporate Canada was ever being hollowed out, it is now being filled in. For the first time in five years, the announced acquisitions of international companies by Canadian entities outstripped...

The fight to limit Emirates Airline's access to the Canadian market escalated Tuesday with Calin Rovinescu, Air Canada's chief executive, accusing the UAE airline of telling "fairy tales" about the...

Toyota Motor Corp., struggling to regain a reputation for quality after unintended acceleration forced the recall of millions of vehicles, will investigate a report in California of a Prius hybrid...

SAN FRANCISCO - His debt to society finally paid in full, William Lerach, the fiery shareholder litigator who exposed the excesses of Enron before running afoul of the law himself, warned of another...

The 66 to 34 vote allows the Senate to move toward a final vote for the bill, part of what Democrats call a “jobs agenda” to bring down the country’s 9.7% unemployment rate before November...

Gordon Nixon, Royal Bank chief executive, has said he’ll be “cautious” about U.S. takeovers as long as there’s uncertainty over regulations and the...

NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc stock surged as much as 8.4% on Tuesday after a prominent fund manager said the bank's shares were underpriced. In an interview with Fortune, Fairholme fund manager Bruce...

Shares of Minco Gold Corp jumped 33% percent on Tuesday, after the junior gold explorer reported discovery of a "significant gold zone" at one of its exploration properties in China. The company...

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China's exports grew strongly in February in a new sign of a rebound in global demand, government figures showed Wednesday. Exports were up 45.7 percent in February over a year earlier, the...

The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for even modest apartments in Shanghai have soared,...

Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting...

Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House. The ad buy,...

Shares of four companies that have received huge infusions of taxpayer cash soared Tuesday after a report that the government would sell its stake in Citigroup Inc. raised hopes that other bailed-out...

NEW YORK — Asian stock markets were little moved in early trading Wednesday after investors in the U.S. seemed to pause and look back on a year of recovery from the market's 12-year lows. ...

On his first trip to China some 20 years ago, Larry Mahoney found that "the streets were packed with people on bicycles." These days, however, it's BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes that crowd the...

SHANGHAI - The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for even modest apartments in Shanghai have...

When Timothy Beliveau appeared in federal court Tuesday to plead guilty to money laundering and tax evasion charges, he didn't mention the people who allegedly lost their home equity in his...

By ELAINE KURTENBACHAP BUSINESS WRITER SHANGHAI -- The luxury apartment buildings Yang Xuhua passes on her way to work are a daily reminder of her own frustrated efforts to buy a home. Prices for...

News ) reportedly agreed Tuesday to sell its real-estate investment business Citi Property Investors under Citi Holdings, to private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC. The unit has about 65...

For inventing a prototype of the modern PC, Microsoft researcher Chuck Thacker has won the prestigious A.M. Turing Award for a lifetime of contributions to computing. "I'm still recovering," Thacker...