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Asian shares retreated from a two-week high Friday on scaled back expectations of more stimulus from the U.S. Federal Reserve and growth concerns after manufacturing surveys from the euro zone and China depicted a bleak outlook.

Watch highlights and read a full account of Barcelona against Real Madrid from the first leg of the Spanish Super Cup at Camp Nou.

Local governments in China are getting ready for major stimulus spending worth as much as 1.1 trillion dollars, despite warnings about the possibly detrimental effects.

Asian shares fell Wednesday morning after recent rally, but the euro held near a seven-week high on hopes the European Central Bank will act to rein in surging euro zone borrowing costs and policymakers will find ways to keep Greece on lifelines.

Beauty Balms, or BB Creams as they are frequently, have reached a height in popularity as a all-in-one primer, SPF, moisturizer and tone evener. But is this "wonder cream" another advertising trick a la Don Draper to tantalize a woman's desire for beauty in something as easy applied as a balm? Turns out, Beauty Balm is far from just another tinted moisturizer.

Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), Europe?s largest engineering company, is in early internal talks to slash thousands of jobs after posting quarterly results that came in sharply below analysts? estimates, a German newspaper reported Tuesday.

Glencore International PLC (LON: GLEN), a commodity trading company based in Baar, Switzerland, has said it is prepared to bow out of talks to buy Xstrata PLC (LON: XTA) rather than give in to a demand for more money from a major shareholder of the giant mining company.

The real estate erosion has gone global. Home prices are down in 12 of 21 countries tracked by the Economist on an annual basis in July, and five additional countries experienced slower growth.

Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors await the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) and the outcome of the European leaders' discussions about the sovereign debt crisis in the region later this week.

Meles Zenawi, the influential prime minister of Ethiopia died Monday at the age of 57 from an undisclosed illness ending weeks of speculation about his health, the Ethiopian state television announced Tuesday.

Asian shares edged up Tuesday as investors held on to hopes the European Central Bank will act to soothe borrowing costs, even as officials denied a report about the shape of its planned bond buying strategy.

Germany's central bank warned Monday that Europe's biggest economy could be stressed by the continent's endless financial crisis, with signs of a slowdown building even as it is being relied on ever more to prop up its neighbors

Most collectors claim they are simply military historians, and not neo-Nazis.

Five 2012 Little League World Series games are scheduled for Aug.20. Here?s how to watch a free live stream online for each contest.

European rabbis as well as Israel?s Minister of Public Diplomacy have criticized Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) for publishing and selling an Arabic-language app of ?The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,? probably the best-known anti-Semitic forgery.

Treyarch and Activision?s upcoming ?Call of Duty: Black Ops 2? be may be released on the Wii U, according to a recent clue published on social networking career site LinkedIn.

By the time the clock hit midnight Sunday, three United Airlines flights had made emergency landings over the weekend, stranding passengers and leaving others wondering whether the airline, which recently merged with Continental, was in the midst of a rocky marriage.

Asian stocks fell Monday as it became apparent to investors that Europe's policymakers were still lingering on taking decisive action to contend with the euro zone debt crisis.

Spies from Germany and the U.K. have been engaging in covert operations to help Syria?s rebel forces topple President Bashar al-Assad?s regime, according to reports from British and German press, just as U.N. observers end a failed mission to monitor the violence.

A second United flight departing Newark in as many days has had to make an emergency landing Sunday morning.

Real Madrid makes their home debut against La Liga rival Valencia.