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Why did the Mexican Senate have to actively make money laundering a felony? Because, until now, it wasn't.

The Feb. 2 election has changed little for Thailand, and its economy is facing a scary year.

Earnings from Wall Street heavyweights such as Pepsi and Kraft Foods, plus data on jobs and retail sales, should influence trading.

The company said that no reports or complaints have been received of accidents or injuries associated with the latest recall.

The moderate inflation rate in January 2014 was mainly due to falling prices of heating oil and motor fuel.

The new firmware version is L720VPUFNAE, which is the same build number carried by the KitKat kernel source that was released by Samsung.

China is Sri Lanka's largest lender and the agreement will mean the island nation will have increased access to Chinese markets.

Among the collection were a 2009 ZR1Blue Devil and a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, both on loan to the museum from General Motors.

The proposed deal will produce increased efficiency, but would also likely lead to a near-monopoly market share.

Although Islamic finance is catching on in the West, countries that are predominantly Muslim still house the biggest Shariah-compliant institutions.

Young Venezuelans have taken to the streets of Caracas to protest President Nicolas Maduro.

Confusion over money laundering rules seems prevalent at a few gold dealers.

Be it shopping online or in a store, consumers spend more when they're warm, a new study shows. Here's why.

2014 will be a year to test the government’s commitment to financial reform. Liansheng’s default probably won't be the last in China's trust sector.

U.S. gold coin sales fell 40 percent in January from a year earlier.

An expelled member of the African National Congress has started his own party based on left-leaning economic ideas.

Many companies are shying away from doing business in the world's second-largest economy, while others find corruption unavoidable.

Mexico's reform to end its state oil monopoly and allow private companies to drill will likely mean increased profits for organized crime preying on pipelines.

Cost cutting will be coupled with production increases, with Kalasnikov's CEO commenting regarding finances: "The situation is difficult."

The southern African country is relying on Chinese funds to revitalize its shaky economy.

Historically, institutional investors have favored gold. How about during the post-financial crisis era?

One quarterly stat institutional investors will scrutinize: Pepsi's sales in its declining North American beverage business.

An alleged User Agent profile apparently revealed the model number for Galaxy S5’s T-Mobile version.

Mark Carney stressed that any hike in the Bank Rate, by the Monetary Policy Committee, would only be limited and gradual.

Average industrial production for 2013, compared with 2012, dropped by 0.8 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU.

AIG will likely deliver strong earnings growth in Q4 2013, as the year-earlier period was hit by Superstorm Sandy losses.

Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile are getting closer to each other -- and most of all, to China.

Volkswagen workers will decide by secret ballot whether to adopt the first German-style union structure in the United States.

Markets seem upbeat after Janet Yellen’s speech Tuesday reassured investors there’d be no sudden course corrections in monetary policy.