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Is the future of technological innovation in Latin America?

The use of laborers hired by a third-party or unregistered contractor is illegal according to Japanese law.

The Texas-based retailer has been trying to engineer a rebound by targeting younger and richer customers.

The world's biggest ship launched on Wednesday, but what massive vessels came before it?

Outraged mother fights Walmart with online petition to get her son his job back after he is sacked unfairly, she claims.

Registering your car in traffic-congested Beijing is about to get harder. This hasn't stopped some drivers from tricking the system creatively.

Reporting and accounting standards for pension plans are changing. Here are the cities to keep an eye on.

The nation has made relatively few strides in carrying out the WHO's guidelines.

Latin America may have found who to blame for disappointing GDP growth in 2013: its two largest economies.

As the national debate about the minimum wage hits the boil, here are five facts to know, courtesy of Pew Research.

Two major Wall Street banks penned their initial thoughts on bitcoin as a serious global currency this week.

With Hello Kitty on his side, one entrepreneur is hoping a cat-branded champagne will gain popularity in Asia.

In a bid to speed up reforms in the banking sector, foreign banks could be allowed more freedom in the future.

Total bilateral trade between South Korea and Australia amounted to about $29 billion last year.

Student loan debt is hurting a key U.S. business sector.

Take a look at some photos of fast-food workers rallying across the U.S. on Thursday for wages as high as $15 per hour.

Detailed pricing research shows that many retailers didn’t discount deeply going into Thanksgiving 2013.

The tragic tale of how Blockbuster went from Family Night mainstay to crumbled corporate empire.

The stimulus just approved by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will boost Japan's GDP by 1 percent.

The latest figures from Tesla’s biggest overseas market suggest October’s low Model S sales volume was just a supply-chain hiccup.

The central bank did not prohibit individuals from trading in the virtual currency.

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said underfunded pensions should be a top U.S. economic priority.

The U.S. plans to prosecute several big banks in 2014 for mortgage fraud, Attorney General Holder says.

The U.S. economy grew at a much stronger rate in Q3. What does it mean for the Fed's stimulus reduction timetable?

The U.K.’s central bank maintained the status quo on its key rate and policies amid a steady recovery and dropping inflation and unemployment.

The new 2015 Mustang retains the key design elements of its predecessor, but comes equipped with modern technology and a global design.

The New York bank said hackers may have gained access to personal information of nearly half a million of its corporate customers.

A host of data and what the Federal Reserve makes of them in determining future monetary policy will play on investors’ minds.

Millions of people in the United States use Apple's pioneering smartphone, but the country's president is not among them.