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The process that promises shared prosperity often simply means local government forcing farmers into buildings while grabbing their land.

The newest addition to the Dreamliner 787 family can carry as many as 290 passengers and will be priced at $249.5 million.

The move is expected to protect local hand-made jewelry producers from cheaper imports from countries such as Thailand and Malaysia.

In the next three to five years, we might see the first recession in the Chinese economy since the beginning of economic reform.

Affleck said that, despite all the online backlash, he’s still excited to portray America’s favorite mentally unstable masked vigilante.

FriendFinder Networks has filed for bankruptcy after failing to turn a profit since at least 2008.

Holiday retail traffic this year in the U.S. is expected to be lower than last year’s.

Tesla has a critically acclaimed car, but it's still a David facing several Goliaths. And history proves that price matters.

It's been a long time coming, but it finally looks like the Fed will slow down quantitative easing, but at whose expense and whose gain?

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has filed a record number of lawsuits this year, thanks to high levels of seizures in 2009 and 2010.

China is encouraging short-selling to help boost the markets, but it is doing so cautiously.

IBT Tech Reporter Ryan Neal wrote about the rise of Twitter; he stopped by to talk with IBTimesTV.

Recent offshore discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean Sea have regional countries eyeing the resource.

Marigay McKee was still touting Harrods department store in 2011 -- now she must develop a stronger online business.

Europe’s auto sector is doing terribly, but Volkswagen’s high-end brands have sold over 16 times more cars there this year.

"Single black lab ISO 'temporary' friend for tomorrow night. Photos available upon request. Cats need not apply."

The formerly capsized luxury cruise liner, Costa Concordia was raised in a 19 hour parbuckling operation that was completed on Tuesday. Take a closer look at the damage sustained by the ship in photos here.

The combined debt of China's local governments now roughly equals the European nation's gross domestic product.

Increased tourism spending in the summer of 2013 could contribute to the best GDP growth figures Greece has seen in five years.

Men’s Wearhouse reported lousy sales this year, and what’s to blame, according to CEO Doug Ewert? Superstitious brides who fear the number 13.

Will this be Africa's breakout investment decade? The Africa Angel List is holding a networking event in Johannesburg this month.

While climate change has taken center stage, carbon intensive coal-fired plants have been increasing capacity.

French tax lawyers are probably hoping for more business from U.S. firms -- which face heightened tax scrutiny by Paris.

Countries with large shale crude oil and natural gas reserves can learn from the U.S. energy boom.

The overall CPI and the core reading both stayed within the Federal Reserve's target for inflation.

The FDA says it has received more than 200 complaints of illness in connection with the voluntary Chobani yogurt recall earlier this month.

UK inflation dipped marginally, while economic sentiment in the euro zone and Germany, as measured by the ZEW index, improved sharply.

Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud pledges to spend the money on security, economic recovery, legal reform and public finances.

Supporting earlier rumors of a mid-October iPad 5 launch, a new report said the company would hold an event on Oct. 15, dedicated to iPads.