However, low trading volumes due to summer vacations may increase market volatility -- typical for August.
A credit crunch, fueled by a drop in coal prices, may plunge China's coal-producing regions into a financial crisis.
As Facebook’s first chief marketing officer, Gary Briggs will be in charge of the social-networking giant’s branding and marketing initiatives.
Samsung's recent trademark filing with the USPTO reveals that the company’s upcoming smart watch will be named the “Galaxy Gear."
Growth in Japan’s services sector was at its weakest in nine months amid stagnation in new business and employment, a new survey shows.
China's service sector shows resilience even as the economy struggles to maintain growth momentum, HSBC's latest reading of PMI shows.
The latest HSBC China purchasing managers’ indexes indicate a divergence between the two economic sectors.
Earnings season is winding down, but a number of market-moving companies are set to report their financial results.
The latest levels of Japan’s PMI composite and its PMI for the service sector indicate a slowdown in the economy.
The Italian unit of the British telecoms giant says the Italian company overcharged for market access.
The power Barack Obama used to help Apple has been used only four other times, thrice by Ronald Reagan.
The world’s trade referee said China “acted inconsistently” in slapping tariffs on U.S. chicken products.
John Henry, owner of MLB-leading Red Sox and other sports groups, has no prior experience running a media company.
AbTech Industries, Inc. President and CEO Glenn Rink demos the "Smart Sponge," a popcorn-shaped material that can absorb oils spills.
Google has begun rolling out the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean firmware update to the Google Play editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One.
Motorola’s Punit Soni said Friday the new Moto X on the Sprint, US Cellular, Rogers and T-Mobile networks will have an unlockable bootloader.
In Russia, Police arrest a man who allegedly stole an entire road.
A U.S. court dismissed a plea from female employees of Wal-Mart seeking class action certification for their gender bias case against the company.
Botulism toxin may have tainted a Fonterra product exported to China, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia.
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and toxic epidermal necrolysis are the most serious skin reactions linked to acetaminophen in rare cases, FDA says.
When trouble arrives, banks often depart, and access to cash becomes difficult. This is the story of how people bank in conflict zones.
Reliance Industries Ltd. is looking to invest more capital in U.S. shale gas.
Tensions between the cross-Caribbean neighbors increased after Nicaragua announced plans to explore oil offshore in disputed waters.
China is famously the land of tea. But the world's biggest coffee chain is betting it will change its ways.
OM Manganese mining company was fined this week for desecrating part of the aboriginal Two Women Sitting Down site in northern Australia.
The actor is angry about the billionaire investor's plan to spin off Sony Entertainment.
The maritime industry is profiting from the current U.S. oil boom as more tankers are needed to transport crude domestically.
Edward Snowden may have saved U.S children from broccoli as the cost of importing the vegetable has gone up after Ecuador and U.S fallout.
“Pain and Gain,” one of Viacom’s more-successful movies, resulted in lots of green for the media giant.
Chinese ag-chem companies are moving into the lucrative U.S. pesticide market.