BUSINESS

Ahead of the anticipated announcement of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C, Apple has launched an iPhone trade-in program at retail locations.

Big retailers like Wal-Mart and Carrefour are looking to take advantage of Africa's increasing wealth.

Apple has restricted vacation time for its staff from Sept. 15 to 28, a period when iOS 7, iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C may be released, report said.

UK-based carrier Three UK is rumored to launch the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 on Sept. 16, 12 days after its unveiling in Berlin, a new report says.

Some analysts expect growth while others predict continued contraction in China’s factory activity in the HSBC-Markit PMI for August.

Google purchases smart watch maker WIMM Labs to bolster its efforts to build its own Android-based wearable computing device.

What can the debate over a pipeline built almost 40 years ago tell us about the future of the Keystone XL pipeline?

Despite China’s new trademark law, companies still need to plan well ahead before entering the mainland market.

The United States tops the list of governments that requested Facebook client data, followed by India.

Norway’s oil-based sovereign wealth fund is worth nearly $750 billion, so how does it compare with similar funds in other countries?

Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, discusses the August jobs report and when the Fed will taper QE.

Starbucks will open its first store in Bogotá in 2014. What will this mean for the country's huge coffee industry?

Due to the country's severe electricity shortage, medication that needs refrigeration often becomes ineffective.

Chet Kanojia says viewers are skipping through commercials anyway -- it’s time to figure out a new model.

Major mining companies could actually be a wise investment for investors, contrary to appearances.

The Keystone XL pipeline has been delayed for years, and yet it's always in the news. Here's why.

Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Forever21, American Eagle, Lowe's, Home Depot and others will offer huge sales this weekend.

One luxury pedestrian street in China takes fakes to a new level.

International partners would prefer not to channel their money through the SADC.

There's a grim outlook for China's banking industry on slower profit growth, narrower interest-rate margins and rising bad loans.

India's slowing GDP growth is a symptom and also a cause of the challenges currently facing the country.

Despite coping with the fifth-largest wildfire in California’s history, Yosemite has seen minimal cancellations for the Labor Day weekend.

The lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria and Germany, while jobs continued to be scarce in Greece and Spain.

Now’s the time to shop for bargains on this year's cars and trucks as 2014 models start showing up on the lots.

The U.S. Open Tennis Championships at Flushing Meadows generates hundreds of millions for the New York economy.

Myanmar's bean industry is producing far below capacity, thanks to years of central planning under the former junta.

It's settled: Chilean airline will keep on flying out of Buenos Aires' domestic airport Jorge Newbery.

Amid signs of a strengthening U.S. economy, investors have one eye on the Fed, and the other on Syria.

AT&T canceled employee vacations for the second half of September, seemingly in preparation for the iPhone 5S launch on Sept. 20.