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North Korea has proposed talks with South Korea over reopening an economically vital joint industrial zone.

Wayne Newton is moving from his estate of 45 years, Casa de Shenandoah, to another mansion about a mile away.

Company chairman says investments will boost India's growth at a time when foreign investments into India are falling.

Sotheby's auction house said it sold a Persian rug from the 1600s to an anonymous bidder for a record price.

In response to unsustainable demand, the Indian government hiked gold import duties for the second time this year.

A tractor-trailer carrying a tank of 6,000 gallons of Scotch whiskey overturned on a New Jersey road before the liquor caught fire this week

Outraged by photos of abused miners that surfaced online, Chinese netizens are dissatisfied with the government’s passive reaction.

PepsiCo is thirsty for the revenue that would come from SodaStream International, whose U.S. sales have doubled since 2012.

Car sales in the UK increased 11 percent in May, suggesting Brits are more confident than their continental counterparts.

The latest stat confirms a tapering of layoffs by employers -- historically a good sign for the U.S. economy.

Credit bureau Experian says a significant percentage of Americans got cars by leasing them first and then buying, in early 2013.

Hundreds were hospitalized near Dhaka Wednesday, after suffering nausea from a water supply that may have been purposely contaminated.

The insider trading trial of Mathew Martoma, a former hedge fund portfolio manager for SAC Capital Advisors, is set for November.

The euro zone's central bank held its key interest rate of 0.5 percent, much as investors and analysts had expected.

Planned U.S. job cuts continued their three month decline, signaling a potential recovery of sentiment among U.S. employers.

France jobless figures were released on Thursday, showing unemployment up to 10.8 percent from 10.5 percent in the first quarter last year.

China’s food imports and agribusiness will jump over the next decade pressuring global business, resources and the environment, a report says.

Sodastream, Nomura, Transcept, Clovis Oncology, Radian and VMware prevailed in the pre-market trading on Thursday.

Microsoft, along with the FBI and other authorities, disrupted a cyber crime network that led to $500 million in losses to financial institutions.

Depending on where her family is from, anywhere from 1 million yuan or 8,888 yuan and 9 cows, to absolutely nothing.

IATA's latest study shows that airlines' profits are up, thanks to lower-than-expected fuel prices and high passenger volume.

U.S. stock futures edged higher on Thursday after falling steeply in the previous session.

Apple is expected to release new versions of its MacBook Air notebook soon after its launch at the WWDC.

Monsanto said sabotage could be a possible cause of the unapproved Roundup Ready strain of wheat recently found in Oregon.

Amazon launched its online store for India on Wednesday with a model that will allow it to edge into the country's growing e-commerce market.

Samsung’s latest Galaxy S4 sales race past Apple’s iPhone 5 at three of the four major U.S. carriers in May, a new report says.

The storm was predicted to reach Florida’s coast and then parts of Georgia and the Carolinas.

Weaker than expected U.S. data and fears about the Fed's future policies sent Asian markets, on Thursday, to fresh lows in five months.

Toyota's pulling the sheet off the 2014 Corolla on Thursday evening in Santa Monica.