About half the rice tested in China's third-largest city had high levels of a toxic metal that damages organs and causes cancer.
A Bangladeshi garment factory is continuing to produce Wrangler shirts despite being banned by Wal-Mart, according to a Reuters report.
The state news agency says China must protect its interests by reducing its dependence on Wall Street's favorite data service.
While a new name has yet to be decided, the combined company will expand delivery service to more than 500 cities in the U.S. and U.K.
The Wall Street titan has been slowly reducing its stake in the bank and now hopes to sell what remains for about $1.1 billion.
The alleged suicides, which involved a 30-year-old married man, a 23-year-old woman and 24-year-old man, follow a wave of previous suicides.
The so-called Chinese Momentum Fund is seeking capital from investors abroad for the dollar-denominated fund to invest globally.
Campbell's Soup Co. reported increased earnings in the quarter, boosted by ready-made soup sales.
The action is consistent with GE's goal to reduce the overall size of GE Capital, the company said Monday.
Fading inflation fears, among other factors, have weighed on both precious metals.
Cytori, Commtouch, Silicom, Perion, Yahoo are among the companies that prevailed in the pre-market trading on Monday.
Apple CEO Tim Cook heads to Washington to defend his company's 25.2 percent effective tax rate.
U.S. stock index futures point to a mixed open on Monday ahead of release of Chicago Fed National Activity Index for April.
Rail riders will continue to feel Monday the impacts of the commuter-train crash in Bridgeport Friday.
The U.S. Federal Reserve chairman delivered an address centered on "Economic Prospects for the Long Run," and here's what he had to say.
Shanghai Jahwa, one of China's oldest cosmetic companies, took a hit because of a dispute between an executive and its controlling shareholder.
American households currently owe $11.23 trillion. Find out what they're doing with the money they've borrowed.
The U.S. has by far the greatest variety of military drones in the world. Check out the other 59 countries that also possess military drones.
Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) on Friday reiterated its negative outlook on India's BBB- sovereign rating.
EPL, Ellie Mae, Copa Holdings, United States Cellular Corporation and Heckmann prevailed in the NYSE post-market trading on Friday.
Ambulances have rushed to the scene of a collision of two Metro-North Railroad trains that occurred Friday night.
Data on manufacturing in Germany, France and the rest of the euro zone will cast light on its record-long recession.
President Xi Jinping's austerity measures have hurt high-end restaurants in Beijing, some of which are facing losses unseen since the 1970s.
A sweeping majority of Transocean shareholders voted down Icahn's proposal for a $4 a share dividend and voted out chairman Michael Talbert.
Yemen, where unemployment is high, is seeing its remittances from rich Saudi Arabia dry up as the latter gets tough on illegal workers.
The Great Recession hurt a lot of people, and this loss of wealth will follow millions into retirement, according to a recently released report.
China has over-reported its exports for the last five months, and its economy is growing much less than widely believed.
San Francisco, Calif., food truck company Bacon Bacon was shut down Friday after neighbor complaints of a strong bacon smell led to the discovery of the company's lack of proper health permits.
India moves to drop price of pharmaceuticals. Drugmakers have until the end of June to comply.
Consumer sentiment rose to 83.7 from April's 76.4, according to a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan index.
