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For the third year in a row, U.S.-based companies in China saw their profits decline. Why now?

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Friday were Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc, InterMune Inc, JAKKS Pacific Inc and Applied Micro Circuits Corporation while the top after-market Nasdaq losers were Curis Inc, Responsys Inc, ArQule Inc and Actuate Corporation.

The job market will dominate economic news in the U.S. next week, with the latest figures on nonfarm payrolls to be released Friday.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Friday were American Vanguard, GrafTech International, Sibanye Gold, Millennial Media and Renren Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were EPAM Systems, Roundy's, Annie's and Lithia Motors.

The U.S. natural-gas production boom has cut a chasm down the middle of corporate America over exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG.

The yen's slide is an effort to jump-start Japan, but holders of the dollar, won, Euro, yuan and other currencies see it as an act of aggression.

United States budget sequestration cuts might have considerable implications, but American car buyers seem unfazed -- at least for now.

It appears that Mason's retirement package is minimal, as in $378.36. Not $378 million or $370,000, but $378.

McDonald's is planning to eliminate Chicken Selects and the Fruit & Walnut Salad from its menu as it introduces more limited-time options.

An In-N-Out cook’s Reddit AMA is making headlines for including details of a "secret menu."

The world’s billionaires had a combined fortune of $5.5 trillion -- the equivalent of China’s GDP, according to Hurun.

General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) posts 7 percent rise in total sales in February, to 224,314 units.

How did "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis become indebted to a Las Vegas tycoon for a reported $10.3 million?

Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) said Friday it sold 195,822 vehicles last month, its best February in six years.

Households responded to this hit to income by spending more and reducing their savings. But what does it mean for the economy's health?

Chrysler sold 139,015 units in the U.S. in February, a 4 percent year-over-year increase.

Sibanye Gold, Deckers Outdoor Corp., Intuitive Surgical Inc., Groupon, Sprint Nextel Corp. and Gevo Inc. prevailed in the pre-market trading Friday.

Europe's jobless rate is getting worse, not better. In Spain and Greece, jobless youths number well above 50 percent.

China's regulators will curb its rapidly expanding shadow banking system, which has for months greatly exceeded formal bank lending.

China's manufacturing activity expanded at a slower rate in February, data released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

India’s manufacturing sector expanded at a higher-than-expected rate in February, backed by strong domestic orders, HSBC India Manufacturing PMI said.

U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open on Friday ahead of the automatic sequester spending cuts set to begin at midnight.

Crude oil prices declined and hovered below $92 a barrel in Asian trading Friday as disappointing Chinese manufacturing growth weighed on sentiment.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Thursday were Shutterfly, Body Central, Ixia, Deckers Outdoor and Cerus Corp. The top after-market NASDAQ losers were Icahn Enterprises, OmniVision Technologies, Immersion Corp, MannKind Corp and Novadaq Technologies Inc.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Pengrowth Energy Corp, Rosetta Stone, Salesforce.com, Gap, Inc and Global Geophysical Services, Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers were Atlantic Power Corp, Youku Tudou, McDermott International, CommonWealth REIT and Sandridge Energy Inc.

A California winery submerged four cases of cabernet sauvignon in Charleston Harbor to see how the ocean affects the aging of the wine.

The Mongolian government blocked mining licenses for Entree Gold, Inc. Is this resource nationalism? Probably not.

The International Monetary Fund says the budget action would lead to an economic slowdown in the U.S., which would ripple across the globe.

Rising royalty costs prompt U.S. online streaming music company Pandora Media to limit free mobile listening.