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The broad-based S&P 500 stock index set its second record in a month Monday, on strong tech and energy stock gains.

Disney’s stock opened at $62.82 and rose to $63.25, a gain of 2.2% before noon on Monday -- reaching a new 52-week high.

Families and unions want answers on how much responsibility Western clothing brands have for Bangladeshi worker safety.

An affluent class has arisen in India that is now able to purchase symbols of Western prosperity.

The Chinese government's commitment to industrial policy is producing a string of losses from state-subsidized companies.

China's top-ranking businesspeople and officials are paid a fraction of their American counterparts, but that doesn't mean they're poor.

The recall, to address an electronic stability control issue, is for 2012-2013 Honda Fit Sport vehicles.

The Blue Angels along with other military air demonstration teams join the growing list of shows and events that have fallen victim to the sequestration budget cuts.

The National Union of Mineworkers, an ally of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress, wants a double-digit pay hike.

Apple's Chinese manufacturer is in hot water again about working conditions at its factories.

While fears about the impact of the crises in Cyprus and Italy have died down, the wider economic outlook has not improved.

Factories in Texas are stagnating, according to a report by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank.

Higher pending home sales signal that actual home sales may rise in coming months.

The Plano, Texas-based department store chain says the deal gives it the financial strength to continue its reinvention efforts.

Some 3.5 million Bangladeshi workers toil in almost 5,000 garment factories to produce goods for the European and North American markets.

Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, the passenger jet grounded after battery problems posed a fire risk, is back in the skies.

U.S. consumer spending in March rose more than had been expected by analysts. Meanwhile, core inflation remains low.

Sanctions have cut oil exports by 27 percent, as multinationals back off projects and insurance is used to dissuade refiners.

The International Monetary Fund warned that Asian policymakers should monitor growing financial imbalances fueled by cheap credit.

Valeant, ArcelorMittal, Newmont, Research In Motion, J.C. Penney, Microsoft prevailed in the pre-market trading on Monday.

Stocks closed mixed Fri. after data indicated the U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace than expected in 1Q.

Crude oil prices hovered below $93 a barrel on Monday as economic reports from the U.S. and China weighed on the demand outlook.

Nokia's was once the market leader in the mobile-phone space, but it hasn't transitioned well to smartphones.

Israel calls them terrorists; Palestinians call them freedom fighters. They are the thousands of security detainees in Israeli prisons.

Americans are expected to keep annualized auto sales above 15 million, thanks to sweet interest rates and high trade-in values.

EPL Oil & Gas, Xcel Energy, Actavis, Key Energy and Northern Tier prevailed in the NYSE post-market trading Friday.

Monetary policies will also be in play, with European Central Bank and U.S. Federal Open Market Committee meetings on the calendar.

When Chinese authorities introduced a lottery for car tags, they did not foresee what it would do to the nation's auto industry.

Polar Star Mining completed its 16-hole, 2,500-meter surface drill program at its Chepica gold/copper mine project, near Talca, Chile.