Japan?s current account surplus fell 8.6 percent in March compared to a year earlier, thanks largely to higher energy costs, the country?s Finance Ministry revealed Thursday. A stronger-than-desired yen is also weighing on export growth and it makes Japanese goods less competitive.
It seems that everyone cannot stop talking about Mark Zuckerberg's roadshow to the Facebook IPO, where he angered Wall Street bankers by donning his standard uniform, a hoodie and jeans. But Zuckerberg isn?t the only CEO of a company who chooses to dress down than don a suit. Here are photos of 13 other CEOs who rid of suits.
Exploring the relationship between visuals and social issues, French creative team J.R. and Cuban-American artist Jose Parla have transformed the streets of Havana with absorbing murals for the Havana Biennial.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and its primary iPad and iPhone supplier, Foxconn Technology Company Ltd. (Taipei: 2354), will share the costs of improving labor conditions inChinese factories, Foxconn CEO Terry Gou said.
The government is also permitting about 500 foreign observers, including 120 from the European Union, to monitor the elections.
President Barack Obama made a historic announcement of his support of gays and lesbians marrying, but stopped short of calling it a civil right.
U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rates hit a new record low in the week ending May 10, following lower Treasury bond yields and weaker economic data in April, mortgage financier Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Vidal Sassoon's death yesterday at 84 years old brought out a startling admission among many in the Twitterverse: They didn't realize Sassoon, the iconic English-born hairdresser who has a line of hair products that bear his name, was actually a real person.
The Global Fund, a leading financier in the struggle against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, expects to have an additional $1.6 billion to fund projects in 2012-2014, its new chief said on Wednesday, a turnaround from a funding freeze last year.
Officials of India's drug regulator have been colluding with pharmaceutical firms to speed up approval procedures, allowing some drugs that are not permitted in other countries to go on sale, according to an 18-month investigation by lawmakers.
It was to be the first purpose-built retreat center for inhabitants of the world?s largest country, but plans for the £50m ($80m) Chinese holiday village in Wales were dealt a blow recently after inspectors deemed the design ?inappropriate.?
The price of U.S. imports fell 0.5 percent in April, a decrease driven by lower declining natural gas prices, while the price of U.S. exports rose 0.4 percent, according to a Department of Labor report Thursday.
Shares of AOL (NYSE: AOL), the No. 7 website, rose slightly after the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and promised to pass on $1 billion in patent payments to shareholders.
The U.S. trade deficit widened to $51.8 billion in March, up from a revised February figure of $45.4 billion, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported Thursday.
After legalizing gay marriages in 2010, Argentina now welcomes a new gender rights law that gives it citizen the right to undergo sex-change surgery or hormone therapy lawfully.
Avion Gold Corp lowered its production forecast for the year after it halted mill expansion plans at its Tabakoto mine in Mali due to a military coup.
Authorities have still not caught up with Adam Mayes, the Mississippi man accused of killing Tennessee woman Jo Ann Bain and her oldest daughter, while kidnapping her two youngest girls. A relative has now informed authorities that Mayes believes the two young Bain girls are his daughters.
Venizelos, the former finance minister, said he will ?explore all possibilities? in his quest to create an alliance with rival parties, including ND, Syriza and the Democratic Left.
Shares of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) plunged nearly 11 percent after the company projected weaker-than-expected results for the current quarter.
Fewer Americans than expected filed for jobless benefits last week, calming some concerns about the jobs market recovery after a disappointing April employment report. However, many signs point to the fact that companies are still very cautious about adding workers.
Gold steadied in Europe on Thursday after falling to a four-month low in the previous session, as an uptick in the euro after Spain moved to clean up its banks and Europe's bailout fund approved a key payment to Greece took some pressure off prices.
The latest development in the case of the yet unsolved mystery of MI6 spy Gareth Williams' death is that a veteran Army officer demonstrating how Williams could have got himself locked inside the sports bag and perhaps been suffocated to death. According to Jim Fetherstonhaugh, 49 - a sergeant in the Royal Artillery for 22 years, it is not only highly possible that Williams locked himself, is also a very simple and easy task to do (including padlocking himself). Many MI6 agents, after the dea...
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade Thursday are: Aegon N.V., Banco Santander, Alpha Natural Resources, Cisco Systems, CGG Veritas, Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc and Unilever plc.
Consumer electronics and entertainment giant Sony Corp reported Thursday a record net loss for the fiscal year ended March but pinned hopes on a restructuring strategy to return to profit this year.
Asian markets fell Thursday as weak exports data from China and concerns surrounding Greece and Spain dampened sentiments.
China reported Thursday a rise in trade surplus to $18.4 billion in April from $5.35 billion in March amid continued weakness in exports caused by economic crises in overseas markets.
A formerly underdeveloped part of Texas is getting rich thanks to natural gas and oil, to the point that there are more jobs than people available to fill them.
Every new 2013 Cadillac XTS will come with an Apple Incorporated (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad with a suite of customer education apps pre-loaded to teach new owners about the car's Cadillac User Experience (CUE), General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) announced on Wednesday.
A corporate diet, better focus and the explosion of ?Big Data? sent earnings up for Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the No. 1 provider of Internet equipment.
The Bank of Canada has unveiled their new $20 bill. The impossible to copy $20 polymer bank note features an updated design of Queen Elizabeth II and Canada's National Vimy Memorial and incorporates the latest in anti-counterfeiting technology. So why were focus groups appalled?