The World Trade Organization forbade China Thursday to impose duties on certain U.S. steel exports, in a case affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Gaomi, China, the hometown of Nobel-winning novelist Mo Yan, will get a $107 million makeover to create a 'Culture Experience Zone.'
A new American Express Global Business Travel survey says prices are headed up in three of the four 'BRIC' countries.
Japan's main opposition leader Shinzo Abe has irked China and South Korea by visiting a shrine honoring convicted war criminals. The brouhaha could embroil the U.S., as well
U.N. Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is urging the Syrian regime and rebels to respect a cease-fire during the Muslim Holiday Eid al-Adha.
The slow decline in Chinese economic growth has "bottomed out" and is turning, economists said Thursday.
The British government has reported a rise in human trafficking, particularly from East and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa.
A White House-ordered review has found no clear evidence for the allegation that Huawei Technologies Ltd has spied for the Chinese government, Reuters has reported.
Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as concerns over a sharper slowdown in the world's second largest economy eased after China reported the third quarter economic activity data in line with expectations.
The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data.
Crude oil prices advanced slightly and hovered above $92 a barrel in Asia Thursday as better-than-expected economic reports from the U.S. and China eased concerns over the global growth slowdown.
Asian stocks gained Thursday with investor sentiment turning positive as data from China showed that the world’s second largest economy grew as expected in the third quarter, decreasing the concerns about the rapidly worsening economic conditions.
According to the official data released Thursday, China’s industrial production rose in September compared to that in the previous month, indicating an upswing in the manufacturing output.
China’s growth slowed again last quarter, to its lowest level since early 2009, the government announced Thursday morning.
Asian shares rose to their highest in seven months Thursday, boosted by a surge in U.S. housing starts that has followed other positive economic data.
Despite slowing sales, McDonald's is expected to serve up a $1.48 per share this quarter with a side of extra dividend.
Two U.S. servicemen have been arrested on charges of raping a Japanese woman in Okinawa, where the U.S. has a large military presence. Local residents have responded with protests calling for a reduction in U.S. troops there.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced that a new bill is in the works to ban public smoking.
Spanish police launched an operation against a Chinese gang in Madrid that had been laundering hundreds of millions of dollars made from evading import duties, prostitution and extortion.
Top global electronics brands Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Nokia, Google and Amazon share a common problem: they're customers of Taiwan’s Foxconn.
Bilateral India-Australia trade currently amounts to $20-billion, and it's increasing at a rate of 20 percent annually.
Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) will slow production pending shipment of Windows 8 by Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).
