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A 300-million-year-old ancient tropical forest has been unearthed under volcanic ashes in China, according to a new report.

Apple, the world’s most valuable company, is scheduled to convene its annual shareholder meeting Thursday at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.Here are three ket items to watch for.

George Soros does not have a favorable view of how Germany is handling the Eurozone debt crisis.

Thousands of young Portuguese have migrated to Mozambique in recent years – reportedly as many as 120,000 in 2011 alone.

Google is to bolster its Google Finance service by giving retail investors free access to real-time London Stock Exchange share prices.

Shares of Dell, the No. 3 PC supplier, have surged nearly 25 percent this year. Could investors be looking for the company to start surging in the services sector?

The London Stock Exchange Group is to provide real-time market data to Google, bolstering the search-engine's Google Finance offering with free access to London share prices previously only available with a 15 minute delay.

Conventional wisdom says the main reason why gold prices are rising is the loose monetary policy out of the developed world and a loss of faith in fiat currencies like the U.S. dollar.

Apple Inc's trademark battle moves to one of China's richest cities on Wednesday when a Shanghai court will deliberate a request by troubled technology company Proview to halt the sale of iPads across the city.

Under pressure from the United States, Japan is close to cutting its oil imports from Iran.

Apple fans are expecting the tech giant to debut iPad 3 on March 7, or at least in the first week of March, if rumors are to be believed, but they could be in store for disappointment - Apple might delay the release of iPad 3 as iPad tablets have been banned in China over a bitter trademark dispute between the tech giant and Proview – a bankrupt Chinese company.

Millions of iPhones have been sold to date, and yet, no outsider knows that how these devices are made. Not until now, but things are going to change - the secret is going to be revealed on Tuesday edition of NightLine, a show on ABC News.

Apple Inc's trademark battle moves to one of China's richest cities on Wednesday when a Shanghai court will deliberate a request by troubled technology company Proview to halt the sale of iPads across the city.

The legal dispute between Apple and Proview over the iPad trademark is escalating and people can't help but wonder whether the issue will delay iPad 3's debut and destroy Apple's reputation.

Stock index futures pointed to a rise in U.S. equities on Tuesday after the market opens following Monday's Presidents Day holiday, with futures for the S**9**P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.4 percent to 0.5 percent.

Gold rose for a second day on Tuesday, taking its cue from a brief rally in the euro after euro zone finance ministers struck a deal with Greece on its emergency funding, while silver shrugged off data that showed a steep drop in Chinese imports.

Millions across the world are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Apple's iPad 3 which, according to reports, is looking at an early March release.

Japan's Mazda Motor Corp plans to raise $2.1 billion to shore up its finances and invest in a new plant in Mexico, financial sources said on Tuesday -- a bigger-than-expected dilutive fundraising that sent its shares tumbling 10 percent.

Oil traded near the highest price in nine months following expectation of increasing demand as euro zone finance ministers agreed on a rescue package for Greece.

Apple Inc has signed with China Telecom to sell its iPhone in China from next month as it looks to boost its flagging share of the world's biggest mobile phone market.

Apple Inc has signed with China Telecom to sell its iPhone in China from next month as it looks to boost its flagging share of the world's biggest mobile phone market.