Twitter's announcement to censor tweets in countries that violate speech laws incited outcry on the Internet, but there are ways to get around the new regulations.
The Indiana right-to-work bill's supporters trumpeted the argument that making Indiana a right-to-work state would encourage businesses to relocate there. But a survey of the available data suggests that the link between right-to-work and job creation is not as clear as its proponents claim.
Investors in Apple Inc. have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia.
For the fashion elite, the Year of the Dragon marked a special inaugural festivity - Dragon Week. Dragon Week, created by Affinity China, was a week-long luxury trip designed specifically for wealthy Chinese travelers.
A cancer-causing cadmium discharge from a mining company has polluted a long stretch of two rivers in southern China, and officials warned some 3.7 million people of Liuzhou in the Guangxi region to avoid drinking water from the river, state media reported on Friday.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pressed Europe on Friday to boost its bailout fund resources, citing the euro zone debt crisis and oil prices as the two main factors influencing the pace of the United States' economic upturn.
Japan and South Korea are Iran's third and fifth biggest oil customers, but the United States, looking for international support for new sanctions pressuring Iran's oil sector, would like that to change.
Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in specific countries, renewing questions about how the social media platform will handle issues of free speech as it rapidly expands its global user base.
Investors in Apple Inc. have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia.
Spot gold finished slightly lower on Thursday as investors locked in profits after bullion jumped past key resistance in early trade.
Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin censoring Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings.
Mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility Inc posted a fourth quarter loss on weak revenue on Thursday in what could be its last report before a planned takeover by Google Inc.
Twitter, the social network many have lauded as the launching pad for several protests around the world, has just changed its privacy policy. Twitter made the announcement the company's official blog: We give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country - while keeping it available in the rest of the world, said the post. We have also built in a way to communicate transparently to users when content is withheld, and why.
Caterpillar Inc reported a 58 percent rise in quarterly earnings that blew away Wall Street expectations on record sales of construction and mining equipment, and projected strong growth for 2012.
Slowing growth in China is emerging as a concern in some of this quarter's earnings reports from U.S. multinationals that have long relied on strong growth in China and other emerging markets to drive their profits.
A new survey conducted by Deloitte suggested Gen Y consumers, generally between the ages of 19 and 31, prefer hybrids or electric vehicles -- vehicles with some electrified elements.
The Chinese New Year celebration is expected to increase strong demand for gold in Asia, according to industry experts.
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich called on Wednesday for a base on the moon and an expanded federal purse for prize money to stimulate private-sector space projects.
Since the start of the year, one phrase has tripped off the lips of European leaders more than any other: jobs and growth. After two years of debt crisis and budget austerity, there is a strong desire to shift the narrative on.
Ahmadinejad is the highest Iranian government official thus far to offer to re-start the talks.
Social media is booming, the IT revolution is stronger than ever and emerging market countries are the engines for global economic growth. For small businesses, a bright idea could be expanding internationally.
The rumors surrounding Apple's next generation iPhone have been around for quite some time now. On top of that, a new report, based on information from a reliable source at Foxconn in China, spiced up the whole plot. The report says the iPhone 5 - or whatever Apple would like to name it - is ready for production and is likely to hit stores in the summer.
