Asian shares fell on Tuesday, as a rise in euro zone bond yields reflected lingering doubts about the ability of politicians in Italy and Greece to push through painful reforms to resolve their debt crises and win market confidence.
As The Hunger Games trailer debuts, beauty company China Glaze is allegedly prepping a set of nail polish colors to coincide with the film. The Hunger Games Collection (unconfirmed) will premiere in 2012, but click here for a look at all shades and their inspirations from the YA book series, from Katniss and Peeta to District 12 and Flaming Mockingjay.
The World Bank's private-sector lender plans to work more closely with Intel, the world's top chipmaker, to invest in technology firms in developing countries, a senior World Bank official said on Monday.
Herman Cain struggled to answer a question about President Barack Obama's handling of Libya in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Monday, first asking whether Obama had supported the rebellion against Moammar Gadhafi and then saying that he would have gone about assessing the situation differently, which might have caused us to end up in the same place.
A former New York City police officer, Kevin Hiltunen, removed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator and dragged him out of Rep. Bob Turner's official swearing-in ceremony.
Shares of Dell, the No. 2 PC maker, rose slightly Monday, ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings report scheduled for Tuesday. Investors await news on Dell’s moves upscale as well as supply shortages caused by floods in Thailand.
President Barack Obama spent a weekend reiterating his belief the United States' economic future rests upon success across its westward ocean, engaging in the leaders of 21 nations in the Pacific Rim during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Hawaii.
The Hawaiian musician performed Occupy With Aloha for 45 minutes at Saturday's global gala.
Ivanhoe Mines said on Monday that construction at its Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia will be 70 percent complete by the end of 2011, with commercial production seen in the first half of 2013.
One in 10 adults will have diabetes by 2030, posing a huge challenge to healthcare systems around the world, according to a report on Monday.
Reportedly, oil production in Libya plunged to as low as 10,000 bpd in August during the bloodiest episodes of the civil war.
Bank of America Corp plans to sell most of its remaining stake in China Construction Bank Corp for $6.6 billion in cash to boost its capital levels.
So now we know one reason why shares of IBM, the No. 2 computer services company rose nearly 13 percent over the past three months: Warren Buffett has been buying.
President Barack Obama served notice on Sunday that the U.S. was fed up with China's trade and currency practices as he turned up the heat on America's biggest economic rival.
The world's leading economies are all heading for a period of slower growth, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Monday, highlighting signs of weakening economic activities across the board.
HSBC's China fund venture said it would broaden its product line over the next five years to meet rising demand for cross-boarder investment, betting internationalization would be a new engine of growth for the country's stagnant mutual funds industry.
High-end Chinese fashion retailer Ports Design Ltd said on Monday that it is on track to achieve its 10 percent network expansion target for 2011.
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he will step up efforts to supply energy to Asia after Washington delayed a decision on whether to approve a new oil pipeline from Canada to the United States.
Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) said it agreed to sell about 10.4 billion common shares of China Construction Bank Corp. (CCB) through private transactions with a group of investors, in a move that will result in an after-tax gain of about $1.8 billion.
Profits at Italian bank UniCredit have all but evaporated and capital has shrunk to dangerous levels, results due on Monday will show as the bank prepares a $10 billion rights issue and 5,000 job cuts to get back on track.
Lonmin, the world's third-largest platinum producer, beat expectations with a 59 percent jump in full-year earnings, even though a strike at its Karee operations drove up unit costs and forced the miner to cut its output target.
Stock index futures fell on Monday after strong gains going into the weekend and as Italy and Greece rushed to form technocrat-led governments in a bid to stave of the euro zone's debt crisis.
