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The new battery can reach half-full capacity in minutes.

Stocks showed considerable resilience after the terrorist attacks in France, but Japan falling back into recession had a bigger impact on Asian markets.

However, the euro plummeted to a six-and-a-half month low against the yen Monday, as the Japanese currency benefited from its traditional safe-haven status.

In the July-September period, the GDP of the world’s third-largest economy shrank by an annualized 0.8 percent, according to government data released Monday.

Analysts expect declines will be short, while crude oil rose on speculation that supply from the Middle East may be disrupted.

Asian financial markets, the first to open since the attacks Friday night, were down Monday morning.

The Japan offer is part of General Electric's move to shed most of its finance unit and become a "simpler" industrial business.

In a sign of the improvement in Sino-Japanese relations, Abe has met Chinese President Xi Jinping twice since last November.

Among other ingredients, an explosive called TATP (triacetone triperoxide) uses hydrogen peroxide and is very unstable. It can backfire on those using it.

A temblor occurred 99 miles from Makurazaki and 102 miles from Kaseda, with measurements estimated between magnitude 6.5 and 7.0

"I believe that in the end, the American people will see that it's a win for our workers, our businesses and our middle class," the president said.

About 400 people had lined up by the time the restaurant opened at 11 a.m., local time, the company said.

Japan planned to strengthen its border security in response to the sighting as the country's defense minister characterized the ship's movements as "unusual."

Japan has said the kidnappings were part of a North Korea state program and were not done by rogue agents

Microsoft is rolling out the first major Windows 10 update to users, adding a number of features aimed at getting business customers on board.

China's October industrial production growth cooled to 5.6 percent year-on-year though it was cushioned by a just-above-forecast 11 percent jump in retail sales.

Asian share markets were narrowly mixed on Wednesday as investors anxiously awaited another batch of Chinese data while strength in the U.S. dollar kept the screws on global commodity prices. 

As Asian stocks slipped Monday morning, the robust U.S. jobs report bolstered expectations of a Fed interest rate hike.

Dining in and taking public transportation to work is best for your health and weight, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2015.

The Federal Railroad Administration approved a $28 million study of one leg of a much-discussed high-speed magnetic-levitation line between Washington and New York.

The role-playing game series has spawned television adaptations, smartphone apps and plenty of merchandise.