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As US-China economic, political and military relations continue to be tested, Taiwanese well-being could suffer the most.

Exchange operator Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) said Thursday it was looking to buy the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange for $8.2 billion.

President Barack Obama gets caught in Spiderman's web in latest White House photo of the day.

Park, a conservative, also took an apparent swipe at Japan, Korea’s former colonial ruler.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie set a high bar for his donors to collect $2 million by the end of 2012.

New Zealand citizens tweets about surviving the Mayan apocalypse on Twitter.

The Central African Republic is struggling to deal with insurgencies in the north as the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, lays roots in the south.

Central bank actions top a list of factors expected to extend the current gold price bull market into a 12th year.

Bolstering his prime ministerial ambitions in the parliamentary elections to be held in India in 2014, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi won a record third successive term in the state elections Thursday.

As Syrian rebels close in on capital Damascus, concerns are now focused on the rise of al-Qaeda’s influence in Syria.

Keeping its promise, U.S. carrier T-Mobile has started rolling out the Multi-Window update for Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Wednesday. However, the update remains on the same OS version as the phone’s previous software – Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. Here is how to install it.

U.S. stock index futures signal a lower open ahead of the Bureau of Economic Analysis’ gross domestic product report.

The top after-market NASDAQ gainers Wednesday were Arris Group Inc, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, ArQule Inc, General Communication Inc and ViroPharma Inc. The top after-market NASDAQ losers Wednesday were Amicus Therapeutics Inc, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc, Bed Bath & Beyond and NIC Inc.

The German driver dominated 2012.

Crude oil prices declined during the Asian trading hours Thursday as renewed concerns about the fiscal cliff weighed on sentiment.

Talks to avert the so-called “fiscal cliff” took a turn for the worse Wednesday as President Barack Obama accused Republicans of holding a personal grudge against him while the top GOP negotiator called the president "irrational."

Miss USA, Olivia Culpo, a 20-year-old beauty queen from Rhode Island, won the Miss Universe 2012 crown Wednesday night at the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip, beating out 88 other competitors.

Olivia Culpo, who was crowned Miss USA in June, was also honored with the title of Miss Universe on Wednesday night, beating out 88 other contestants in the 2012 Miss Universe Pageant.

In one of the biggest political motions of the year, senators Joe Lieberman, Dick Durbin, Patty Murray, and Barbara Boxer put forward a proposed bill on Wednesday that would grant Washington, D.C. statehood under the name “New Columbia.”

Five days after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., residents are becoming increasingly frustrated with the media’s continuing coverage of the shooting and its aftermath.

THQ (Nasdaq: THQI) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will sell off its U.S. assets to affiliates of the private equity firm Clearlake Capital Group L.P., the company said today in a statement to investors.