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The Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER) reduced its forecast for the country’s economic growth this year to 4.58 percent from its previous 5.02 percent estimate.

Samsung Electronics said on Friday that it planned to unveil a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of the Android operating system at an event in Hong Kong on Oct. 19.

Apple may sell as many as 4 million iPhone 4S units this weekend, and that bodes well for the company's shares, to say the least.

The two biggest U.S. companies in the video game industry are preparing for a gunfight.

Republican lawmakers on Wednesday attacked an Obama administration proposal for limiting food advertising to children even as the team behind the plan offered concessions to food and beverage makers.

Friday's market is mostly driven by good news out of the U.S., namely solid September retail sales data and stellar earnings from tech giant Google. Some experts, however, are not convinced.

G20 ministers should not focus on increasing the International Monetary Fund's resources and should instead keep the pressure on Europe to resolve its debt crisis, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday.

In 2010, births in the U.S. dropped to 4 million, from 4.3 million in 2007.

Radiohead never showed up, but Occupy Wall Street protestors in New York's Zuccotti Park have gotten to sing along with The Nightwatchman's Tom Morrello and Peter Yarrow, of Peter Paul and Mary. Who else could play the protest?

Gold prices will climb to $2,075 next year on six key variables that, UBS said Friday in a report on the precious metal.

Mattel Inc , the world's largest toy company, reported a bigger-than-expected fall in gross margins, hurt by a stronger dollar and higher costs, taking the gloss off a record jump in sales of its iconic Barbie dolls heading into the critical holiday season.

A successful outcome for the next global climate change conference in Durban would be to get everything in place for a legally binding successor to the Kyoto Protocol in less than five years, the European Union's chief climate negotiator said.

The United States and its EU and NATO allies see a need for urgent action to prevent shoulder-fired missiles in Libya falling into the hands of militant groups, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

Iran has denied the allegations and shrugged them off as more propaganda by Washington.

Scott Evans Dekraai, who's accused of killing his ex-wife and seven others in a shooting spree at a Seal Beach, Calif. beauty salon, is expected to be charged with murder when the charges are filed Friday.

The International Monetary Fund may need a capital injection of about $350 billion to give it more firepower to fight economic crises, an emerging market G20 source said on Friday.

Canadian manufacturing sales rose almost three times higher than expected in August and offered more evidence that the economy is on track for modest growth in the third quarter after a slump in the second.

It's Usher's birthday and the star is now 33-years-old.

The third quarter could mark the end of a hot streak for Ericsson as a combination of a global slowdown, tough competition and an increase in low margin business cloud the outlook for the world's top mobile equipment firm.

Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline engaged in a pattern of misconduct while investigating abortion providers, a report said.

Reality star Kim Kardashian, who married basketball player Kris Humphries in a lavish made-for-TV wedding in August, refused to be drawn on questions about whether she arranged a pre-nuptial agreement before marrying the New Jersey Nets player.