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U.S. stock are set to open higher, buoyed by positive economic data from the euro zone and China.

The $130 billion deal, one of the largest ever, is approved by both boards and announced.

Contraction in India's manufacturing sector underscores concerns about a continuing slowdown while the outlook for growth remains bleak.

The HSBC China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.1 in August from 47.7 in July.

One of the biggest acquisitions ever is reported approved, with both boards to vote within hours.

Directors of Verizon and Vodafone may vote this weekend on what would be the third-largest deal in M&A history.

Activity in Chinese manufacturing sped up recently, according to the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

Norway’s oil-based sovereign wealth fund is worth nearly $750 billion, so how does it compare with similar funds in other countries?

Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital, discusses the August jobs report and when the Fed will taper QE.

Major mining companies could actually be a wise investment for investors, contrary to appearances.

There's a grim outlook for China's banking industry on slower profit growth, narrower interest-rate margins and rising bad loans.

Myanmar's bean industry is producing far below capacity, thanks to years of central planning under the former junta.

Amid signs of a strengthening U.S. economy, investors have one eye on the Fed, and the other on Syria.

A U.S. attack on Syria could mean a huge profit for defense contractor Raytheon, which makes the powerful Tomahawk cruise missiles.

In the wake of a nationwide strike by service employees, critics countered that minimum-wage workers should simply “get better jobs” if they want to make more than $7.25 an hour.

As Aereo expands rapidly from the East Coast to the Midwest, it's also (finally) launching on Android.

As Huffington Post plans to abolish anonymity, other publishers look for new ways to fight trolls and keep online comments civil.

Indian banks are expecting a crisis in the coming year as the rupee continues to lose value against the dollar.

Central bank managers were apparently reassured by a slightly more optimistic gold market in the past few summer weeks.

A new research paper examined the effect on beer prices of a 2008 merger of Coors and Miller breweries.

For Pakistani doctors the financial lure of working in Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Middle Eastern states is simply too tempting to pass up.

Abbreviated New Drug Approvals, or ANDA, requests are submitted to FDA for its approval to manufacture and sell a generic drug in the U.S.

Once the world's top rice exporter, Myanmar is eager to get its throne back, perhaps too eager.

From the staid and storied halls of the world's third-largest bank comes a wild and woolly prediction about gold.

In three and half years, banks have paid around $66 billion in litigation costs, and that number looks to grow.

Investors will evaluate U.S. Q2 GDP and jobless claims data, as the threat of an immediate military strike on Syria recedes.

The Philippines remains unaffected by the general slowdown in Asia, as President Aquino’s government boosts spending.

Some lenders are beginning to analyze Facebook friends and other social data when determining a loan applicant's worthiness.

Heightened union unrest and tricky negotiations this summer plus the August 2012 Marikana mining massacre have scared away investors.