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When President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address, the technology sector will be listening for three key items.

An addiction to Coca-Cola was a contributing factor in the death of 31-year-old Natasha Harris of New Zealand, according to a coroner’s report.

Beggar-thy-neighbor currency devaluations helped crash the global economy in the 1930s. Are we about to repeat?

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky will offer two separate responses to President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Barclays Plc, Lloyds Banking Group Plc, Novo Nordisk A/S, CRH Plc, Boyd Gaming Corporation, Northern Tier Energy LP, Facebook Inc, France Telecom SA and Frontline Ltd are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Tuesday.

The U.S. stock index futures point to moderately lower open Tuesday, as the market sentiment appeared cautious ahead of the president's State of the Union address in which he's expected to share his economic vision.

While the oil sector dominates the Iraqi economy, banking and finance securities dominate the Iraqi Exchange.

Pope Benedict XVI announced his retirement on Monday, a surprise move that hints at trouble in the Vatican.

India's industrial output dropped unexpectedly by 0.6 percent in December from a year ago, due to a sharp decline in manufacturing activity, while India's annual consumer price inflation accelerated to 10.79 percent in January.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Monday were Rexnord Corporation, Masco Corporation, Brookdale Senior Living Inc, and Sally Beauty Holdings Inc while the top after-market NYSE losers were WNS (Holdings) Ltd, Northern Tier Energy LP, Boyd Gaming Corporation, and Globus Medical Inc.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Monday were Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd, MannKind Corporation, Provident Financial Holdings Inc and TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Unilife Corporation, American Superconductor Corporation, Ocean Rig UDW Inc and SunPower Corporation.

When Cisco Systems reports second-quarter results, investors expect marginally higher earnings on increased revenue.

AudioCodes Ltd, Allot Communications Ltd, Nokia Corporation, The Wendy's Company, Dreyfus High Yield Strategies Fund, Zynga Inc, Novo Nordisk A/S, ARM Holdings Plc and Elan Corporation Plc are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Monday.

For many reasons, this is not “your father’s U.S. housing market,” hence buyers should consider these 6 tips before placing a home deposit.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a flat open since investor activities could remain quiet amid holidays in Asia.

Hewlett-Packard has issued new guidelines on the use of student workers by its suppliers with manufacturing operations in China.

Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," which was penned by Tony Kushner, is in the running for a 2013 Best Picture Academy Award, but controversy surrounding factual errors could hurt its chances.

Asian markets fell in the week as investor sentiment turned negative amid the discouraging political developments in Europe.

Google Inc.'s executive chairman can begin selling about 42 percent of his shares in the company this month under a stock-trading plan.

Winter storm Nemo is already wreaking havoc on the U.S. Northeast, forcing the cancellation of 4,000 flights. With heavy snow anticipated until Saturday, New York and Boston have both launched real-time snowplow trackers that will help residents deal with the expected blizzard conditions.

China's busiest travel season is in full swing for the Lunar New Year holiday rush. Some inventors have introduced new contraptions to make the experience a little easier.

Many African countries are hitting the global bond market.

The end of polio could be close at hand -- unless militants like the ones in Nigeria continue to derail efforts.

Illegal exchanges of Mozambique timber to China threaten to hamper development in the former, one of the poorest countries on Earth.

Tom Alexander William Hayes is the face of a scandal involving the world’s top financial institutions.

Strong petroleum product exports and falling crude oil imports helped make December's trade deficit surprisingly small.

Historically, the U.S. has been the world's biggest corn exporter. But the landscape is rapidly changing.

Linkedin Corporation, Alcatel Lucent SA, Toyota Motor Corporation, Credit Suisse Group AG, Nokia Corporation, Telecom Italia S.p.A, Archer Daniels Midland Company and The Coca-Cola Company are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.

U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open on Friday ahead of the Bureau of Economic Analysis' trade deficit report.