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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as Europe's progress toward bolstering its financial rescue fund brought more battle-weary investors back into the market.

Stock exchanges from six of the world's largest emerging markets will join forces to cross-list equity indexes derivatives, to target investor demand for fast-growing economies.

The recent weakness of the rand will benefit South African exporters and is positive for the economy, the treasurer general of the ruling African National Congress said on Wednesday.

Tuberculosis cases are decreasing for the first time in more than 20 years, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday. But that progress may be threatened if Congress cuts foreign aid for prevention and treatment programs.

U.S. motorists, you haven't been imagining it: despite a large decline in oil prices since May, gas prices have taken a longer time to fall than to rise.

Stocks were set for a higher open on Wednesday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its sixth day of gains in the past seven on optimism Slovakia would reach a deal to expand the euro zone rescue fund.

Brazil remains a hotbed of opportunity for those interesting in doing business internationally -- finding growth beyond the slow-growth U.S. borders.

Plagued by a second day of service outages spanning four continents, Research In Motion's (RIM) management is facing a precarious time in the days ahead. In early September, investor and merchant bank Jaguar Financial released a statement saying it was raising support amongst BlackBerry partners for the sale of a portion of the company or some other method of maximizing shareholder value.

Graphics cards help supercomputers perform more calculations while using less energy, an important step in speeding up the world's fastest machines.

Our sense of market sentiment is that investors remain very cautious about any reversal of price trends

A rebound in Hong Kong and Shanghai shares helped lift most Asian stocks into positive territory Wednesday, but concerns that Europe's debt crisis has hurt confidence in the global economy and is weighing on corporate earnings limited gains.

New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said in his last press conference of the season that the franchise's biggest need this offseason is starting pitching to shore up the rotation.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney defended the Wall Street bailout on Tuesday night during the GOP presidential debate from New Hampshire.

While the primary trend – months to years --for the S&P 500 is still decidedly higher, the secondary trend –weeks to months – is lower.

Days before third quarter earnings season began on Tuesday with Alcoa’s (NYSE:AA) earnings report, many analysts were optimistic because expectations have been set so low.

The Raine Group has closed its inaugural $475 million private equity fund, the entertainment and media investment company said Tuesday.

HSBC cut its weighting on Egypt to "neutral" from "overweight," on increased political risks, and upgraded Poland to "overweight" from "underweight," on macroeconomic stability and valuation.

Liberians queued peacefully in the rain on Tuesday for the West African state's second presidential election since its civil war, with incumbent Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf bidding for a second term.

Gold prices settled where they started Tuesday, virtually unchanged, as uncertainty about Europe's banks offset Asian demand for physical gold.

A group of executives advising President Barack Obama said Tuesday two very good ways to create more jobs in the U.S. are: attract $1 trillion in foreign direct investment within five years and upgrade the nation's transportation/energy infrastructure.

Platinum prices could be set to rise next year if North American trucking companies proceed with plans to buy new vehicles, UBS said Tuesday.