Heads of government attending Asian summits hoping to fathom China's foreign policy mood swings might spare a thought for Beijing's own leaders, who fear their expanding influence is attracting a new circle of potential foes not fans.
Investors are still in shock from the August-September 2011 financial market meltdown and still too deeply impacted by the 2008 financial crisis to examine the set of leading indicators that portend a strengthening of the U.S. economy.
New Jersey voters have passed a referendum to allow sports betting. A majority of those who voted were in favor of allowing casinos and race tracks the chance to place sporting bets, provided that the federal government repealed laws currently restricting it to just four states.
After 13 years together, Maggy Porter and Arlene Bronfman began to talk last June about marriage when New York State passed its Marriage Equality Act.
The Commerce Department said on Wednesday it would investigate whether Chinese companies sell solar panels in the United States at unfair discounts and receive illegal government subsidies.
More than a thousand Rhode Island union members rallied outside the State House on Tuesday to protest pension reforms proposed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Treasurer Gina Raimondo.
Chao used to induce or entice women and girls to travel across the state borders to bring them into flash trade.
Even though they are first in line to be paid back under broker liquidation rules, customers of bankrupt MF Global Holdings Ltd's brokerage may not get all their money back.
The hunt for the missing $600 million in customer money at MF Global Holdings Ltd may begin with Harris Bank, a Chicago-based lender that often holds client money for many large futures brokerage firms.
More homeowners were 60 days late or more on mortgage payments in the period of June to September, the first increase since the end of 2009, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion.
International Business Times spoke to a Greek native for her personal view on the crisis.
An anti-dumping trade complaint filed last month against Chinese subsidized solar cells is at the heart of the matter.
Voters in a handful of states will weigh-in on a slew of ballot measures that are the most exciting part of a sleepy Election Day this year.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's anticlotting drug Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to cut the risk of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib), both the company and the FDA announced.
After Continental Flight 3407 (operated by Colgan Air) crashed in 2009, the U.S. government took a hard look at the aviation industry's regional carriers. But what has changed since then? The answer may surprise you.
Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar demonstrated just how much depth an influx of NBA players has added to the Euroleague when he steered Maccabi Tel Aviv to an 88-82 win over Real Madrid Thursday.
The fall of Jon Corzine, a prominent figure with a toehold in the worlds of both finance and politics, is not only an issue for himself, but for one of the men who likely sought his advice and support on a regular basis, President Barack Obama. Perhaps more importantly, it follows a trend that has dogged the president since 2010, as, due to a variety of causes, many of the people close to Wall Street he had previously sought out have later found themselves uninvited to tea in the Rose Garden.
JetBlue is extending a much-deserved olive branch to the 123 passengers who were trapped on the tarmac in Hartford, Conn., for almost eight hours on Oct. 29.
Jon Corzine has resigned as MF Global Holdings Ltd's chairman and chief executive officer four days after the futures brokerage filed for bankruptcy protection, culminating a rapid downfall for one of Wall Street's best-known executives.
MF Global Holdings Ltd Chief Executive Jon Corzine resigned, four days after the futures brokerage filed for bankruptcy protection.
Artist Geoffrey Raymond, famous for his paintings of troubled Wall Street figures, has found his next muse in MF Global Holdings Ltd's Jon Corzine.
You've googled barrel roll, but what about finding Steve Irwin on Google Earth, or what happens when you type recursion into Google search? Find out ten more tricks and easter eggs hidden by Google engineers and how to work them, from making your computer fluent in Pig Latin or Klingon to making Google Reader ninja-themed and tricking your Gmail spam filter.
