China is half a world away from the 2,300-acre family farm in east-central Iowa where John Weber and his son plant corn and soybeans.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 12, 2012
U.S. prosecutors expanded a criminal case over the alleged theft of industrial secrets from chemical giant DuPont , securing an indictment against a Chinese company on economic espionage-related charges.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 08, 2012
The nation's capital has been a leader when it comes to real estate. While much of the country's housing market continues to languish, Washington D.C. and the surrounding area have seen tight inventory and price growth in recent months.
Roland Li
Feb 03, 2012
Federal authorities successfully kept a U.S. businessman in jail Wednesday ahead of his trial for trade secret theft, and argued that it was Chinese government representatives who directed him to obtain valuable technology manufactured by chemical giant DuPont.
Eric Linton
Feb 01, 2012
With worries about the debt crisis in Europe and high unemployment in the United States drawing the public's attention, the sliding value of corporate pension funds has largely gone unnoticed.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 25, 2012
A principal from a school in Kanawha County outside of Charlotte, N.C., has reportedly been found dead from an apparent suicide. He had taken several days off for personal reasons, while an investigation involving a gun at his school was being conducted by authorities.
Michael Billera
Jan 25, 2012
So what happened to John Kerry's face? The Massachusetts Senator with two black eyes and a broken nose caused a stir. Now the real story is revealed! It wasn't a brawl, or a domestic dispute.
Michael Billera
Jan 25, 2012
Kerry, 68, had two black eyes, a broken nose and visible bruises on his face.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 24, 2012
DuPont's quarterly revenue missed Wall Street expectations as its customers bought fewer solar-panel materials and digital television parts due to the weak economy, offsetting higher prices across the company.
Mike Obel
Jan 24, 2012
The companies expected to see active trade on Tuesday are: Apple, DuPont, McDonalds, Johnson & Johnson, Advanced Micro Devices, Yahoo, Harley-Davidson, CA, Verizon Communications, Travelers Companies, KeyCorp and International Game Technology.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Jan 24, 2012
Stocks finished almost flat on Monday as investors took a break from a recent rally, awaiting earnings from bellwethers such as Apple later in the week.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jan 23, 2012
Stocks ended little changed on Monday as investors took a pause from a recent rally, awaiting earnings from bellwethers such as Apple later in the week.
Hao Li
Jan 23, 2012
Motorola released its latest Smartphone, Droid RAZR Maxx, for Verizon Wireless at the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas and is rumored to be made available to customers by Jan. 26.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Jan 18, 2012
The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, which is almost similar in specifications to the Droid Razr, was released at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and boasts, as the highlight of its specs sheet, a much-improved battery back-up capability.
Manikandan Raman
Jan 16, 2012
President Barack Obama plans to introduce a series of incentives to bring outsourced jobs back to America and increase domestic investment.
Joseph Orovic
Jan 11, 2012
Michael Williams, CEO of mortgage giant Fannie Mae, is resigning, the company announced on Tuesday.
Roland Li
Jan 10, 2012
When Google and Samsung released the much-anticipated Galaxy Nexus smartphone, it won several accolades - first for its Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) software and then for top-notch specifications.
Manikandan Raman
Jan 10, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama kicked off an effort to encourage businesses to keep jobs at home instead of outsourcing them overseas, as he rolled out a new election-year theme on Saturday aimed at courting middle-class voters.
J.J. McGrath
Jan 07, 2012
Al-Jazeera's good year just got a whole lot better.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 21, 2011
European stocks fell on Wednesday as weak commodity prices sparked a selloff in the energy and materials sectors and as a falling euro and high Italian bond yields kept Europe's debt crisis in focus.
Joseph Lazzaro
Dec 14, 2011
Stocks fell on Wednesday as weak commodity prices sparked a selloff in the energy and materials sectors and as a falling euro and high Italian bond yields kept Europe's debt crisis in focus.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 14, 2011
On top of euro-zone debt troubles, Wall Street now has to worry about sagging sales from Europe as a recession in the region seems more likely.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 11, 2011