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Capping weeks of speculation, Yao Ming announced his retirement, closing the book on the path-breaking career of China's first major global basketball star.
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron faced a barrage of accusations over his relationship with News Corp. and his former senior aide Andy Coulson, a key figure in the phone-hacking scandal.
A lack of U.S. coordination, compounded by Afghan foot-dragging, has stymied efforts to track the billions of aid dollars poured into Afghanistan, an audit shows.
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Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided offices of seven auto parts makers as part of a spreading investigation into suspected price fixing on items such as windshield wipers and radiators.
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The Dow industrials fell 15 points, a day after the index notched its biggest advance of the year.
Moving to mollify federal authorities investigating how the banking industry has helped U.S. clients evade taxes, HSBC is cutting ties with wealthy American clients who bank offshore.
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Shares of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.continued a three-day fall Wednesday as the company reeled from its chief executive's resignation last week and the death of its chairman late last month.
The Japanese government for the first time called on households and businesses in the country's west to cut back on electricity use, as fears grow over the economic impact of the spreading power crunch.
The agency that manages China's foreign-exchange reserves struck back against domestic critics of its handling of the enormous cash pile, while also calling on the U.S. to protect the interests of its creditors.
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Apple's new Lion operating system is a giant step in the merger of the personal computer and post-PC devices like tablets and smartphones, says Walt Mossberg.
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Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine, a United Nations official said Wednesday, and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger emergency in a generation.
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The leader of South Korea's main opposition party said the free-trade pact with the U.S. needs a major overhaul, another sign that the deal's ratification in Seoul will hinge on the willingness of the ruling party to use its majority status to pass it.
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By Raymond Zhong
Beijing's fretfulness about change has caused another good idea to struggle to get off the ground.
The Journal takes you on a journey around the world's most luxurious, challenging and stunning places to play golf.
Behind the Iron Curtain, culture from the capitalist world was denounced as a hideous display of an egoistic lifestyle for which there was no place in a collective society. But behind closed doors, Hungarian communist leaders loved what they condemned in public.
The Japanese company tackles the problem of having to wear specialized glasses when viewing 3-D television. The TV, which is currently sold only in Japan, is a finalist in this year's Asian Innovation Awards.
Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets center from China who became a household name and an NBA star after being selected as the top draft pick in 2002, confirmed weeks of speculation about his retirement by stating Wednesday: 'I will formally end my career.'
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Wipro posted a weak 1.2% rise in first-quarter net profit and the Indian software-services exporter warned that revenue growth at its technology outsourcing unit may fall below industry forecasts for the first time.
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Asian markets were mostly lower Tuesday as debt jitters in Europe and the U.S. kept investors cautious while utilities and exporters dragged the Tokyo market lower. But Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index bounced off early declines to gain 0.5%.
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A top Senate Democrat on antitrust matters called for the Justice Department and the FCC to block AT&T;'s bid to acquire rival wireless carrier T-Mobile USA.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, under mounting pressure in and outside Germany to show stronger leadership in the euro-zone debt crisis, raced to resolve differences with France over a fresh bailout for Greece ahead of a crucial Thursday summit.
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A plurality of Americans— 38%—said the debt ceiling should be raised, while 31% said it shouldn't, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found, in a shift from a month earlier.
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The country's latest pest: the Asian tiger mosquito. It is a relatively new species to the U.S. that is more vicious, harder to kill and, unlike most native mosquitoes, bites during the daytime.
Only six congressional Republicans crossed the aisle to support reform one year ago. The GOP is still working to thwart change.
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A Buenos Aires tango competition this year allowed only Argentine contestants, in what expats called a slap in the face of foreigners who have mastered the dance and fueled tango tourism.
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The country's latest pest: the Asian tiger mosquito. It is a relatively new species to the U.S. that is more vicious, harder to kill and, unlike most native mosquitoes, bites during the daytime.
Korea's typical CEO is in his 50s, is surnamed Kim, lives in Gangnam – Seoul's most expensive neighborhood – and graduated from Seoul National, the country's top-notch university, according to a report published on Tuesday by Korea Listed Companies Association.
As Hong Kong's glitzy hotels play host to ever more wine auctions, a new battle for sales is taking place online.
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Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets center from China who became a household name and an NBA star after being selected as the top draft pick in 2002, confirmed weeks of speculation about his retirement by stating Wednesday: 'I will formally end my career.'