Egyptian troops staged a crackdown on protesters that turned deadly in efforts to clear two antigovernment sit-ins in Cairo.
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U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against two former J.P. Morgan traders at the center of bad bets that cost the bank more than $6 billion in losses.
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The two Koreas on Wednesday said they had agreed to reopen their joint industrial park but fell short of a pact on when and how to resume the landmark project.
As Western multinationals ratchet up their operations in Asia, there is one glaring omission from the upper ranks of management: Asians.
U.S. stocks declined after wholesale inflation was lower than expected, and ahead of a speech by St. Louis Fed President James Bullard.
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Japan's exports to China in the first half of the year fell to their lowest level in four years, as slowing infrastructure investments added to the continuing diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
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Paulson agreed to buy Steinway for $40 a share, or about $503 million, in a deal to take the 160-year-old piano maker private.
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China's largest listed Internet company reported lower-than-expected second-quarter earnings due in part to marketing costs for its WeChat messaging application.
Investor Carl Icahn has grabbed a stake valued at over $1.5 billion in Apple, believing that more cash should be falling from the tech giant's branches.
With the IPO this week of China Commercial Credit Inc., U.S. investors can now buy their own little piece of China's shadow banking system.
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The Philippines and the U.S. started crafting an agreement Wednesday aimed at allowing an increased American military presence in the Southeast Asian country, an accord that Manila hopes will deter China from pressing its territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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Indian navy rescuers were trying to reach at least 18 sailors believed to be inside a fire-damaged submarine, navy spokesmen said.
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Smartphone sales in the second quarter outpaced those of feature phones, the first time that has happened, according to a report published Wednesday.
Ratchanok Inthanon is being hailed as the future of badminton. The new women's world champion has received bouquets from the royal family and a challenge to play against Bangkok's 60-year-old police chief.
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Hollywood has prevailed in a dispute with China's state-owned film distributor that had held up hundreds of millions of dollars in payments due U.S. studios.
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Antiques dealer William Chak says that as the tastes of mainland Chinese collectors evolve, they are digging deeper into the country's history for unique pieces.
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In today's pictures, a woman competes in a shot put event in Moscow, a child glides on a zip line in Tokyo, a fire rages at an oil refinery in Venezuela, and more.
Billionaire inventor Elon Musk unveiled plans for what he has dubbed the Hyperloop, a futuristic solar-powered vehicle that promises to zip people between cities at near sonic speeds.
Scores of protesters were reportedly killed and many more were injured as Egyptian security forces started to clear two antigovernment sit-ins in Cairo.
The Perseid meteor shower lights up the skies, drawing enthusiasts seeking to get a glimpse of the annual event.
To the dismay of the tenants below, one Zhang Biqing has spent a reported six years topping an apartment building with an unauthorized villa embedded with trees, bushes and fake rocks.
Typhoon Utor passed through Hong Kong, a dolphin splashes the crowd at an aquarium in Tokyo, a Hindu priest took picture of a group of girls after completing rituals, and more.
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