Geneva

Geneva

• China overtakes US in number of patent filings

  GENEVA — The U.N. says the Chinese filed the most patent applications in the world last year, overtaking the U.S. for the first time. The U.N.'s World ... 

• STMicroelectronics to exit Ericsson joint venture

  Europe's largest chipmaker, STMicroelectronics NV, said Monday it plans to exit its money-losing joint venture ST-Ericsson, as it struggles to manage ... 

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  Syria's civil war spills into Lebanon, 4 dead

  Syria's civil war spilled over into neighboring Lebanon once again on Sunday, with gun battles in the northern city of Tripoli between supporters and ... 

• UN sees slowing growth in worker wages

  The U.N. labor office says workers' wages are growing at levels well below those before the global financial crisis, and actually fell in developed ... 

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  Afghan, Iraq wars top Red Cross priorities in 2013

  The International Committee of the Red Cross says Afghanistan and Iraq will continue to dominate its agenda while seeking $1.21 billion to pay for its ...