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World markets gain in face of US superstorm
World markets rose and Wall Street prepared to get back to business Wednesday after a mammoth storm pummeled the U.S. East Coast, forcing forced the ...
Money men: Who are top 5 donors to Romney?
Republicans hit the jackpot with casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Worth an estimated $25 billion, Adelson has donated $44.2 million so far to aid ...
Romney moves to reframe debate on abortion, autos
In ads, his own remarks and most recently the words of a top supporter, Republican Mitt Romney seems determined to soften emphasis on abortion and ...
Japan central bank ups asset buys to aid economy
Japan's central bank expanded a government bond-buying program Tuesday, vowing to spur growth as it further downgraded the country's economic outlook ...
Asia stocks up slightly despite US superstorm
Asian stock markets treaded upward Tuesday, kept afloat by expectations that Japan's central bank will announce action to help the country break out ...
A week to go: Sandy disrupts presidential campaign
Eight days before the election, President Barack Obama switched from campaigner to hands-on commander of the federal response to Superstorm Sandy as ...
Obama ad pushes back on Romney jobs claim in Ohio
TITLE: "Collapse." LENGTH: 30 Seconds AIRING: Ohio KEY IMAGES: The ad opens with a still photo of a shuttered factory and pans to a headline from a ...
Hurricane Sandy grounds air travel in Northeast
Hurricane Sandy brought air travel to a halt in the Northeast Monday, grounding thousands of flights and upending travel plans across the globe.
APNewsBreak: Toyota headed to record global sales
Toyota is shrugging off a sales plunge in China set off by a territorial dispute and says it is headed to a record year on the back of strong growth ...
China steps carefully with protesting middle class
A victory by protesters against the expansion of a chemical plant proves the new rule in China: The authoritarian government is scared of middle-class ...
McIlroy beats Woods in China exhibition
Rory McIlroy outdueled Tiger Woods in the first one-on-one exhibition match between golf's two biggest names. Woods thinks he'll have plenty of ...
Honda profit jumps, lowers forecasts on China woes
Honda's quarterly profit surged 36 percent as Japanese automakers bounced back from last year's tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan, but the ...
Chinese protest factory even after official pledge
After three days of protests by thousands of citizens over pollution fears, a local Chinese government relented and agreed that a petrochemical ...
Asia stocks post modest gains ahead of BOJ meeting
Asian stock markets posted modest advances Monday, with traders widely expecting the Bank of Japan to announce new measures to help the country break ...
$3M fees for Woods, McIlroy at China exhibition
Tiger Woods is expected to get a $2 million appearance fee and Rory McIlroy $1 million for their one-day exhibition match Monday in Zhengzhou, China.
Halftime report: Is fear of a weak 3Q overblown?
It's halftime for the season of corporate earnings reports, and investors are in desperate need of a locker-room pep talk. Before Alcoa reported its ...
Tensions mount as police grab protesters in China
Thousands of protesters marched through an eastern Chinese city on Sunday, shouting for fellow citizens to join them in demanding that the government ...
Outspoken China officers a challenge to the party
China's government has demanded talks with Japan in their latest dust-up over a set of tiny islands, but a high-ranking Chinese military officer has ...
2 Tibetan cousins set themselves on fire in China
Two Tibetan cousins set fire to themselves in their village to protest Chinese rule, bringing the total number of self-immolations this week to seven, ...
Analysis: Asia a big focus for next US president
Changes could be in store for U.S.-Asian relations, but that has little to do with the presidential race. Lost in the backbiting between President ...
China: 5th Tibetan in week sets self on fire, dies
A 23-year-old man has become the fifth Tibetan in a week to set himself on fire and die in a county in far western China to protest against Chinese ...
China expels Bo from legislature, set for trial
Chinese lawmakers have stripped disgraced politician Bo Xilai of his last official position, formally expelling him from the country's top legislature ...
Study: Flood of money leaving China
Chinese investors evaded government controls to move more than $600 billion out of the country last year and the outflow is increasing, fueling ...
China wants to stop profiteering at temple sites
China is telling tourist-favored Buddhist temples: Don't let money be your mantra. Authorities announced a ban this week on temples selling shares to ...
Toyota widens global sales lead over GM
Toyota has widened its global sales lead over General Motors after bouncing back from a series of natural disasters. The company said Friday it sold 7