New York, Nov. 18: Updated American taxpayers’ ownership of General Motors was halved on Wednesday, and billions of dollars in bailout money was returned to the federal government, as a result of the

Zhuji, China, Nov. 17: For American business, the United States currency dispute with China is a two-sided coin.

On the tails-we-lose side are companies like New York-based PS Brands, one of the big

New York, Nov. 14: As sales to developing nations become ever more important to giant tobacco companies, they are stepping up efforts around the world to fight tough restrictions on the marketing of c

New York, Nov. 15: Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medic

Nov. 13: The Burma pro-democracy leader, Ms Aung San Suu Kyi, was freed from seven-and-a-half years of house arrest on Saturday and was greeted at the gate of her compound by thousands of jubilant su

Rangoon/Washington, Nov. 13: The US President, Mr Barack Obama said in a statement that the United States welcomed “her (Suu Kyi) long overdue release,” adding: “She is a hero of mine and a source of

San Francisco, Nov. 12: When Mr Joe Fernandez, a tech entrepreneur, moved his start-up here last spring, a big goal, he said, was “to be best friends with the Twitter guys.” His theory was that by han

New York, Nov. 10: Think of it as the Tea Party of investments. The price of gold has been rising as anxious investors cast what amounts to a throw-the-bums-out vote against, well, just about everythi

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8: American authorities sent David C. Headley, a Pakistani-American Las-hkar-e-Tayaaba (LeT) operative and suspect in the 26/11 attacks, to work for them in Pakistan months after the

New York, Nov. 9: BlackBerrys were buzzing inside Progress Energy in Raleigh, N.C. in a blink, the 102-year-old utility had been virtually wiped out on Wall Street.

For no apparent reason, Progress’