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Charissa Echavez | Nov 17, 2015 09:03 AM EST
Today, selling, renting and buying a property can be only a tap away. Just the thought of transacting multi-million valued properties via social media seems mind blowing, however, in China, this unconventional idea has been made possible thanks to the messaging app WeChat. read more
Aishwarya Bhatt | Nov 16, 2015 10:00 AM EST
Black Friday 2015 ads for Walmart were recently leaked online and they are full of some great products at exciting discounts. read more
Elena Garcia | Nov 15, 2015 11:31 AM EST
China's new Silk Road could be boom or "dust" for Pakistan. Locals living in the region bordering China are yet to be convinced about the benefits that they will receive from the initiative as the Silk Road gets under construction in northern Pakistan. read more
Elena Garcia | Nov 15, 2015 01:02 PM EST
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, says that she supports the bid to add China's yuan to the organization's exclusive club of the world's top currencies. read more
Elena Garcia | Nov 14, 2015 06:07 AM EST
China's yuan moved one step closer to joining other top global currencies in the International Monetary Fund's benchmark foreign exchange basket on Friday. It happened after Fund staff and IMF chief Christine Lagarde gave the move the thumbs up. read more
Elena Garcia | Nov 13, 2015 10:36 AM EST
PayPal Holdings Ins on Friday announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Xoom Corporation. read more
Desiree Sison | Nov 13, 2015 04:55 AM EST
Chinese office workers have a lot to be excited about following the release of an international survey on Thursday, which revealed that they will receive the second highest wage hike in Asia next year. read more
Michael A. Katz | Nov 12, 2015 07:21 PM EST
China's auto industry reported its sharpest sales increase in almost a year in October, according to a report from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). read more
Elena Garcia | Nov 13, 2015 08:52 AM EST
Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba recorded $14.3 billion in sales on Singles Day this past Wednesday; breaking its record last year during the same time and going past its estimates of $11 billion worth of sales. read more
Elena Garcia | Nov 13, 2015 08:35 AM EST
Las Vegas Strip casino hotel Fontainebleau is up for sale, and billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who bought it out of bankruptcy in 2010 for $150 million, is offering to sell it for a whopping $ 650 million. read more
Phenny Lynn Palec | Nov 12, 2015 08:15 AM EST
Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook recently announced that the company's operations in Ireland will continue, and even expand, despite a the looming European Union tax ruling that could hurt its business. read more
Mars Woo | Nov 12, 2015 04:38 AM EST
Shares of Chinese Internet giant Tencent soared 2.31 percent on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday, after receiving upgrades from HSBC, data released by the Hong Kong bourse showed. read more
Desiree Sison | Nov 12, 2015 04:49 AM EST
U.S. federal meat inspectors are investigating an undercover video shot at the Minnesota slaughterhouse of Hormel Foods' pork supplier, Quality Pork Processors (QPP), which shows pigs being maltreated. read more
Michael A. Katz | Nov 11, 2015 07:23 PM EST
Tech giant Google is considering returning to mainland China, five years after the company left the market because it refused to obey Chinese governmental controls. read more
Michael A. Katz | Nov 11, 2015 05:05 PM EST
Overwhelmed and outnumbered by counterfeiters, China’s JD.com is throwing in the towel and will shut down its online customer-to-customer marketplace Paipai.com by April 2016. read more
Due to the coronavirus, people around the world have canceled their travel plans. Governments and health officials have warned the public to avoid boarding cruise ships and long flights. read more
