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Staff Reporter | Dec 05, 2014 05:03 AM EST
Market experts attribute the return of retail investors to the largest one-day gain of 4.3 percent registered on Thursday at the Shanghai Stock Exchange as the Index closed at 2,899.46. read more
Dan Weisman | Dec 05, 2014 08:35 AM EST
'Tis the season for giving holiday toys to kids and 'tis the season to avoid these top-10 worst toys, as listed by the World Against Toys Causing Harm (W.A.T.C.H.) consumer watchdog group. read more
Sami Ghanmi | Dec 03, 2014 08:00 AM EST
Sonny Vu, CEO and co-founder of Misfit, said the latest investment by the Chinese companies will help Misfit expand its reach into mainland China. read more
Marcel Woo | Dec 02, 2014 06:19 PM EST
Economists closely monitoring China's gross domestic products (GDP), a measure of the economic health of the country, said the central government will likely cut its growth projections for 2015. read more
Carlene Vision | Dec 02, 2014 01:01 PM EST
Local cab drivers gathered in front of the Boston's City Hall to attend a public hearing to discuss the regulation of ride-sharing services like LYFT and Uber. read more
Carlene Vision | Dec 02, 2014 09:17 AM EST
The decline in this year's Cyber Monday deals might have paved the way for retailers to extend the celebrated sale day into a month-long festivity. Indeed, Cyber Monday is now being dubbed as Cyber Month. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 01, 2014 04:32 PM EST
After having it's winning bid revoked, a Chinese-led consortium is planning on bidding again for a $3.75 billion contract to build a high-speed rail link in Mexico. read more
Michael A. Katz | Dec 02, 2014 02:35 PM EST
China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has dissented against it's own government's new law banning public smoking and greatly restricting tobacco advertising. read more
Carlene Vision | Dec 01, 2014 04:54 PM EST
Americans are still up for another day of shopping this Cyber Monday despite the already long Black Friday weekend. Many are still expected to hit online shopping stores as a continuation of the country's holiday sale. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 29, 2014 06:18 AM EST
Mooney Aviation Company, purchased in 2013 by a Chinese real estate company, will soon produce the M10 in China. The jet would be fueled by diesel, cheaper than aviation gas, making it an ideal trainer aircraft as China fills in the growing need for Chinese pilots. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 29, 2014 03:17 AM EST
In 2010, China became the world's second-largest economy by dislodging Japan. Before 2014 ended, China repeated the feat by again overtaking Japan as the second-largest stock market in the world after the U.S. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 28, 2014 11:35 PM EST
The national shopping day right after Thanksgiving took a different color in Colorado as retailers dubbed it Green Friday instead of the traditional Black Friday. While regular department stores in the state still sold heavily discounted clothes, gadgets, household appliances and other consumer items, weed dispensaries joined the fun by offering hefty price cuts on marijuana. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 28, 2014 11:27 PM EST
The crowds may have been thinner in bricks and mortar stores in the U.S. for Black Friday sales, but online sales were booming, causing the website of Best Buy to crash twice on Friday. read more
Vittorio Hernandez | Nov 28, 2014 04:10 AM EST
By streamlining and harmonizing customs procedures, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) are expected to save over $1 trillion yearly under the Bali Agreement reached on Thursday. Also called the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), the deal is expected to create 21 million jobs resulting from cuts in transaction costs and easing of customs rules. read more
Carlene Vision | Nov 28, 2014 03:39 AM EST
Instead of feeling the holiday's warmth within the comfort of their own homes during Thanksgiving, thousands of people chose to stand in long queues and some to camp outside their favorite department stores in anticipation of the season's exceptional display of America's finest goods and products. 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
