U.S. stocks slipped, the dollar rose and government bond prices fell following data showing job creation slowed in December but wage growth accelerated.
Last year struck many people as especially awful. But, compared with certain years in history (1861 anyone?) 2016 wasn’t that bad.
Dogs. Bad movies, Kew Gardens. The number of New York City film festivals has grown to encompass dozens that speak to just about every niche or neighborhood.
Despite the announced withdrawal, Russia has said its support for the government of President Bashar al-Assad and its campaign against ‘terrorism’ in Syria will continue.
A court sentenced the former head of Oxy Reckitt Benckiser to seven years in prison after the company’s disinfectant for humidifiers killed scores of people and left hundreds with lung damage.
Toyota Motor finds itself in the position of having to prove its worth as a job creator in the U.S. after a tweet by President-elect Donald Trump.
China continued to squeeze the global market for the yuan, sending the cost of borrowing the currency in overseas markets soaring to a near-record high.
Crude oil prices were up following early morning losses after the U.S. published mixed data that showed a big decline in oil stocks, but a build in oil products in storage.
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Despite the disastrous launch of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, the South Korean tech giant forecast its highest profit in more than three years.
A Chinese attack submarine made an unprecedented stopover in Malaysia this week in a rare public display of China’s expanding undersea force and a further sign of power realignment in Southeast Asia.
Notwithstanding wild currency swings and antagonistic Donald Trump tweets, Asian shares ended the first week of the year in the black—in contrast to last year when a crash in Chinese stocks rattled global markets.
Aiming to crack new frontiers in China, Hollywood studios are turning to something familiar: established American films and TV series that can be remade for Chinese audiences.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Ash Carter, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, said Russia has done nothing to help defeat Islamic State forces in Syria and has adopted a strategy of “explicitly thwarting the U.S.” elsewhere.
Lee Jae-myung, a mayor in South Korea who favors reaching out to North Korea and confronting the U.S., has emerged as a serious contender to lead the country.