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In prepared remarks before a Congressional committee, Yellen said the path of interest rates is not on a “preset course”, acknowledging that increasing concerns for economic growth both at home in the US and overseas could derail the Fed’s plans to normalize USA...

The news sent share prices up by 8% in after-hours trading, enough to take the company past Apple’s 534 billion U.S. dollar (£370 billion) market valuation, but only when trading begins again on Tuesday will Google have confirmation of its position.

In the wake of Cam Newton’s Super Bowl 50 loss, former Denver Broncos player Bill Romanowski took it as a moment to insult the Carolina Panthers quarterback.

In all, the hackers made unauthorized queries against 464,000 social security numbers but succeeded against only 101,000 of them.

China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina, 中國化工) agreed to buy Swiss pesticide and seeds maker Syngenta AG for more than US$43 billion in cash as the state-backed company extends its shopping spree with what would be the biggest acquisition by a Chinese firm.

“Given our expectation that the oil price will remain at a low level for a longer period, we have impaired the value of a number of Maersk Oil’s assets by $2.5 billion after tax”, Andersen said.

Monsanto was accused of booking millions of revenue after launching a rebate program for one of its popular herbicide products, Roundup, but not properly accounting for the cost of the promotion. But it did find that three accounting and sales executives were at fault, each of...

Asahi is Japan’s biggest brewer with a 38% market share but is seeking growth outside Japan where a shrinking population and the increasing popularity of wine have weighed on beer sales over the past two decades.

It received the acquisition offer from Kunlun Tech and Qihoo 360, backed by Golden Brick Silk Road and Yonglian investment firms. It made an offer to buy 100% of Opera at 10.3 Billion Norwegian Kroner ($1.2B), a 53% premium over the closing price of Opera’s stock as of...

A new month began last week, but stocks remained stuck in the same cycle that defined January with high volatility and more down days than good ones.

A power supply component can corrode and cause the airbags to fail to deploy when they’re supposed to, or to go off when they aren’t needed, potentially causing an accident.

A five-member delegation of Pakistan International Airline’s (PIA) Joint Action Committee (JAC) is holding a meeting with Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif in Lahore today (Wednesday).

Should the Sino-U.S. tensions escalate with the U.S. seeking to strengthen missile defense on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, China could use a “North Korea card” to turn geopolitical situations in its favor, Kim pointed out.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), whose mandate is USA national security, would not pose a major hurdle, Ramsay said.

North Korea has been under United Nations sanctions since 2006 because of its multiple nuclear tests and missile launches.