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PARIS (AFP) ― The board of directors of French power-to-rail group Alstom on Saturday unanimously approved U.S. conglomerate General Electric’s 12.35 …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Buying stock in online giant Alibaba or other Chinese Internet companies that bypass Beijing’s restrictions on foreign ownership could …

NEW YORK (AP) ― Apple is likely to launch a computerized wristwatch this fall that includes more than 10 sensors to take health measurements and other data, …

WASHINGTON (AFP) ― Google and Microsoft plan to join Apple in offering theft-deterring “kill switches” in their smartphone operating systems, as part of …

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) ― After the devastating debt crisis of 2001, Argentines have become rather sanguine about economic strife. And for now, many are more …

PARIS (AFP) ― Low interest rates are stoking the fires of takeovers, with about a quarter of big groups now on the lookout for targets in the next 12 months, …

The International Monetary Fund is considering creating a new way for indebted countries to get large loans and dropping a exception to its lending rules that …

About a decade ago, this place was basically a wasteland, a landfill or, at best, farmland. But the 82.3-square-kilometer area between Busan and Jinhae, a …

Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremburg (FAU), the first German university to open a Korean campus, is expected to fuel the Busan-Jinhae Free …

MOSCOW (AP) ― Russia is resuming its military buildup along the Ukrainian border in an apparent attempt to intimidate its neighbor, NATO’s chief said …