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The number of verified government accounts on China’s most popular microblog service tripled in a year, underscoring how Communist Party officials have come to recognize social media’s power in controlling public opinion.
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Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index heading for the first two-day loss in five weeks, after U.S. House Republican leaders canceled a planned vote that would permit higher taxes amid stalled budget talks.
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG and United Continental Holdings Inc. offered to give up airport slots in Frankfurt and New York in a bid to win antitrust approval for a trans-Atlantic joint venture also involving Air Canada.
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Emerging-market stocks fell the most in six weeks, led by technology shares, on concern U.S. budget talks will fail, threatening the outlook for exporters’ earnings.
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Park Geun Hye’s election as South Korea’s 18th president lowers the risk that families in control of the chaebols dominating the economy will see their power reduced.
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South Korea may get a growth boost next year as incoming president Park Geun Hye abandons fiscal restraint and increases spending on welfare.
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The economic health of 27 U.S. states showed signs of improvement as a four-year high in industrial production spurred gains in the so-called Rust Belt region, where manufacturing accounts for a larger share of jobs.
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Google Inc. agreed to sell its Motorola Home business to Arris Group Inc. for $2.35 billion, finding a buyer for a division that sells television set-top boxes while it focuses on expanding in smartphones.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to release new pollution caps for industrial boilers and cement plants, as it bows to industry pressure to delay their effective date and ease some standards, according to environmental and business groups.
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Diabetes in China, already a greater burden than in any other country, is probably being exacerbated by its one-child policy.
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Holiday shoppers aren’t the only ones who sometimes wait until the last minute. Whether by design or delay, some gadgets don’t show up until fairly late in the season.
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Sotheby’s global wine auction sales dropped 25 percent in 2012, reflecting a wider slump in the worldwide market.
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Robert Griffin III will be back at quarterback for the Washington Redskins this week barring any setbacks with his sprained right knee, coach Mike Shanahan said.
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In 2001, power company executive Jeffrey Sprecher wandered the exhibits of the futures-trading industry’s annual convention in Boca Raton, Florida with an idea nobody wanted to hear.
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