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The once-predictable Chinese currency has become increasingly volatile, which signals a stronger role for markets in the yuan's moves but poses foreign-exchange risks for businesses and investors.
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Gillian Anderson, who played Dana Scully on 'The X-Files,' restored this Sri Lankan property. With 40-foot ceilings, it was originally built big enough to accommodate an elephant.
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Asia's biggest companies are predicting profit pain as sluggish growth grinds on in China and Europe.
Asian markets fell after mixed U.S. data and earnings reports, while Chinese exporters were hit by the yuan's strength. The Shanghai Composite fell 1.3%.
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Credit Suisse is quietly pushing to turn one of its trading venues into an exchange, an unusual bid that, if successful, would create the only U.S. stock exchange owned outright by a Wall Street bank.
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Nine more banks have received subpoenas in connection with a probe into alleged widespread interest-rate manipulation by banks.
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Samsung's third-quarter profit jumped 91% in a period when it was the only big manufacturer with new phones at the high end of the market.
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Here is why dozens of chief executives have inserted themselves into the debate over reducing the federal budget deficit: Some say uncertainty over the looming "fiscal cliff" of tax increases and spending cuts already is hurting their business.
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Apple regained some momentum in its fourth quarter, selling more iPhones than expected while triggering some concerns about the iPad.
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Myanmar is struggling to bring an eruption of sectarian violence in the country's west under control, with the latest surge resulting in more deaths and torched homes and challenging the reformist government.
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Million-dollar deals—and reality television—are fueling the rise of well-connected young real-estate agents.
Child stars Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have defied expectations with their unique take on American luxury.
China promoted four more Chinese generals to key military posts, indicating its leadership had almost completed a generational shake-up of the military top brass.
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Gov. Ishihara of Tokyo, who triggered the current territorial standoff between Japan and China, said he would step down to run for parliament.
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A panel of Indian ministers approved a plan to sell a 10% stake in iron-ore producer NMDC as the government looks to kick-start a program to raise funds by selling shares in state-run companies.
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Lazard and Evercore Partners posted weaker third-quarter advisory revenue amid a skittish deal market, while Lazard unveiled a $125 million program to cut costs and staff.
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Sprint's third-quarter loss widened on steep subscriber losses and the continuing shutdown of its older Nextel network.
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Greece will need an extra $38.9 billion in aid from its international creditors through 2016 to make up for a deeper-than-expected recession and a two-year delay in budget targets, senior European finance-ministry officials were told Thursday.
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Conversations on this middle-class block suggest voters have made up their minds about the Nov. 6 election. But many fear neither Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama can end their worries over growing health-care costs, stagnating incomes and the feeble job market.
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Top Hollywood talent is behind a new generation of horror chambers that are dialing up the fright factor with movie-quality special effects and psychological torments.
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Growth is half of what it was five years ago. The country may lose its importance on the world stage at this rate.
A paramilitary guard stands before the bars of a main gate to the No.1 Detention Center in Beijing, Ai Weiwei dances in a 'Gangnam Style' music video cover, a woman uses a ticket vending machine as soldiers took part in an anti-terror and security drill in Seoul, and more.
In today's pictures, refugees stage a hunger strike in Berlin, a U.S. soldier gives a boy a pen in Afghanistan, Argentine sailors return home from Ghana, and more.
Looks from Hong Hye-Jin, Lie Sang-Bong and more as Seoul Fashion Week winds down.
Iran is funding aid projects and expanding intelligence networks across Afghanistan, moving to fill the void to be left by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, according to U.S. and Afghan officials.
Looks from La Vie, Simon Wang and more at Shanghai Fashion Week.
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Meet Masayoshi Son--Japan’s biggest risk taker.