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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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Lawyers for the Galleon Group chief said wiretaps should have been kept out of evidence because prosecutors failed to mention an SEC investigation.
Kingfisher's employees have agreed to end their strike and accept the company's offer to pay them three months' salaries by the middle of November.
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Asia's biggest companies are predicting profit pain as sluggish growth grinds on in China and Europe.
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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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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.
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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The volume of world trade fell for the third straight month in August, a decline which could make it difficult for many economies undergoing austerity programs to return to growth.
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Amazon swung to a third-quarter loss as stronger revenue was masked again by aggressive spending to spur growth.
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President Vladimir Putin said his government had "mixed feelings" over a major takeover announced last week by the Russian oil giant Rosneft of an energy venture half owned by BP.
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Sahara Force India driver Paul di Resta speaks about the Formula One season so far and the opportunity to make an impression in front of ‘home’ fans at the Buddh International Circuit this weekend.
At this time of year, goat breeders gather to sell their animals for Bakra Eid. In a market in Delhi, Mohammad Rais hopes to sell his prized asset for the same amount it would cost to buy a new small car.
Comedian Jaspal Bhatti died in a road accident early Thursday morning. He was 57.
This year’s edition of the Mumbai Film Festival was a rare chance to see films made by Afghans about their country.
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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.
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Microsoft spent billions of dollars and more than three years remodeling its flagship product. Now the hard work begins: Getting consumers, software developers and other allies excited about Windows software again.
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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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America's currency becomes everyone's problem in Asia—including America's.
The market for Tokyo's historic homes is fueled by overseas buyers; preserving architecture's "three big guys."
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Luxury-car maker Daimler warned it would miss its 2012 profit goal and abandoned next year's targets even as other European auto makers took actions to wring out cost and capacity amid weak demand.
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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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Sumner Redstone said his daughter, Shari, is in the running to succeed him one day as overseer of his controlling stakes in Viacom and CBS.
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An Indian company has developed a virtual-keypad software that lets users input words using local languages.
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Telefonica, one of the world's most indebted companies, could establish two units–one in Latin America and one in Europe–to steer clear of any further worsening of Spain's economic troubles.
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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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Growth is half of what it was five years ago. The country may lose its importance on the world stage at this rate.
It might seem odd that Eric Church's song titled "Springsteen" reached No. 1 on Billboard's country music chart this summer, but it really shouldn't. More than ever, country artists are channeling the rock of the '70s and '80s.
Analysis and insights from The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires on the daily news in the world's largest democracy.
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.
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.
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.
A firecracker workshop in Ahmedabad, Mark Webber on a tractor in New Delhi, women buy flowers in Srinagar, and more.
A woman wearing tika powder poses on the last day of Nepal's most important festival, residents return to their burned houses in the Philippines, people escape from a department store during an anti-terror drill in Seoul, and more.
This new condo in the center of Bangkok has a pool fitted with acrylic glass that allows sunlight into the living room below.
More evidence is emerging that Saudi Arabia is deepening its cooperation with India in cracking down on terrorism suspects, an important trend that has implications for Pakistan’s bilateral relationship with Riyadh.
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.
The success of online guitar lessons by star instructors shows what lies ahead for all kinds of education. If the guitar world is any indication, we will still need teachers who stand in front of a room and talk—but fewer of them.
Although in Hindu mythology "Ravana” embodies the devil, for many Indian effigy makers the mythical demon king is “no less than a God." We took a look behind the scenes of Titarpur, one of India’s largest effigy markets.
At Art Basel Miami, Lorenzo Rudolf championed Latin America’s contemporary art scene and helped raise its profile. As director of Art Stage Singapore, he aims to do something similar for Indonesia.