Visiting Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said on Thursday that China will implement a more active strategy of opening up, making the Chinese market more open, fair and better regulated.
Starbucks Corp unveiled a simplified new logo on Wednesday that focuses on its mermaid symbol and removes the company name from around the border of the "siren."
The World Bank said it is issuing its first-ever bond denominated in China's currency, the yuan, in Hong Kong, as the country promotes international use of its currency.
Oil prices hovered above $89 a barrel Wednesday in Asia, staunching losses from the previous session amid signs US crude demand may be improving.
A prominent lawyer can have another go at getting back money he paid in a divorce settlement before losing millions of dollars he'd invested with jailed financier Bernard Madoff, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
US banking regulators have authorized lawsuits against 109 bank officials so far as they seek to recover at least $2.5 billion in losses connected to recent bank failures.
A majority of Americans are feeling optimistic about next year's US economy, according to a Gallup survey released on Monday.
People offer prayers at the start of the new business year at Kanda Myojin Shrine, known as the shrine for prosperous businesses, in Tokyo Jan 4, 2011.
Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire said Saturday that UN peacekeeping troops must leave the country as they "fired on civilians."
Russia welcomes direct investment from China in an effort to expand bilateral cooperation on trade and finance, a Russian official said Friday.
Bilateral trade volume between South Korea and India surged 44.5 percent during the first 11 months of the year after the two-way trade pact came into effect.
The eurozone has been plagued by a sovereign debt crisis throughout 2010, and several financial experts in Denmark warned that the mired situation may extend well into 2011.