

By: USA TODAY
Edward Iwata
Securities regulators on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to a plan that could require thousands of U.S. companies to change from U.S. accounting standards to global accounting rules that are quickly gaining favor abroad.
By: Christian Science Monitor
Michelle Nijhuis Correspondent
Paonia, Colo.
On the Chaco factory floor in western Colorado, workers are head down at sewing machines and sole trimmers - stitching, gluing, and shaping pair after pair of rubber-bottomed river sandals. The high-ceilinged room...
By: Investor's Business Daily
REINHARDT KRAUSE
China Mobile reported profit jumped 51% in its latest quarter, above analyst views, sending its U.S. shares up 2.6% despite lower-than-expected sales.
The world's largest wireless service provider by subscribers reported a net...
By: USA TODAY
Calum MacLeod
BEIJING -- Zeng Jinyan, a blogger and wife of jailed human rights activist Hu Jia, missed out on the big Olympics bash.
The day before the opening ceremony, police removed Zeng, 24, and her infant daughter from the Chinese...
By: Los Angeles Times
Tom Petruno, Times Staff Writer
The way things are going with the dollar, the cost of a London, Paris or Australia vacation may soon be back within the realm of possibility for some Americans.
The formerly weakling greenback has been on a hot streak since...


By: IPS - Inter Press Service
Thalif Deen
The scarcity of water is posing a threat to the food supply, just as the agricultural sector is stepping up production in response to riots over food prices, growing hunger and rising malnutrition. A senior official of a World...
By: Christian Science Monitor
Rob Crilly Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Somalia's modern-day pirates are using their lucrative trade to fund fighters on both sides of the country's escalating conflict, according to a maritime expert in Kenya.
Four ships were seized by gunmen in 48 hours last week...
By: Investor's Business Daily
DONALD H. GOLD
Beware the two-edged sword. Emerging markets thrive on world growth. So when that growth slows, as it has now, those economies -- and stocks -- can get whacked.
By: Los Angeles Times
Chris Kraul, Sebastian Rotella, Times Staff Writers
Western anti-terrorism officials are increasingly concerned that Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shiite Muslim militia that Washington has labeled a terrorist group, is using Venezuela as a base for operations.
Linked to deadly...
By: Asia Pulse
Mum and dad investors can now get quicker and cheaper access to the American share market under a new deal between the US and Australia.
Corporate Governance Minister Nick Sherry overnight signed a mutual recognition agreement...
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