China's one-year interest-rate swaps declined to the lowest level in two weeks after more banks were allowed to adopt a lower required reserve-ratio. China Merchants Bank Co., Bank of Ningbo Co., China Minsheng Banking Corp., and Industrial Bank Co.

China's one-year interest-rate swaps declined to the lowest level in two weeks after more banks were allowed to adopt a lower required reserve-ratio. China Merchants Bank Co., Bank of Ningbo Co., China Minsheng Banking Corp., and Industrial Bank Co.

Israeli security forces prepared for a “broad operation” against Hamas as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that the Palestinian leadership help to find three teenagers kidnapped in the West Bank. Netanyahu convened a meeting with top military ...

Enner Valencia of Ecuador, left, scores his team's first goal on a header past Diego Benaglio of Switzerland during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Group E match between Switzerland and Ecuador at Estadio Nacional in Brasilia, Brazil, on June 15, 2014.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he aims to start cutting Japan's corporate tax rate next year, after winning agreement from senior ruling party members on a measure to spur investment in the world's third-largest economy. Abe, speaking to reporters in Tokyo ...

Elon Musk wants to apply the contrarian style that made him millions of dollars from PayPal and billions from rocket ships and electric cars, and revolutionize the litigious world of patents. Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA:US) became a rarity among automakers when ...

Following is the first-round leaderboard from the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Par for the course is 70. ========================================================================== Pos.Player Score Thru Today ...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT:US) apologized after a highway accident involving one of its truck drivers critically injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and prompted the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board to join a state investigation. Kevin Roper, 35, of ...

The world's top industrial powers may discuss imposing additional sanctions on Russia when they meet in Brussels tomorrow amid continuing fighting in eastern Ukraine. President Barack Obama will talk with Group of Seven counterparts, including leaders of ...

Pro-Russia militants fire from a residential area at Ukrainian border guards defending the Federal Border Headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Photographer: Sergey Gapon/AFP/Getty Images. Ukraine said it's deploying heavy weaponry and armored ...

Pro-Russia militants fire from a residential area at Ukrainian border guards defending the Federal Border Headquarters in Luhansk, eastern Ukraine. Photographer: Sergey Gapon/AFP/Getty Images. Ukraine said it's deploying heavy weaponry and armored ...

Organizers of tonight's vigil in Hong Kong to mark the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown are expecting more than 150,000 people to attend, as memories of the student protests strike a chord with locals demanding universal suffrage.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Vice President Joe Biden will travel next month to Colombia and the Dominican Republic to discuss regional ties with leaders in those Latin American nations. Biden is adding the two stops on to a previously ...

Putin, facing sanctions from the U.S. and EU for his annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, said the three countries will “gradually align” their currency and monetary policies to facilitate trade and minimize risks. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg.

Putin, facing sanctions from the U.S. and EU for his annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, said the three countries will “gradually align” their currency and monetary policies to facilitate trade and minimize risks. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg.

Buy Brazilian stocks because the country is going to win the World Cup, giving a boost to the local equity market. That's according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., whose analysts said the host nation's chances of winning the most-watched sports event this year ...

China Oilfield Services Ltd. (2883), which is drilling exploration wells in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, said it completed the first phase of operations and will go on to the next. Platform HYSY981 has moved to “another location” to begin the ...

At least 10 people were killed and more than 11 wounded as al-Shabaab militants struck Somalia's parliament buildings in an attack lasting more than three hours. An explosive-laden car was detonated to break into the heavily guarded compound in ...

At least 10 people were killed and more than 11 were wounded after al-Shabaab militants targeted Somalia's parliamentary buildings in the capital in an attack that lasted more than three hours. The men used a car laden with explosives to break into the ...