Sony's low-budget horror film "No Good Deed," starring Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson, secured the top place in the North American box office, with an estimated tickets earning of 24.5 million U.S. dollars over the weekend.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Tajikistan is historic, with a series of cooperation agreements, mainly in investment and economic areas, to be signed, Chinese Ambassador to Tajikistan Fan Xianrong told Xinhua in a recent interview.
U.S. stocks closed narrowly mixed after a fluctuating session Thursday amid renewed worries over geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
Taiwan has fined a cooking oil supplier 50 million New Taiwan dollars (1.67 million U.S. dollars) over its sale of tainted lard, the public health watchdog said Wednesday.
South Korean exports of information and communications technology (ICT) products fell for the first time in three months as demand for digital TVs weakened, a government report showed Thursday.
U.S. stocks closed higher after wavering between gains and losses Wednesday, boosted by tech shares.
Hong Kong stocks plunged 1.93 percent on Wednesday, the biggest drop since February, amid concerns that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates earlier than expected.
U.S. stocks lost ground Tuesday, as investors were concerned that the Federal Reserve may begin hiking interest rates sooner than expected.
New measures to allow easier overseas investment by domestic companies have been released by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC).
U.S. stocks reversed earlier gains to turn lower on Thursday, as investors grew cautious before the release of the country's nonfarm payroll report for August on Friday.
Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone 6, an American product assembled in China, is likely to add about 1 percent export growth per month for the rest of 2014 after the product is launched later this year, an economist has said.
U.S. stocks closed mixed following a volatile session Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book that the American economy picked up in the past six weeks.
Crude prices rebounded Wednesday amid positive U.S. factory data and cease-fire talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Toronto Stock Exchange, Canada's main stock market, on Wednesday rebounded from Tuesday's slip as the country's central bank decided to maintain its overnight rate target at 1 percent Wednesday.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell on Tuesday as data showed U.S. manufacturing expanded in August at its strongest pace in more than three years.
Canada's main stock lost ground on Tuesday over a sharp drop in gold shares and investors' speculation about the coming interest rate announcement.
Canada's main stock market slipped slightly Wednesday with the gains of financial stocks overpowered by the losses in resources shares.
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