American superhero film "Thor: The Dark World" remained atop the North American box office for the second weekend after its release across the United States on Nov.8, followed by "The Best Man Holiday," a comedy that debuted this weekend.
The Australian government will provide a further 20 million AU dollars (almost 18.61 million US dollars) and deploy additional Australian Defence Force logistic support to help the Philippines to respond to Typhoon Haiyan, bringing total Australian assistance to over 30 million AU dollars (almost 27.91 million US dollars), Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Thursday.
Pos Malaysia Thursday launched the Typhoon Haiyan Humanitarian Aid Stamp to support the relief efforts in the Philippines.
Murray Goulburn, Australia's largest dairy food company, on Wednesday announced an increased takeover offer for rival company Warrnambool Cheese and Butter.
Africa has bright prospects of economic growth despite challenges, the Reserve Bank of South Africa said on Monday.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphoens and memory chips, said Wednesday that it will seek more mergers and acquisitions (M&A) down the road to boost new growth engines and strengthen the existing tech businesses.
Australia's trade deficit narrowed to 284 million AU dollars (270 million U.S. dollars) in September, according to data released on Wednesday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Wall Street ended narrowly mixed Tuesday, as better-than-expected U.S. service sector data partially offset uncertainty about when the U.S. Federal Reserve will start tapering its bond purchases program.
The Philippines recorded the second biggest foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow for the first half of this year, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Blackberry Ltd will be getting a 1- billion U.S. dollars injection instead of a direct buyout for now.
Australia's Westpac Banking Corporation on Monday posted a 14 percent increase in its full- year net profit, driven by a strong performance across all its operating division.
The U.S. federal government budget deficit fell to 680 billion dollars for the 2013 fiscal year, as its revenue increased and spending dwindled, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
Apple Inc. Monday announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013 fiscal year after the market closed, which showed the company's revenue and profit beat expectations, but gross margin guidance for the next quarter fell short of market estimates.
JP Morgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank by assets, agreed Friday to pay 5.1 billion U.S. dollars in settlements with the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to address claims of mis-selling mortgage-backed securities and home loans before the 2008 financial crisis.
This weekend's debut "Jackass: Bad Grandpa" shot to the top of North America box office chart, while the weekend's another debut, Twentieth Century Fox's Ridley Scott vanity project "The Counselor" only opened the fourth place.
Foreign direct investment inflows into the Chinese mainland climbed 4.88 percent in September, compared to a year ago.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange went down Tuesday on the market expectation that U.S. lawmakers will soon reach a deal to end a partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government and avert a debt default.
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