A Subdued Trading Day in Asia and Europe | Asian shares closed mixed and European shares were essentially flat Friday after unemployment reports released the day before reinforced the idea that a recovery was still a ways off. | Friday's dec... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin)The New York Times
Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks | By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the test-firing by North Korea of a long-range Taep... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)Asia Times
Total, CNPC Consider Venezuela Oil Block Bids By SIMON HALL | BEIJING -- France's Total SA and state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. now plan to bid for two oil large blocks being auctioned in Venezuela, instead of one they'd previously ... (photo: ap / Greg Baker)Wall Street Journal ChinaPetroleumPhotosVenezuelaWorld
Markets in China Fly High Once More | SHANGHAI - Fueled by renewed confidence in economic growth in China and perhaps the kind of frenzied buying that took place a few years ago, Chinese stock prices are on... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)The New York Times GrowthPhotosPointsPricesShanghai