Most Popular
-
1
Actor Jung Woo-sung admits to being father of model Moon Ga-bi’s child
-
2
Wealthy parents ditch Korean passports to get kids into international school
-
3
Man convicted after binge eating to avoid military service
-
4
First snow to fall in Seoul on Wednesday
-
5
Final push to forge UN treaty on plastic pollution set to begin in Busan
-
6
Korea to hold own memorial for forced labor victims, boycotting Japan’s
-
7
Nvidia CEO signals Samsung’s imminent shipment of AI chips
-
8
Job creation lowest on record among under-30s
-
9
NK troops disguised as 'indigenous' people in Far East for combat against Ukraine: report
-
10
Opposition leader awaits perjury trial ruling
-
Congress seeks debt solution, Obama goes to public
On debt crisis, Obama makes direct appeal to U.S. public: ‘We are all in this together’WASHINGTON (AP) ― President Barack Obama appealed for public support Saturday to push Congress to avert an unprecedented default on America’s national debt as lawmakers worked on dual tracks to reach an elusive deal.Obama wants lawmakers to approve a giant package that would not only prevent a default by raising
July 17, 2011
-
Toyota overhauls domestic units to save Japan manufacturing
July 14, 2011
-
Sony preparing new e-book reader
Sony Corp., Japan’s largest exporter of consumer electronics, plans to introduce a line of upgraded digital book readers in the U.S. by as early as next month to challenge Kindle-maker Amazon.com Inc. The Sony Reader, priced from $180 to $300, will probably be offered with hardware and software improvements in August, Phil Lubell, vice president of digital reading at Sony Electronics, said Wednesd
July 14, 2011
-
Japan escalates warning as yen continues rise
July 14, 2011
-
Fed ‘prepared to respond’ if economy worsens
July 14, 2011
-
Europe considers Greek default, leaders to meet
July 13, 2011
-
Starbucks reorganizes for world growth
July 12, 2011
-
Mercedes-Benz tops study of U.S. auto dealers
July 12, 2011
-
ArcelorMittal, Peabody bid for Macarthur coal
July 12, 2011
-
Fed chief to face grilling after weak jobs report
WASHINGTON (AP) ― Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may feel surrounded when he testifies before Congress this week.From his left, Democrats will demand to know what the Fed can do to create jobs, especially after the government reported last week that unemployment rose to 9.2 percent in June and the economy generated just 18,000 net new jobs.From his right, Republicans will likely question th
July 12, 2011
-
IMF chief calls on U.S. to raise borrowing limit
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde conducts a press conference in Washington, D.C. on July 6. (AFP-Yonhap News)WASHINGTON (AP) ― The International Monetary Fund’s new chief foresees “real nasty consequences” for the U.S. and global economies if the U.S. fails to raise its borrowing limit.Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the lending institution, said in an interview broadcast Sunday
July 11, 2011
-
Asia rates have room to rise beyond inflation peak
July 11, 2011
-
Debt talks hit wall, Obama warns clock ticking
July 11, 2011
-
iPad, Android push tablet sales forecast
International Data Corporation raised its 2011 forecast for global sales of tablet computers by 6.2 percent to 53.5 million units on the strength of Apple Inc.’s iPad and Google Inc.’s Android operating system. Though sales in the first calendar quarter fell 28 percent from the prior quarter, Framingham, Massachusetts-based IDC raised its forecast for the year citing increased competition between
July 10, 2011
-
China trade surplus hits 7-month high
Truckers drive past stacks of transport containers at Chiwan Container Terminals, Port of Shekou in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. (Bloomberg)Consumer prices climbed 6.4 percent, the most in three yearsChina’s trade surplus widened more than forecast to $22.3 billion in June, the highest level in seven months, as imports grew at the slowest pace since 2009. The gap exceeded all the 21 estima
July 10, 2011
-
China may cut spending on strategic industries
July 8, 2011
-
New Greek aid package awaits private sector buy-in
July 8, 2011
-
Facebook launches video chat with Skype
NEW YORK (AP) ― Quick on the heels of Google’s launch of its latest social-networking venture, Facebook said Wednesday that its 750 million users will now be able to make video calls on the site.The feature will be powered by the Internet phone service Skype. Facebook also redesigned its chat feature, so that the people a user messages the most often show up first.To make video calls, Facebook use
July 7, 2011
-
Obama claims progress in deficit talks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says back-channel talks with congressional leaders last weekend have produced new progress in advance of a White House session Thursday on deficit reduction. The president is siding with House Speaker John Boehner in insisting that negotiators resist the temptation to “kick the can down the road” and settle for a makeshift, short-term solution to stave off
July 6, 2011
-
iPhone passes Blackberry in U.S.
Apple’s iPhone has leapfrogged Research In Motion’s Blackberry to grab fourth-place among handset manufacturers in the United States, tracking firm comScore said Tuesday.The iPhone’s share of U.S. mobile subscribers rose to 8.7 percent in the three months ending in May from 7.5 percent three months earlier, while RIM’s share fell to 8.1 percent from 8.6 percent, comScore said.Samsung was the top h
July 6, 2011
