An index of growth in China's vast manufacturing sector fell from a 27-month high to 51.1 in August, a government study showed on Monday, slightly less than forecast and adding to signs of growing softness in the Chinese economy.
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Citi to pay allowance to compensate for limited bonuses
Citigroup Inc (C.N) has told senior staff in Europe that they would receive fixed monthly pay in addition to their salaries in an attempt to compensate for rules that limit bonuses to up to twice the level of base salaries, the Financial Times reported, citing several people.
Jennifer Lawrence naked photos turn up on Twitter along with several naked celebrities due to an alleged iCloud hack; Victoria Justice and Ariana Grande slam photos as fake
Jennifer Lawrence had been victimized by a widespread hack that also targeted Victoria Justice, Ariana Grande, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and several other female celebrities in various states of undress. Justice and Grande had already denied the photos, while Lawrence's spokesperson considers the incident a major breech of privacy. Winstead took to Twitter to express her outrage on the incident.
Weak data to test BOJ's rosy economic view, policy on hold
The Bank of Japan will maintain its existing stimulus policy and optimistic economic view on when it meets on Thursday, sources say, preferring to take more time to gauge whether a run of weak data is sufficient to threaten a fragile recovery.
“True Detective” Season 2 News: Vince Vaughn, Collin Farrell, Elizabeth Moss, and Taylor Kitsch to be Part of the Upcoming Season’s Cast
While "True Detective" didn't win any awards are the recently concluded Primetime Emmys, could the show be working with A-list celebrities for its next season?
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Apple Inc plans to enable its next iPhone to become a mobile wallet by allowing owners to securely make mobile payments in a store with the touch of a finger, Bloomberg said on Sunday, citing a person familiar with the situation.
Apple Inc plans to enable its next iPhone to become a mobile wallet by allowing owners to securely make mobile payments in a store with the touch of a finger, Bloomberg said on Sunday, citing a person familiar with the situation.
With the success of a number of superhero themed films from Marvel Studios, is DC Comics planning its own cinematic universe which focuses on the likes of AquaMan, Green Lantern, Martian Hunter and Green Arrow?
Asian shares balked at the starting gate on Monday, skittish in the face of a deepening Ukraine crisis, while the euro touched a fresh one-year low ahead of this week's European Central Bank meeting.
The release date of the much anticipated fifth installment of adventure movie franchise, “Indiana Jones” is soon to be announced. Meanwhile, rumors have already been doing rounds in the internet regarding the cast of the film.
Swatch Group is happy to go it alone with a launch next year of watches with "smart" features to compete with so-called wearable gadgets from the big tech companies, a market potentially worth $93 billion.
French media company Vivendi (VIV.PA) picked Telefonica (TEF.MC) for exclusive talks over the sale of its Brazilian broadband unit GVT, spurning a rival bid from Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI).
Real estate owner Store Capital Corp, backed by private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management LLC, filed with U.S. regulators on Friday for an initial public offering of common stock.
India has decided to acquire Boeing's Chinook and Apache helicopters, an Indian defense ministry official said on Saturday, in a deal valued at $2.5 billion that could ease strained ties between New Delhi and Washington.
