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U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors found few reasons to buy before the Thanksgiving holiday and major indexes stood near historic highs. Adding to last quarter's higher results, technology company Hewlett-Packard (HPQ.N) rose after it...

Thousands of demonstrators massed outside four Thai government ministries, a major state office complex and 24 provincial halls on Wednesday in a widening effort to cripple the administration and oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. By evening, more than 13,000 protesters...

The Philippines' post-typhoon reconstruction could take as long as 10 years, with the leadership of President Benigno Aquino put to a test amid complex problems such as property rights, missing title deeds and land zoning, experts said on Wednesday. The...

Party leaders German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Horst Seehofer (C) of the Christian Social Union (CSU) and Sigmar Gabriel of the Social Democratic Party   Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and the center-left Social Democrats (SPD)...

Libya's army clashed with Islamist militants in the eastern city of Benghazi early on Wednesday and three soldiers were shot dead, security and medical officials said. Western powers, worried about stability in Libya, have promised more aid to the army...

Syrian authorities will attend talks in January aimed at resolving the civil war but will not succumb to Western demands for President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, a Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday. It was the first formal response...

The euro raced to fresh highs on both the yen and U.S. dollar on Wednesday, while Shanghai stocks shrugged off geopolitical concerns to outpace an otherwise lackluster regional performance. European stocks were poised for a subdued start with financial spreadbetters...

The 2013 holiday shopping season may end up being remembered for its ugly sweaters and, for many retailers, even uglier discounts. With growing online competition, no fashion must-haves and weak consumer confidence, most U.S. retailers will have to offer both...

Yau da shi ya sa allura ginin rijiya (Hausa axiom) literally means doing a thing little by little made it possible for the needle to dig a well. In recent times I have read and watched with sadness the division...

For four months and still counting, all federal and state government run (public) universities were shut down by the industrial action commenced by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). One among many pecuniary issues/grudges that precipitated the...