Sale of existing homes in the United States increased in the month of July, suggesting housing market recovery.
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Hero keeps gunman calm, saves school
The peaceful resolution to the stand off at a Decatur, GA school was attributed to Antoinette Tuff. In the most tense moments at McNair Discovery Learning Academy in the past few hours, Antoinette Tuff acted as the messenger and go between for gun toting Michael Brandon Hill and police authorities.
Ambani loses USD5.6 billion after Rupee falls
India's richest man Mukesh Ambani lost a total of 24% of his wealth after the valuation of the rupee decreased.
PMI shows expansion in Germany's private sector
The German private sector showed robust growth in August, according to Markit's PMI survey. The private sector in Germany showed signs of growth. A new survey conducted by financial information services company Markit revealed that the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of Germany's private sector increased to 53.
Animal testing complicates L’Oreal expansion
L'Oreal's planned expansion into China's beauty markets had been burdened with complications as the country mandates animal testing for every new product introduced to Chinese consumers.
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Sergei Shvetsov was named as the head of a new Russian "mega-regulator" to oversee the country's financial markets.
A state think-tank said Chinese banks have reduced loans on property developments in smaller cities because of the glut in unsold homes there.
Facebook Inc unveiled new project, Internet.org to provide online access to more people around the world.
Vietnam announced plan to ban free chat applications to protect network providers in the country. The Vietnam government proposed a possible prohibition of free Internet chat applications.
Everbright Securities Co. faced a three month restriction on joining any property trading after it erroneously priced government bonds worth CNY10 million.
Cairn Energy said its planned explorations in Northwest Africa and Ireland yielded up to 25% chance of success compared to its exploratory project in Greenland.
The British government's 'Help to Buy' program increased Persimmon's spring sales.
Australian manufacturers underwent change in level of operations. The manufacturing industry was far from dead in the country down under. The face of the Australian manufacturing sector has been deemed not dead, just changing.
As Manila is flooded due to nonstop rains brought by the monsoon weather, large and small-scale businesses are left to deal with its aftermath.
