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Reebok rebrands as a fitness center in the U.S. and Europe

Reebok, the shoe brand is turning into fitness centers. Its "Be More Human" campaign challenges people to test their physical strength in group sessions. Earlier on, it had launched in the U.S. This week, the campaign will roll out in Germany.

Sep 03, 2015 11:26 PM EDT

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Seven tech companies formed an alliance to develop a new standard for open source video format

Netflix, Mozilla, Cisco, Intel, Amazon, Google and Microsoft made an alliance to come up with a new standard for open source, royalty free video format. Reports say this will end video plugins in the Web.

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Wild swings in China stocks this week

China and Asian market drop again today on U.S drop last night and weak manufacturing data released by Chiese government.

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Japan inflation falls to zero for third time

Shinzo's Abe government had failed again for the third year in an effort to increase inflation to help takes Japan out of the recession problem.

Spain’s reform efforts praised, but many Spanish disagree

Spain might be receiving lots of praises that the country's economy is doing great but to many Spanish that us disagreeable.

Sep 03, 2015 9:24 AM EDT

China shares recover early losses, other Asian markets up

Chinese shares regained early losses Wednesday amid reports Beijing had been buying shares to support the market. Other markets in Asia were up despite disappointing economic data.

Sep 03, 2015 12:26 AM EDT

Russia cracks down on foreign internet firms

In a latest move, Russian government came out with a new law that empowers Russia to block foreign internet companies and force them to share data on Russian citizens onto Russian terriroty. Recently, it partially blocked Wikipedia and few other sites.

Sep 03, 2015 12:17 AM EDT

Led by US, foreign investors hold 54% of UK stock market

The US investors hold majority share of 46% in the toal foreing ownership of 54% in the UK stock market in 2014, according to a latest data from Office for National Statistics (ONS). Pension funds' share in foreign ownership drastically fell to 3 percent.

Sep 03, 2015 12:09 AM EDT

US construction spending at 7-year high

The latest data from the US Commerce Department reveals that construction spending grew 0.7 percent to $1.08 trillion showing seven-year high. the construction spending has been growing for the past eight months continuously.

Sep 02, 2015 11:54 PM EDT

Canada slides into recession as oil prices dip

Canada is now officially in a recession after registering two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The oil exporting economy was particularly hit hard by slumping oil prices, which are now half their level last year.

Sep 02, 2015 3:17 AM EDT

Irish Gambler John McManus seeks $5.22 Million tax refund from IRS citing international treaty

One of Ireland’s richest, horserace owner and businessman John P. McManus is asking for $5.2 million from the U.S. government, which was wrongfully withheld from his $17.4 million gambling winnings to cover taxes.

Sep 02, 2015 3:09 AM EDT

Honda opens first compressed natural gas fueling station in Ohio despite CNG civic being discontinued

Honda recently opened its first CNG refuelling station at its campus in Marysville, Ohio. Honda Motor Co. was one of North America's leading proponents of natural gas in vehicles for more than 16 years.

Sep 02, 2015 2:48 AM EDT

Greece elections: Clear mandate holds the key on $96-bn bailout package

Greece is heading for elections next month as Tsipras-led Syriza Party and Evangelos Meimarakis-led New Democracy Party are in the fray. Unless there's a clear majority, no party can take key decisions on the third-round of the bailout package, over which Tsipras opted for elections to seek new mandate from the people.

Sep 01, 2015 11:53 PM EDT

Chinese funds inflow creates jobs in US, but concerns also

Chinese companies have established their factories and business operations in the US. Though Chinese funds inflow created jobs in the US, the dragon country's presence has become a cause of concerns fo America. Yuan depreciation is making rounds in the US election campaign also.

Sep 01, 2015 11:50 PM EDT

What's distracting China: Economy or market sell-off?

The difference in downfall among Chinese and other global markets indicates that the dragon country is suffering more from economy point of view. The real problem for China is not market sell-off, but its domestic economy challenges.

Sep 01, 2015 11:44 PM EDT

Gear up for China growth slowdown, IMF tells emerging nations

International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the world should brace up for China's economy slowdown. IMF further said that gwoth will be moderate and below its previous forecast made two months ago.

Sep 01, 2015 11:34 PM EDT