Washington is planning to wrap up the TPP agreement in a meeting in Atlanta next week. Few issues will be resolved during the meeting such as for automotive industry, dairy products, and biological drugs.

Sep 25, 2015 08:05 AM EDT

Pope Francis urges the United States to join a global campaign against climate change, making clear his position that global warming is moral issue that needs immediate action. The pope made the call during a welcoming ceremony at the White House, his first public engagement of his 6-day trip to the world's richest nation.

Sep 27, 2015 09:38 PM EDT

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appoints the same people for his new economic team that would handle the biggest modern world crisis.

Sep 24, 2015 09:08 PM EDT

Instagram had reached 400 million users with 80 million shared photos a day. The Facebook-owned company announced it on Tuesday.

Sep 24, 2015 08:21 AM EDT

OPM changes its statement saying that some 5.6 million fingerprints were stolen by hackers when they attack the agency last spring instead of 1.1 million. The stolen data involved U.S government officials including from Defense Department.

Sep 24, 2015 08:12 AM EDT

The latest scandal of Volkswagen in rigging emission norms results is rocking the Germany business and political factors. Volkswagen has taken up crisis management measures and its CEO Martin resigned and many more to follow the suit. The US environment protection agency may slap a hefty fine of $18bn on Volkswagen if its role in manipulating emission results is proved.

Sep 24, 2015 03:18 AM EDT

A new Boeing factory will be opened soon in Zhoushan, China for its 737 jetliners. The submitted proposal still needs approval of the State Council as well as the China's cabinet to have the country do the painting of airline company's top-grossing jetliners.

Sep 24, 2015 02:38 AM EDT

Leonardo DiCaprio along with 2,000 other individuals and 400 institutions pledged to divest their fossil fuel holdings in a move to reduce climate change.

Sep 24, 2015 02:20 AM EDT

Swiss Re's Admin Re is buying the UK-based Guardian Financial Services for $2.45billion. The acquisition deal is expected to be complete by early next year. Admin Re will get 900,000 annuity and over four million policies in the UK after the acquisition.

Sep 24, 2015 02:16 AM EDT

Volkswagen Group is the biggest car manufacturer in Germany with three brand under its management including Audi, Porsche and Lamborghini. The latest scandal might be costly for the company but its effect will not be everlasting.

Sep 24, 2015 02:11 AM EDT

Martin Winterkorn's contract as VW CEO extends until 2018 as agreed upon by the VW's supervisory board despite the controversial emissions scandal. This Friday was the scheduled formal approval.

Sep 24, 2015 07:41 AM EDT

Apple had made it easy for developers to create ad blockers. Reports say this is a threat to Google and web publishers.

Sep 24, 2015 02:03 AM EDT