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  • Won Drops to 7-Month Low, Socked by North Korea Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 10:36 PM ET

    The South Korean won dropped to a fresh 7-month low against the dollar early on Friday as investors remained wary of more bellicose rhetoric from North Korea and with inter-Korean tension escalating.

  • China's Solar Sector, No Longer a Bright Light  Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 8:50 PM ET
    Solar field, France

    China's solar energy sector is no longer a bright spot as overcapacity hits firms. Eunice Yoon reports.

  • Apple Waning? Its Key Supplier Not Feeling It Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 9:12 PM ET

    Foxconn has record high annual revenue and, in the last quarter of 2012, its highest operating margins in three years despite Apple's continued troubles. The Financial Times reports.

  • Central Bank Efforts May 'End in Tears': El-Erian Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 12:19 PM ET
    Mohamed El-Erian, CEO PIMCO

    Global central banks are accelerating mostly ineffective policies because they feel they have no choice but to keep trying, Pimco's Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC.

  • Samsung Snaps Winning Streak in Record Profits Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 7:46 PM ET

    The iPhone's main adversary estimated its January-March operating profit rose 53 percent to $7.7 billion, marking the end of five straight quarters of record profits for the world's biggest techn firm by revenue.

  • High-End Golf Extravagances Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 11:14 AM ET

    Golfers with extravagant tastes are vital to the game’s culture, and upmarket brands have the goods to sell them at top dollar. CNBC.com presents a list of 10 extravagances for the golfer who demands--and can pay for--the best. Read ahead to see what they are and what they cost.

  • China Rolls Up Sleeves in Fight Against Bird Flu Friday, 5 Apr 2013 | 12:32 AM ET

    China said it was mobilizing resources nationwide to combat a new strain of bird flu that has killed six people, as Japan, Hong Kong and the United States stepped up vigilance.

  • North Korea Moves Missile to East Coast Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 5:20 AM ET

    South Korea’s defense chief said on Thursday that North Korea had moved to its east coast a missile with a “considerable” range, but that it was not capable of reaching the United States.

  • Facebook Wants to Be Your Smartphone's Home Screen Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 2:36 PM ET
    Zuckerberg announced a new product for Android called Facebook Home.

    Facebook just got serious about mobile. At a media event Thursday, Facebook showcased its new software for Android devices called 'Home.'

  • Why Central Banks Are Reluctant to Follow Japan Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 7:33 PM ET
    Haruhiko Kuroda, governor of the Bank of Japan

    In contrast to the Bank of Japan's radical monetary shift announced on Thursday, the ECB and BOE policy decisions that followed were underwhelming in comparison. The Financial Times reports.

  • Japan's Giant Experiment Won't End Well: Kyle Bass Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 1:25 PM ET
    J. Kyle Bass

    Japan is wagering its future on a massive experiment, and Kyle Bass of Hayman Capital Management doesn't see it ending well.

  • Phone Calls to Facetime: 40 Years of Cellphones Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 2:35 PM ET
    Martin Cooper places first call on mobile phone on April 3, 1973

    It has been 40 years since the first call was made on a cellphone. Here's a look at how mobile devices have evolved.

  • North Korea Army Says Gets Approval for US Nuke Strike Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 4:35 AM ET
    Kim Il-Sung Square, North Korea

    The North Korean army said it has final approval to launch strikes against the United States, including the use of nuclear weapons. The Global Post reports.

  • All Eyes on Facebook Ahead of Mobile Phone Event Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 7:10 AM ET

    Facebook is unveiling a new Android product Thursday, as a fast-growing number of its 1.06 billion users access it on smartphones and tablet computers.

  • North Korea and China Get Cozier on Trade: Expert Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 12:56 PM ET
    Kim Jung-Un

    A layer of complexity underlying the saber-rattling in North Korea is Pyongyang's growing trade relationship with China, said John Park of Harvard's Belfer Center.

  • China Services PMI: Not as Good as It Looks? Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 2:46 AM ET

    While growth in China's services sector touched a multi-month high in March, economists tell CNBC why this March reading does not look so attractive after all.

  • Brace for More Market Tremors From North Korea Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 1:04 AM ET

    While the latest ratcheting up in tensions between North and South Korea is starting to make investors jittery, markets may be underestimating the risk of a potential conflict on the Korean peninsula, analysts say.

  • Bank of Japan Unveils Aggressive Monetary Policy Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 12:51 AM ET
    Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Japan

    The Bank of Japan on Thursday unveiled an aggressive monetary policy to end years of deflation in the world's third largest economy, pledging to double its government bond holdings in two years.

  • Rare Strike Hits Li Ka Shing's Docks in Hong Kong Thursday, 4 Apr 2013 | 12:32 AM ET
    A truck drives by tents set up by dockworkers during a strike outside a container terminal in Hong Kong, China.

    The waters of the South China Sea surrounding Hong Kong were the setting for an uncommon sight this week: A growing crowd of hulking cargo ships bobbing aimlessly in the haze as their frustrated crews waited for them to be able to come in to port. The New York Times reports.

  • Aussie Consumers Are Back, Thanks to Low Rates Wednesday, 3 Apr 2013 | 10:08 PM ET

    Australian retail sales surged 1.3 percent in February, far above expectations and the biggest rise in over three years, the clearest sign yet that consumer demand is responding to lower rates.

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