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Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG has reported "stable" or flat sales for the first nine months of 2013 but says the results show strong demand for its cancer drugs and emerging new products.

Sony will spin off its video-and-sound business into a separate company and shrink its headquarters as part of a three-year turnaround plan.

U.S. businesses expect their sales will rebound in the next three months after a sluggish first quarter, and they also plan to boost hiring and pay, according to a survey released Monday Just 49 percent of firms said their sales increased in the first three months of the year from last year's fourth quarter.

Chinese shares rebounded on stimulus hopes a day after gloomy first-quarter economic numbers while other Asian benchmarks were mixed.

U.S. businesses slowed their pace of hiring in March, a private survey found.

When Antanas Zubavicius turns the light on in his run-down house, it's the only light for miles.

Most major Asian stock markets rose Friday after U.S. unemployment claims fell to an eight-year low and tensions over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet eased.

Key issues facing the United States and China as the Asian nation's leader, Xi Jinping, makes his first U.S. state visit since becoming president in 2013.

In a few short years, if everything goes according to plan, Egypt will have new megaprojects, special investment zones and power plants fueled by the largest offshore gas field in the Mediterranean.

China's main stock market index has fallen for a fourth day, plunging 7.6 percent to an eight-month low.

Kazakhstan's currency recovered some of its recent losses against the dollar Monday with a 15 percent rise, even as the country's stock market slumped.

Economic growth in the 19-country eurozone eased slightly in the second quarter of the year as a sharp slowdown in France offset a solid performance by Germany.

President Cristina Fernandez's successor candidate Daniel Scioli was ahead on Monday in early results from open primaries for the next top leader of Argentina.

Thailand's currency has fallen to a six-year low against the dollar as foreign investors dump stocks while waiting for the country's economy to pick up.

China's stock market rebounded while other Asian stocks also mostly gained Friday after data showed the U.S. economy posted solid growth during the second quarter.

The possibility of a Greek exit from the euro is reviving debate in Poland about the wisdom of signing on to the joint currency, so much so that Poland's president warned this week that his country risks becoming a political lightweight if it sticks with its own currency, the zloty.

Global stocks were mixed in muted trading Tuesday amid a lack of fresh news to buoy market sentiment following an overnight slide on Wall Street.

World stocks mostly rose on Monday, with China's index closing at a seven-year high, as a run of weak indicators boosted hopes for stimulus in the world's second-largest economy.

Morocco's central bank has announced a shift in the weighting of the dollar and euro for the valuation of the country's currency, the dihram.

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Monday as investors looked ahead to Chinese economic and trade data for signs of whether Beijing will launch new stimulus.