Vive la France, vive le Tour

When France’s national sporting obsession, the Tour de France, comes to town on Bastille Day — the country’s national holiday marking the anniversary of the French Revolution — there’s double reason to celebrate.

As the chairwoman of South Korea’s Hyundai Group, Hyun Jeong-eun faces business challenges few other executives can imagine. Besides managing massive operations in finance, manufacturing, and transport, she oversees operations in the secretive state of North Korea.

A suicide bomber detonated a car laden with explosives, killing three people Monday near the Budbhair area in Peshawar, officials said.

The practice of feng shui figured prominently in the fight over the estate of one of Asia’s wealthiest women, Nina Wang.

A band of right-wing activists ransacked an Indian television station in the country’s financial hub of Mumbai in an assault their party said was an act of retaliation against the channel’s “bias” against their veteran leader.

Google India has brokered a groundbreaking two-year deal with Global Cricket Ventures, the licensing partner to the Indian Premier League, giving them exclusive rights to stream live cricket matches from the IPL on YouTube.

People stranded by widespread flight shutdowns across Europe had reason for hope Monday as officials announced a plan to partially reopen the skies to air traffic.

The quarterly results period hits high gear this week, with American Express, Apple, Coca-Cola, Yahoo and Microsoft all on tap and expectations for corporate profits raised amid growing signs that the economic recovery may have begun.

Violence flared in northwestern Pakistan for a third straight day Sunday as one anti-Taliban government leader was killed and another survived an attack, officials said.

A missile strike killed two people Friday in northwest Pakistan, the latest in a string of suspected U.S. drone attacks on the region, a Pakistani intelligence official said.

Bahrain’s finance minister said adherence to strict Islamic rules helped his country escape the worst of the global recession.

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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday he’s confident the economy will continue to grow in 2010, but that his “best guess” is unemployment will stay higher than desired for the foreseeable future.

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Chinese carmaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has purchased Volvo cars from U.S. auto giant Ford, the Swedish carmaker announced Sunday.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court declares that an amnesty that had protected politicians, including President Asif Ali Zardari, from corruption and criminal charges, was unconstitutional.