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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — A key measure of China’s manufacturing sector released Friday showed activity leveling off in April, confirming earlier readings and pointing to modest gains in new business. HSBC’s China manufacturing purchasing managers index for April, released Friday, was unchanged at 51.8 from the previous month’s level, indicating moderate improvement in activity. From [...]

(Reuters) – Prince William and his bride-to-be Kate Middleton said they were deeply touched by the outpouring of affection sparked by their wedding which will take place on Friday amid pomp and pageantry in Westminster Abbey. Their message of thanks to well-wishers worldwide came as details were released on Thursday of the wedding service that [...]

It was a special day for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and close political ally Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hatta Rajasa as they saw their children united in an engagement ceremony held Wednesday evening in Jakarta. The youngest son of President Yudhoyono, Edhie “Ibas” Baskoro pledged to wed Siti Ruby Aliya Rajasa, Hatta’s daughter at [...]

TOKYO — Sony Corp. said Tuesday that some users’ personal information had been compromised in a hacker attack as the outage of its global PlayStation Network entered a seventh day. The company confirmed that an “external intrusion” by hackers disrupted the service, affecting more than 75 million users worldwide who use it to play video [...]

John James Audubon 1785-1851 The American Woodsman: Our Namesake and Inspiration John James Audubon (1785-1851) was not the first person to attempt to paint and describe all the birds of America (Alexander Wilson has that distinction), but for half a century he was the young country’s dominant wildlife artist. His seminal Birds of America, a [...]