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Four detained employees of mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd. including an Australian national will stand trial in China on charges of stealing commercial secrets, a state news agency said Wednesday.
Prius owners in Japan are rushing to dealers for repairs a day after Toyota's president announced a global recall for a glitch in the car's antilock brake system.
South Carolina residents could make their homes more energy-efficient with no money down, while also paying lower electricity bills, under a loan proposal that cleared a legislative panel Tuesday.
The 787 assembly line that Boeing Co. is building in North Charleston could lift some area residents out of poverty while adding $23 million in expansion costs to local school districts.
Want to donate to the Haiti earthquake relief effort? It's as simple as having a pizza, going grocery shopping or even doing your banking.
Despite a surge of home sales in the last few months of the year, 2009 proved to be another sour year for real estate in South Carolina.
As part of an ongoing effort to improve its user experience, Internet company AOL Inc. is letting users of its AIM instant-messaging service chat with friends on Facebook.
Greek shares led world markets higher Wednesday amid mounting hopes that German opposition to a European Union financial rescue package for the heavily indebted country is waning.
Mary Beth Henry hated school.