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Haiti's ex-leader Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier had the right to return to the country but must now face justice, President Rene Preval says. Mr Preval was making his first comments on the issue since Mr Duvalier's unexpected return…

Facebook said Friday it has raised $1 billion from non-U.S. investors, which combined with an infusion from Goldman Sachs and Russia's Digital Sky Technologies in December, brings the haul from its latest round of funding to $1.5 billion.…

Thousands of German protesters marched in Berlin on Saturday to demand a change in farming methods and vent their anger at a food scandal in which cancer-causing dioxin was found in some eggs, poultry and pork. Skip related content The…

The International Monetary Fund approved on Friday a two-year flexible credit arrangement for Poland worth $30 billion, extending credit lines granted in 2009 and 2010. The IMF board said the Polish government planned to use the line as a…

Greece's central banker said in a Sunday newspaper interview that talk of debt restructuring is hurting the country as it struggles to exit a huge fiscal crisis that has shaken the euro zone. "I believe that even mere talk of debt…

Apple's App Store hit the 10 billion mark Saturday, a little more than 2-1/2 years after it started the app craze for mobile devices, beginning with its iPhone. The store went online in July 2008, as part of the iTunes Store, and paved the…

Under pressure to energize the economy, President Barack Obama said Saturday he will use his State of the Union address to outline an agenda to create jobs now and boost American competitiveness over the long term. Heading quickly into…

The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs) on Saturday named 40 accredited oil marketing companies in good standing for business in 2011. The companies are" Agapet Oil, Allied Oil, Anasset Oil, AP Oil & Gas, Bano Oil, Capstone…

The Ministry of Defence has constitut­ed a committee to protect the coun­try's oil and gas fields against terror­ist attacks, sabotage and environmental pol­lution. The Petroleum Security and Co-ordinating Committee (PSCC) is also mandated…

The management of the Venture Cap­ital Trust Fund (VCTF) says it is increasing its fund pool to over US$100 million in 2011 to enable it support small medium enterprise investments. To achieve that, the management said it expected to…