Succession intrigue is all the rage in Korea. Events on the northern half of the peninsula are getting most of the headlines.

The folks seeking tickets just outside Augusta National Golf Club, a mix of golf cognoscenti and those more interested in prurient than par, are asking the same question: Will it be a red shirt or a red face for Tiger Woods?

The Obama administration last month targeted villains impeding international commerce, especially China.

Forget about whether the iPad turns out to be a Kindle-killer. The real question is whether it will prove to be a Mac-, PC- and netbook-killer, too.

Here we go again. Every few years, investors get all enthusiastic about Japan. This time the recovery is for real, they argue.

Sergey Brin shouldn't expect many invitations to visit China this year. Google Inc. has ginned up considerable hostility with its move to pull out of the third-biggest economy.

Historians cite the late second century as the turning point of the Roman Empire, when the once- proud, feared society began its descent into infamy.

Thud! Four years after the peak of the housing bubble, home sales are slumping... again.

In most countries, an interest rate increase can be as damaging to a presidential campaign as a sex scandal.

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet's campaign for governments to learn the lessons of the Greek fiscal crisis may provoke a transatlantic policy split that forces the euro back toward its lows of 2006.