The talk about a dividend for Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has heated up more recently, with comments by professionals on Wall Street fueling the speculation. Money manager Howard Ward of Gamco Investors said on a Street Smart interview with Bloomberg television, that he thought Apple would declare a one-time dividend

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co.(NYSE: YZC) last week reportedly made a $2 billion offer for Australia's Gloucester Coal (ASX: GCL), in a bid that would expand the Chinese coal miner's operations in the increasingly important coal mining region. Yanzhou is the

When China's President Hu Jintao, along with Vice-President Xi Jinping, went to the North Korean embassy in Beijing to pay their respects in the aftermath of the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the rest of the world no doubt took this as a simple sign of the close relations between China and North Korea.

The sudden death of the 69 year-old North Korean dictator, however, shouldn't