ru China Investment Corp (CIC) [CIC.UL] will manage more of its investments in developed markets in house this year, the head of the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund said in remarks carried by official media on Tuesday.]]> Moscow is free to sell weaponry to Tehran, the head of Russia's state arms exporter said on Thursday.]]> North Korea said on Thursday it had detained an American who crossed into its territory from China on Jan. 25 and was interrogating him.]]> Political feuding over global warming reached the Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday when commissioners, divided on party lines, voted to encourage companies to disclose the effects of climate change on their business.]]> Researchers have engineered a common type of bacteria to produce biodiesel and other goodies from plain old plants. The microbial trickery, detailed today in the journal Nature,]]> Both the governor and Ford executives will attend, the source said. A Ford spokeswoman declined to comment.]]> It's been a good week for the future of Life as We Know It. First the keepers of the climate-science consensus admitted that the Himalayan glaciers are not on the verge]]> Most people don't expect much good news when opening mail from a credit-card company. But this month, you may be receiving notices bearing good tidings related to fees, grace periods and other policies.]]> After six rounds on the foreign circuit, "Avatar" on the weekend became the biggest-grossing offshore title in movie history.]]> Chinese media on Friday dismissed Washington's call to lift Internet censorship, after a top Chinese diplomat warned the Obama administration to heed alarm bells over trade, Taiwan and Tibet.]]>