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Stratolaunch, the massive aircraft dreamed up by the late Paul Allen, flew for the first time Saturday, becoming the largest plane by wingspan ever to take to the skies.

The world's largest airplane -- a Stratolaunch behemoth with two fuselages and six Boeing 747 engines -- made its first test flight on Saturday in California.

Discounted price tags will also come with different Mi TV models and accessories such as the Mi Body Composition Scale during the No.1 Mi Fan sale in India.

Xiaomi Mi Body Composition Scale comes with a price tag of Rs. 1,999.

An index of Asian shares reversed course and rose on Thursday as a slide in battered Chinese stocks was stemmed, at least temporarily, while the safe-haven yen was nudged off highs scaled against the dollar.

Wall Street opened slightly higher on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reinforced the US central banks plan to scale back its market-friendly stimulus while noting the health of the labour market needed to improve.

The benchmark S&P 500 had climbed 3.7 per cent over the previous two weeks, the index's best fortnight since July. The gains came after mounting signs that the economy was gaining strength, leading the Federal Reserve to announce that it will scale back its stimulus.

Fed policymakers gather for the last time in 2013 for a two-day meeting that concludes on Wednesday. Many investors are still expecting the Fed to delay scaling back its $85-billion-a-month bond buying program until early next year.

US stocks fell at the open on Wednesday as investors fretted that strong private jobs data could give the Federal Reserve ammunition to scale back an asset purchase program that has boosted equities for much of the year.

Wall Street opened lower Wednesday as uncertainty over how soon the Federal Reserve will begin to scale back its stimulus efforts curbed investors' appetite for risky assets.

US stocks advanced modestly on Monday after sharply weaker orders for long-lasting manufactured goods eased investors' worries that the Federal Reserve would soon begin to scale back its economic stimulus.

US stocks opened slightly lower on Monday, after the Dow industrials' largest weekly drop in more than a year, as traders positioned for an expected move from the Federal Reserve to scale back its economic stimulus.

US stocks fell on Thursday, as investors weighed disappointing results from blue chips Wal-Mart and Cisco, along with sturdy economic data that looked set to place the Federal Reserve on a path soon toward scaling back its stimulus.

Wall Street ended slightly higher on Friday after data showed the jobless rate fell in July but US hiring slowed, which could make the Federal Reserve more cautious about scaling back its stimulus plan.

The Dow slipped and the S&P 500 edged up less than a point on Wednesday, interrupting a four-day rally, with investors trying to gauge when the Federal Reserve may scale back on its economic stimulus.

Stratolaunch, the massive aircraft dreamed up by the late Paul Allen, flew for the first time Saturday, becoming the largest plane by wingspan ever to take to the skies.

The world's largest airplane -- a Stratolaunch behemoth with two fuselages and six Boeing 747 engines -- made its first test flight on Saturday in California.

Discounted price tags will also come with different Mi TV models and accessories such as the Mi Body Composition Scale during the No.1 Mi Fan sale in India.

Xiaomi Mi Body Composition Scale comes with a price tag of Rs. 1,999.

An index of Asian shares reversed course and rose on Thursday as a slide in battered Chinese stocks was stemmed, at least temporarily, while the safe-haven yen was nudged off highs scaled against the dollar.

Wall Street opened slightly higher on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reinforced the US central banks plan to scale back its market-friendly stimulus while noting the health of the labour market needed to improve.

The benchmark S&P 500 had climbed 3.7 per cent over the previous two weeks, the index's best fortnight since July. The gains came after mounting signs that the economy was gaining strength, leading the Federal Reserve to announce that it will scale back its stimulus.

Fed policymakers gather for the last time in 2013 for a two-day meeting that concludes on Wednesday. Many investors are still expecting the Fed to delay scaling back its $85-billion-a-month bond buying program until early next year.

US stocks fell at the open on Wednesday as investors fretted that strong private jobs data could give the Federal Reserve ammunition to scale back an asset purchase program that has boosted equities for much of the year.

Wall Street opened lower Wednesday as uncertainty over how soon the Federal Reserve will begin to scale back its stimulus efforts curbed investors' appetite for risky assets.

US stocks advanced modestly on Monday after sharply weaker orders for long-lasting manufactured goods eased investors' worries that the Federal Reserve would soon begin to scale back its economic stimulus.

US stocks opened slightly lower on Monday, after the Dow industrials' largest weekly drop in more than a year, as traders positioned for an expected move from the Federal Reserve to scale back its economic stimulus.

US stocks fell on Thursday, as investors weighed disappointing results from blue chips Wal-Mart and Cisco, along with sturdy economic data that looked set to place the Federal Reserve on a path soon toward scaling back its stimulus.

Wall Street ended slightly higher on Friday after data showed the jobless rate fell in July but US hiring slowed, which could make the Federal Reserve more cautious about scaling back its stimulus plan.

The Dow slipped and the S&P 500 edged up less than a point on Wednesday, interrupting a four-day rally, with investors trying to gauge when the Federal Reserve may scale back on its economic stimulus.