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Apple Inc plans to shutter U.S. retail stores for several hours on Wednesday so employees can take part in a company-wide celebration of co-founder Steve Jobs' life, a person familiar with the celebration said.

Apple plans to close down U.S. retail stores for several hours on Wednesday so employees can take part in a company-wide celebration of co-founder Steve Jobs' life.

Working around Russian import bans, U.S. cowboys ship live steers

Just days after the iPhone 4S becomes one of the fastest selling gadgets of all time, Apple fans begin to speculate about the iPhone 5, which allegedly was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved in and may break iPhone 4S sales numbers.

Apple Inc.'s projection of selling 25 million iPhones by the end of 2011 lends credence from the registered sales of 4 million units of iPhone 4S during the opening weekend.

China toddler was run over and ignored by drivers, passers-by.

Air travel has resumed in South America after an ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue Volcano grounded flights.

In just a mere three days after its release, Apple's newest iPhone 4S has already sold over four million units.

Regardless of doleful predictions of an epic fail, Apple Inc. has struck again with yet another out-of-the-park home run with its new iPhone 4S. The Cupertino-based tech giant announced on Monday that it has sold more than four million units of the new iPhone 4S during its first weekend (just three days after its launch on Oct. 14).

Dan Wheldon, a two-time Indianapolis 500 winner, died after sustaining injuries to his head from a 15-car pile-up at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday, Clark County, Nev., Coroner Michael Murphy confirmed.

Apple set a new record by selling more than 4 million iPhone 4S smartphones in the first three days after it was introduced, as customers flocked to Apple retail stores and waited in huge lines to get their hands on the coveted device.

Dow Jones Indexes, majority-owned by CME Group Inc , launched two new regional indexes for Asia and Europe on Tuesday, applying a similar methodology to that used for the Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJIA> in the United States.

Asian stocks and commodities fell on Tuesday after Germany's finance minister cautioned against hopes for a quick fix to Europe's debt problem, and news that China's economic growth slowed a tad in the third quarter added to concerns.

Climate change is not just decreasing the size of ice in the Antarctic; it also stunts the growth of animal and plant species, a new study has found.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Monday that it had filed for sales bans on Apple Inc's iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan, escalating a legal battle with its archrival and biggest client.

New Gold Inc., which mines gold in North and Australia, said Monday it is buying Canada's Silver Quest Resources Ltd. in a stock deal worth about $130 million.

Greg Norman says he would not have chosen Tiger Woods as a wildcard selection for next month's Presidents Cup in Australia because of the former world number one's poor form since the end of 2009.

Apple Inc. took the wraps off the iPhone 4's sequel earlier this month. The new phone, called the iPhone 4S, has seen remarkable pre-order numbers. Pre-orders for the iPhone 4S started on Oct. 7 and has since registered 1 million units on the first day, surpassing the previous single-day record of 600,000 for the iPhone 4.

Apple Inc said on Monday it sold 4 million iPhone 4S in the three days since it went on sale October 14.

Newsweek ranks greenest U.S. and global companies.

Protesters at Occupy Wall Street inspired demonstrations across the world rallied under banners bearing the phrase We are the 99 percent, a mantra reflecting the perception that wealth and political influence are disproportionately concentrated in the hands of the most affluent.