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BlackBerry service to Research in Motion customers in North America was disrupted Wednesday, adding to problems in the troubled developer’s European, Middle East and African markets.

For every Apple iPad sold in the United States, the U.S. trade deficit with China increases by about $275.

Stock exchanges from six of the world's largest emerging markets will join forces to cross-list equity indexes derivatives, to target investor demand for fast-growing economies.

Tuberculosis cases are decreasing for the first time in more than 20 years, the World Health Organization announced on Tuesday. But that progress may be threatened if Congress cuts foreign aid for prevention and treatment programs.

Quarterly gold production soars at El Dorado Gold, driven by Turkish mine

Graphics cards help supercomputers perform more calculations while using less energy, an important step in speeding up the world's fastest machines.

Gold prices rose 1 percent in Europe on Wednesday as the dollar fell to a three-week low against the euro, and after the Slovak parliament's rejection of a plan to expand the bloc's rescue fund stoked concerns over the Eurozone debt crisis.

Canadian researchers have discovered that eating raw vegetables and fruits can actually modify a gene that is, perhaps, the strongest indicator of heart diseases.

Republican Presidential Debate

A rebound in Chinese shares helped lift most Asian stocks into positive territory on Wednesday, but gains were limited by concerns that the threat posed to the global economic outlook by Europe's debt crisis is weighing on corporate earnings.

A rebound in Hong Kong and Shanghai shares helped lift most Asian stocks into positive territory Wednesday, but concerns that Europe's debt crisis has hurt confidence in the global economy and is weighing on corporate earnings limited gains.

The number of people getting sick with tuberculosis has dropped for the first time, while the death toll from the disease reached its lowest level in a decade, helped by progress in countries like China, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.

Republican presidential contenders meet on Tuesday for the seventh debate in their race for the nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney largely ignored his presidential rivals at a debate on Tuesday, casting himself as the candidate most suited to rescue the economy and lead the party back to the White House.

New findings by the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) reveals that if preventive measures are not taken, the annual temperature increases and changing rainfall patterns would most likely hamper crop production efforts in West Africa, which currently supplies half of the world's cocoa produce.

Kenyon Martin's Twitter account is no longer active, a day after he tweeted that his haters should catch full blown AIDS and die! Martin sent out multiple tweets shortly after NBA commissioner David Stern announced the cancellation of the first two weeks of the NBA season due to the ongoing lockout.

A recent study has found that lifestyle does, in fact, matter in preventing heart disease. The effects of gene variant, 9p21, one of the strongest predictors for heart disease, can be mitigated by a diet high in raw fruits and vegetables.

Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said an economic slowdown hurt demand and knocked prices for the metal lower, denting its third-quarter profit and sending its shares down in after-hours trading.

The United States stormed to gold in the women's team event at the world gymnastics championships on Tuesday to emphatically put down a marker for next year's London Olympics.

The “Sex and the City” actress Kristin Davis welcomed a baby girl, Gemma Rose Davis, into the world this week by way of an adoption People first reported.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, has won the prized endorsement of New Jersey Governor Christie, Romney's campaign said Wednesday.