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The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open Wednesday ahead of the Census Bureau’s data on housing starts and building permits.

Microsoft announced that a special limited-quantity pre-order for Surface with Windows RT had been made available at 9 a.m. PDT on Tuesday. The announcement about pre-orders came after the company revealed the price and market availability details both of its ARM-based Surface RT tablets.

Most of the Asian stocks gained Wednesday with investor sentiment turning positive as a rise in the U.S. industrial production indicated an improvement in manufacturing output in the world’s largest economy.

After being widely criticized for appearing disengaged in round one, President Obama comes out swinging.

A spike in the euro-to-dollar exchange rate has been driving a monster rally in risky assets for the past three days. But it's momentum built on quicksand.

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) appointed Christina Peters, a lawyer, as its second chief privacy officer.

Some 70 to 80 percent of the heroin distributed in Europe is Albanian.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Tuesday as investor sentiment was lifted by expectations that the global economy is recovering led by the revival of consumer confidence in the world’s largest economy.

There is renewed speculation about several long-standing Manchester United targets, in the latest transfer news.

Arsenal are linked with a host of attacking talent in the latest transfer news.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Monday ahead of the Commerce Department's retail sales report and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Empire State Manufacturing Survey.

Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will cover both domestic and foreign policies during the second U.S. presidential debate Tuesday.

Many who illegally download BitTorrent files have been forced to changed their habits due to increased pressure from the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the new “six strike” policy that will be put into place by major Internet service providers this year.

Watch highlights and read a full account of Germany's emphatic World Cup qualifying victory over Ireland.

A "silly" study finds a connection between chocolate consumption and Nobel Prize winners.

How can an organization of 27 nations win the Nobel Peace Prize? As it turns out, the European Union isn't such an odd choice.

Citigroup Chief Economist Willem Buiter now believes Greece could leave the euro zone, but not before 2014.

A detailed preview of the crunch World Cup qualifier between Ireland and Germany, plus details of where to watch online.

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 was awarded to the European Union (EU) for its six decades of contributions to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday.

Spain's Telefonica (TEF) has reached an agreement with investment firm Bain Capital to sell Atento Call Center for 1 billion euro ($ 1.3 billion) as part of plan to sell assets and cut debt.

The U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open Friday ahead of the Labor Department's Producer Price Index and the Treasury Department’s Federal budget report.