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The latest transfer news has Liverpool in the hunt for a Real Madrid star as well as a leading striker.

Despite mild uptick in September's U.S. PMI, the deepening euro zone crisis will continue to weigh on the global economy.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Monday ahead of the Institute of Supply Management’s (ISM) Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index data.

European markets rose Monday as investor sentiment turned positive with expectations that Spain would soon seek help to reduce its increasing debt burden.

T-Mobile USA has entered into an agreement with Crown Castle International Corp to sell the operation rights for 7,200 of its wireless broadcast towers for $2.4 billion.

The Motorola-Microsoft patent tussle over Xbox 360 and Windows software took an interesting turn Friday as a U.S. appeals court ruled Sept.28 that Google Inc's Motorola Mobility cannot enforce a patent injunction issued against the Redmond giant in Germany.

Asian markets were mixed in the week as investors maintained a cautious mode waiting to find if the debt crisis in the euro zone, which is weakening the global economic growth, will undermine the stimulus measures announced by policy makers around the world.

Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson have set the tone in the 2012 Ryder Cup in Illinois.

The great apes of Africa face a dire future as human activities have sharply reduced their available habitat.

The euro zone's largest and strongest economy, Germany, is showing signs of weakness as exports fall.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Friday ahead of the personal income and spending data for August to be released by the Commerce Department.

A look at five strikers who Chelsea could target in the next transfer window.

Dutch mayors are fighting a new law known as the "weed pass," which prohibits tourists from buying cannabis. The law has taken effect in the southern Netherlands and will expand throughout the country, including Amsterdam, next year.

Unelected Italian PM Mario Monti says he would be open to staying on as prime minister after the new elections -- his clearest signal yet.

Windows Phone 8 will be seeing a November release date for Germany, Russia and Italy. Pre-orders is Russia have kicked off today and pricing information in these countries has been revealed.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data, the Census Bureau's durable goods orders data and Bureau of Economic Analysis’s gross domestic product report.

European markets were rose Thursday as investor sentiment turned positive with expectations that Spain will soon seek help to reduce its increasing debt burden.

Poland, one of the last European countries with strict laws against abortion, may consider easing such restrictions.

DJIA futures were down 0.04 percent, S&P 500 were down 0.16 percent and Nasdaq 100 down 0.10 percent.

The latest transfer news as Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers tries to lineup some much needed January signings.

The world’s largest office products company is trimming stores and focusing on Web commerce and business services.