Asian shares rose on Wednesday, underpinned by strong earnings from U.S. technology giant Apple, stabilizing European money markets and falling eurozone debt yields, with investors shifting their focus from Europe to the U.S. Federal Reserve.
A New Zealand judge ordered the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be held in custody for another month Wednesday, saying the suspected Internet pirate posed a significant flight risk.
Twitter celebrates Louis Tomlinson Tuesday every week, but just what is the deal with the holiday dedicated to Louis Tomlinson?
Engineers inspecting Airbus A380 aircraft for cracks on a part inside the wings have found similar flaws on at least one aircraft, industry sources said on Tuesday.
The setting was Puritan Boston in 1642. Hester Prynne emerged from prison rejected, condemned, and spurned. Her crime? Conceiving a child from an adulterous affair. Her punishment? Wearing a scarlet letter A on her chest and bearing the wrath of her town along with it.
The company struggles to make a profit from subscribers moving online for content, and is still recovering from its ill-fated plan to split its online streaming and DVD-by-mail service.
If approved Sativex, an oral spray marketed to treat cancer pain, would be the first prescription drug derived from raw cannabis.
Transformer Prime enthusiasts got excited after ASUS unveiled its new TF700T tablet this month, but it appears ASUS customers will have to make do with their Transformer Prime Eee Pad TF201, and its various shortcomings, until the release date in June.
About one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, telecommute frequently and nearly 10 percent work from home every day, according to a new Ipsos/Reuters poll.
Tensions in the already heated Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf rose again on Tuesday when Britain said it was considering sending more military assets to the area.
Evi Artificial Intelligence from True Knowledge is the latest creation in voice-activated personal assistants and some say it is better than Siri due to the exactness of its answers. Evi was launched on Monday for iOS devices in the Apple App Store and as a beta for Android smartphones.
A full list of the 2012 Oscar nominations.
Loss-making European publisher Mecom is to slash costs, review assets and charge customers to access content online as it fights to revive a business hit by falling advertising sales and changing readership trends.
Swiss-based oil refiner Petroplus is to file for insolvency after lenders put the company on notice to pay off its debts triggering a default on $1.75 billion of senior notes and convertible bonds.
Playtech, the world's biggest provider of online gaming software, said it saw increasing opportunities as gambling laws are relaxed across the world and was confident of meeting full year expectations following a surge in revenues.
Swiss-based oil refiner Petroplus is filing for insolvency after lenders put the company on notice to pay off its debts, triggering its default on $1.75 billion of senior notes and convertible bonds.
Newt Gingrich's 2012 campaign is showing signs that the former House Speaker may pull off a win in the Nevada GOP caucus, as preliminary polls and news reports show him surging in the Silver State.
U.S. intelligence agencies have unique capabilities that can help protect American companies from cyber espionage and attack, but it will probably take a crisis to change laws to allow that type of cooperation, a former spy chief said on Monday.
U.S. intelligence agencies have unique capabilities that can help protect American companies from cyber espionage and attack, but it will probably take a crisis to change laws to allow that type of cooperation, a former spy chief said on Monday.
On the same day that it imposed new sanctions on Iran, the European Union dropped some of its restrictions against the government of Burma.
One thing that you can't get in London that you can only get in New York: a fantastic and cheap manicure.
Shareholders should be given a binding vote over how large British companies manage executive pay and more companies should be able to claw back cash from highly-paid staff who fail to deliver, Business Secretary Vince Cable said on Monday.
