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Dow Chemical saved part of the London 2012 Olympics, but across the world people in India are furious about the sponsorship, because Dow is thought to be responsible for the 1984 Bhopal disaster

At both the individual and collective level, Americans have created and embraced a culture of debt. Spurred by our gluttony, we have developed an untenable habit of spending beyond our means, and it must be stopped or else generations to come will be saddled with debt, left unable to harness the American dream and prosper because it simply will no longer exist.

The European Commission is investigating whether e-book publishers owned by Lagardere, Pearson Plc, News Corp. and two other firms may have colluded with Apple to block rivals via their pricing deals.

Ryan Gosling fans, rejoice: even Bradley Cooper, this year's winner of People's Sexiest Man Alive award, feels pal Gosling is prettier than him. Watch Bradley Cooper proclaim Ryan Gosling the true Sexiest Man Alive of 2011, and relive the rabid reaction by Twitter fans and Buzzfeed editors alike when Gosling was first passed over for the title.

India has asked operators of social media networks, including Facebook and Google, to screen user content and remove any offensive material, the information and telecoms minister said on Tuesday, but denied the move was censorship.

To coincide with the release of Amy Winehouse's final album, Lioness: Hidden Treasures, heritage brand, Fred Perry has launched a series of clothes from the late singer's last collection for the brand.

It was a long time ago -- 70 years ago today -- but it's an event no one should forget: the start of the Battle of Moscow, 1941-42, during World War II. Roughly 1 million heroic Russians lost their lives in the bloodiest land battle in human history -- a battle that marked the beginning of the end for Adolph Hitler and for Nazi Germany.

The Toronto Stock Exchange, home to the largest number of mining companies globally, has seen capital raising in the sector remain resilient this year despite volatile markets, with a strong pipeline ahead, a senior executive said on Monday.

Tiger Woods ended a frustrating victory drought of just over two years when he clinched the Chevron World Challenge which he hosts by one shot Sunday, holing a six-foot birdie putt at the last.

Scotland welcomed two new residents on Sunday: Tian Tian and Yang Guang, the panda bears that may just increase the country's tourism numbers and boost its economy.

A study has found that approximately one-third of British children do not have their own books at home.

A well-timed insult can boost a publicity whore's profile -- but at what cost?

Europe's largest bank is facing a record fine of 10.5 million pounds ($16.4 million) for inappropriately advising over 2,000 elderly customers about bond investment between 2005 and 2010.The bank is also likely to pay another 29.3 million pounds in compensation to victims, according to Reuters.

Principal Sharron Smalls is under fire after students spread a sexy Facebook photo of her getting drenched in chocolate syrup by a shirtless man.

Mobile phone applications that allow online shopping on the move could give battered British retailers something to cheer about in what is otherwise set to be one of the toughest Christmas trading periods for years.

Britain will promote use of new medicines and has earmarked 180 million pounds ($280 million) to bring modern technologies to market under a package of reforms designed to make the country more attractive to big pharmaceuticals companies.

India sees no impediments to importing Iranian oil despite a new wave of sanctions imposed by the West, Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said on Monday.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is fighting extradition to Sweden, won the right on Monday to ask Britain's Supreme Court to hear his case, prolonging his stay in Britain.

British judges ruled on Monday that Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing Web site Wikileaks, could take his year-long fight against extradition to Sweden to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.

An investigative panel has found Japan's disgraced Olympus Corp hid up to $1.67 billion in losses from its investors, but is likely to say there is no evidence of involvement by organized crime in the cover-up, a source said Monday.

Mobile phone applications that allow online shopping on the move could give battered British retailers something to cheer about in what is otherwise set to be one of the toughest Christmas trading periods for years.