Apple Inc said on Monday it sold 4 million iPhone 4S in the three days since it went on sale October 14.
Dan Wheldon crashed and died on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway during lap 13 at the IndyCar Series finale. But drivers had reportedly been concerned about the high speeds at the track. They were hitting nearly 225 mph during practice, according to The Associated Press.
Suicide rates are skyrocketing in a country already beset by massive job cuts, austerity spending, slashed pensions, and soaring taxes.
A decade ago it was Dale Earnhardt, the seven-time NASCAR champion who died on the track. This time it was Dan Wheldon, the two-time Indy winner who died on the track. And others have fallen in between. IndyCar racer Paul Dana died in a morning warmpup at Homestead in 2006, for instance. Is dying simply an inevitable part of the racing sport, or can it be avoided?
A cloud of gloom hangs over Brussels ahead of yet another summit to thrash out yet another comprehensive strategy to tackle a sovereign debt crisis that Europe has failed for two years to stem, and that now threatens the world economy.
Prices of hotel rooms across Europe's major tourist destinations have fallen earlier then expected, allowing travelers to enjoy a final few sunny days before the winter arrives.
Dan Wheldon, who won the Indianapolis 500 on its 100th anniversary in May, has died after a horrific 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday which left the motor sports world in shock.
A cloud of gloom hangs over Brussels ahead of yet another summit to thrash out yet another comprehensive strategy to tackle a sovereign debt crisis that Europe has failed for two years to stem, and that now threatens the world economy.
The Las Vegas race took the life of the 33-year-old Indy star.
A cloud of gloom hangs over Brussels ahead of yet another summit to thrash out yet another comprehensive strategy to tackle a sovereign debt crisis that Europe has failed for two years to stem, and that now threatens the world economy.
Dan Wheldon, who was killed in a fiery crash in Las Vegas Sunday, was one of Britain's most successful race car drivers and one of the rare few foreign drivers who made it big in the United States.
British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon has died after a horrific 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday which left the motor sports world in shock.
Two executives of Wal-Mart Stores Inc's China operation, including its head, have resigned, the company said in a statement on Monday.
The following is a selection of reaction from the world of motor sport to the death of Britain's Indianapolis 500 champion Dan Wheldon after a 15-car crash at the Las Vegas Indy 300 in Las Vegas on Sunday:
Wheldon was considered among the best IndyCar drivers.
IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon died from severe injuries Sunday in a blazing 15-car crash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway caught on video when his car flew over another on lap 13 and smashed into the wall just outside turn two in the Las Vegas Indy 300, the final race of the IndayCar season.
The British racing star was unable to survive the serious injuries
Global miner Rio Tinto plans to sell 13 aluminum assets, trimming the business it expanded with the badly timed $39 billion acquisition of Alcan four years ago as it tries to boost the division's performance, it said on Monday.
British youngster Tom Lewis won the Portugal Masters Sunday to earn a European Tour exemption in only his third event as a professional.
Britain's Paul Casey withdrew before the start of Saturday's third round of the McGladrey Classic at St. Simons Island in Georgia because of a stomach ailment, effectively costing him his PGA Tour card for next season.
Lady Gaga won an injunction at London's High Court on Monday to stop Lady Goo Goo, an animated character from releasing a single.
The Occupy Wall Street protest movement in the United States represents the arrival of a global wave of social and political turmoil, according to economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini.
