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News Corporation shareholders sued the Rupert Murdoch-owned company Monday accusing the board of “failing to exercise proper oversight and take sufficient action since news of the hacking first surfaces at its subsidiary nearly six year ago.”

California was abuzz this past weekend as the royal couple descended on the state. Here's a look at how they spent their time

Stocks slumped more than 1 percent on Monday as worries about the U.S. budget talks and the euro-zone debt crisis sent a shudder through markets and overshadowed the start of earnings season.

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown was targeted by the Sunday Times, a newspaper that is owned by News International, which also owned the now-defunct News of the World tabloid.

Victoria Beckham has given birth to a baby girl named Harper Seven.

A core of large investors in BSkyB is planning to stick with it regardless of the outcome of a bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to take it over -- now hanging in the balance -- and as others dumped the shares on Monday.

According to police reports sent to Buckingham Palace on Monday, heir to the throne Prince Charles and wife Camilla were among the lineup of targets of phone hacking by the News of the World.

Wall Street fell more than 1 percent on Monday as fears over the U.S. budget and European debt crises sent a shudder through markets and overshadowed the start of corporate earnings reports.

Prince William of Wales, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, partied with Hollywood's finest such as Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman at the BAFTA Gala.

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Fears are spiraling that Italy may need a bailout as the yield on the country’s government bonds have surged to 5.4 percent.

Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is rumored to be considering a move for Everton left-back Leighton Baines to resolve the problematic left-back area.

Stock index futures fell on Monday as renewed jitters about Europe's debt crisis and the global economy overshadowed the start of earnings season.

Britain asked on Monday for fresh regulatory advice over the bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to buy BSkyB, signaling it could be looking for a way out of approving the deal while a phone hacking scandal rages.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Monday as renewed jitters about Europe's debt crisis and the global economy overshadowed the start of earnings season.

The British government has asked the media regulator to consider whether undertakings provided by News Corp to secure a buy out of BSkyB are still credible in light of a phone hacking scandal.

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News International officials are facing charges of an alleged cover-up regarding hacking and other widespread criminal activity by British tabloid, New of the World.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrapped up their trip to Southern California on Sunday by visiting an inner-city school in downtown Los Angeles's notorious Skid Row area and attending a job fair for veterans.

British government lawyers are drawing up a plan to block Rupert Murdoch's bid for the pay-TV operator BSkyB, the Independent newspaper reported on Monday.

BSkyB shares will be under pressure again in the coming week after a weekend in which politicians ramped up their rhetoric to derail a proposed $14 billion takeover by U.S. media conglomerate News Corp .