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When PC giant Hewlett-Packard spent $1.2 billion to buy Palm Inc. in July 2010, everyone was wondering what HP would do with Palm's critically-acclaimed operating system WebOS.

Some animal characters from movies creep into our hearts and stay there even after 'The End'. Here we share three classics which show the unspoken but powerful connection between the young child and its pet. Share these classic films with old and young alike, for a feel-good evening.

Former Australian Idol judge and Sony Music executive, Jay Dee Springbett, was found dead at his apartment in eastern Sydney on Thursday.

It was cloudy and windy conditions in Ottawa as Kate Middleton (Catherine), Duchess of Cambridge, arrived at Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Canada on Thursday.

Check out the latest pictures of Prince William and Kate Middleton from their first joint overseas tour as man and wife.

Photos from the nation-wide labor strike in the UK Thursday.

Will and Kate, or the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, arrived in Canada today for the first leg of their North American tour.

Kate Middleton and Prince William have landed in Canada.

Actor refused treatment from paramedics

Fourth seed Andy Murray is confident of beating defending champion Rafa Nadal in the semifinals of the Wimbledon

The London Stock Exchange's aborted bid for Canada's TMX Group has raised the tally of failed cross-border exchange deals to three in four as the sector faces an uphill battle to secure longed-for consolidation.

Prince Turki al-Faisal, a senior diplomat and scion of the ruling Saudi royal family, told senior NATO officials that Riyadh would not stand idle in the event that Tehran developed nuclear arms, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper of Britain

Gisele Bundchen currently holds the title of Forbes Most Powerful Model, raking in over $250 million this decade. However, Gisele may have a worthy opponent - Poland born model Anja Rubik. Anja now holds the title of Most in - demand model of the fashion industry, based on a poll that factored models' visibility in campaigns, Google searches and Twitter followers. Rubik's appeal is self-explantory once you see her in photographs.Rubik is currently the face of Fendi,...

The nationwide strike by public sector workers in Britain has left classrooms across the country virtually empty.

A careful analysis of past comments by Apple executives and reports by research firms reveals some features that will not be showcased in the upcoming iPhone 5.

HSBC Holdings Plc is poised to chop about 700 jobs in its UK retail bank arm, as staff cuts begin in earnest at banks across Europe battling a limp economic recovery, trading woes and tougher regulation.

A 24-hour strike has stalled schools and business in the UK as union workers fight against pension cuts. Our members are faced with everything they have ever worked for being taken away from them, Public and Commercial Services Union spokesman Richard Simcox told IBTimes.

LONDON - Investors have become a little more upbeat heading into the second half of the year, lifting stock allocations from 2011 lows but remaining cautious with plenty of safe-haven cash and bonds.

Lloyds Banking Group plc (NYSE: LYG) said it will slash 15,000 more jobs – about 14 percent of its current workforce -- in an attempt to save about £1.5-billion ($2.4-billion) by 2014 and return the British lender to profitability.

British retailer HMV Group Plc aims to ramp up sales of MP3 players, headphones and tablet computers to offset sliding demand for CDs and DVDs and inspire a recovery from near collapse.

Stock index futures pointed to a fourth day of gains for Wall Street on Thursday, the day the Federal Reserve ends its QE2 bond buying program, as optimism that Greece's debt problems are getting resolved helped lift equities from their recent lows.