According to a number of un-named sources that are familiar with a sweeping investigation into the rigging scandal, federal prosecutors in Washington have recently contacted lawyers representing some of the suspects to notify them that criminal charges and arrests could be imminent.
The Arab League has offered a safe exit for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family if he quickly resigns and leaves the country, in the latest attempt from the international community to end 17 months of bloodshed in Syria.
Philips Electronics, PhotoMedex, Deutsche Bank, Banco Santander, Morgan Stanley, United States Steel Corp, Bank of America Corp, Ford Motor and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Monday.
U.S. stock index futures point to a lower opening Monday as investor confidence became weak following concerns about the deepening debt crisis condition in the euro zone.
Most European markets fell Monday amid continuing concerns about the deepening economic conditions in Spain and Greece.
China will establish a military garrison on a disputed island in the South China Sea, amid escalating tensions that have strained its ties with the neighboring nations and the U.S.
Samsung announced last month that it was expecting Galaxy S3 to surpass 10 million sales figures by the end of July. Sunday, a report surfaced online saying that the company in fact hit that milestone in less than two months after its official release in May.
Both Bristol Palin and Willow Palin -- daughters of Republican lightning rod Sarah Palin -- have been criticized for their homophobic remarks in the past, and it appears Bristol's son Tripp has picked up on the habit.
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said following the Aurora, Colo., shooting there may be a discussion on gun but that the incident wasn't a Colorado problem. Rather it was a human problem and that suspect James Holmes would have found some other way to cause terror.
Car bombs in two towns south of Baghdad and in the Shia holy city of Najaf killed a total of 20 people on Sunday and wounded 80.
China will be in focus again in Asia as the slowdown in the second quarter economic activity and the dovish comments by Premier Wen raised expectations of a further reserve requirement ratio cut.
Prominent journalist and political writer Alexander Cockburn died in Germany on Saturday, according to his friend Jeffery St. Clair. Cockburn, 71, had been battling cancer for a couple of years.
Cheryl Burke is dating Joffrey Lupul of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Burke, a professional dancer on the ABC television show Dancing With the Stars, first met the professional hockey player when she was a presenter at the NHL Awards last month.
More than three years after his indictment for the alleged 2004 murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, the trial of former police officer Drew Walter Peterson, 58, will begin Monday with jury selection in Joliet, Ill., 44 miles southwest of Chicago.
In the old days of Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the party of President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, a systemic culture of government corruption ensured that the drug cartels would be more or less left alone in exchange for hefty bribes at multiple levels, and as the drugs flowed north into the U.S. there was relatively little violence.
Investors can monitor five stats to obtain a reading on the U.S. economy’s strength. Currently, these stats show a slowdown in U.S. GDP growth, which is why Congress should do more to create jobs and help increase the economy’s growth rate.
The Roman Catholic Church and other large religious organizations in the U.S. have experienced flat or even falling memberships, while the number of Americans who report being atheist, agnostic, or believing in nothing in particular has risen to almost one-fifth of the country's population.
Asian markets were mixed this week as investors continued to have concerns about the faltering global economy and the mounting debt crisis in the euro zone.
Beck, the eclectic and award-winning musician of Odelay and Sea Change fame, is contributing three new songs to the coming video game Sound Shapes.
As U.S. President Barack Obama shifts the focus of his re-election campaign from joblessness to income inequality, unemployment has increased in more than one-half the country's states this year.
Barry Sternlicht, the chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group LLC and the architect of hotel brands including the W, believes the U.S. commercial real-estate market has rebounded as investors seek assets that generate returns.
Police said James Holmes, the man suspect of the shooting multiple people and injuring dozens of others in a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., will be arraigned next week. Law enforcement officials have yet to enter suspects home because it is appears to be bobby trapped.