Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the No. 1 U.S. retailer, said it had quit the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a Washington, D.C.-based group that lobbies for conservative laws in state legislatures.
On a Friday afternoon in March, the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) disclosed to the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would pay Janet Robinson, its recently fired CEO and a 28-year veteran of the company, a severance package of around $23.7 million.
The legal activist gives his first public speaking engagement in America after leaving from China.
The militants in question belong to The East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), a militant group that is fighting to free the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province from Chinese rule.
A North Carolina jury has finally reached a verdict in the John Edwards trial.
Several top retailers reported stronger-than-expected sales in May Thursday, Reuters is reporting, providing a moderate surprise to Wall Street retail analysts, who had warned May might prove a disappointing month in terms of revenue for many stores.
Thousands of Ecuadoreans this week are trying to force Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. oil and gas company, into complying with a verdict and paying billions in environmental fines resulting from a decade-long pollution case.
The Sunlight Foundation's new Politwoops tool allows users to see tweets deleted by U.S. politicians.
Supersizing your soda or any other sugary beverage at some of your favorite places in NYC may be a thing of the past if Mayor Bloomberg's soda ban is approved.
With a massive smart grid build-out, Beijing hopes to turn its grid into a competitive advantage.
Tolley added that at least four of the tunnels go under the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which separate North and South Korea.
World Bank president Robert Zoellick is calling for the issuiing of a supranational euro bond that would be backed by credit guarantees from stronger euro zone economies while providing cheaper funding to struggling ones.
It was strange not to see Steve Jobs fill one of the iconic red executive chairs at the D10 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., hosted by All Things Digital's Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, but current Apple CEO Tim Cook did his best to fill the massive vacancy left by Jobs with some heartwarming stories about Steve, his life at Apple, and some encouraging signs that the world's most valuable technology company is moving in the right direction.
Cricket Wireless will be the first mainland prepaid wireless carrier in the U.S. to sell Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4 and 4S, Dow Jones Newswires reported.
The rise of private space companies and foreign space programs, combined with an interest in lunar mining, is likely to bring the issue of extraterrestrial property rights into focus in the next few decades.
Mija, you have nothing to do in Mexico, writes a Facebook user. Why do you support Enrique Peña Nieto? ... We don't want him in the government...please shut up!
A newly introduced Republican alternative to the Democrat-backed DREAM Act affirms a key disagreement between the two parties: whether young undocumented immigrants should have a chance to become U.S. citizens.
Marriott International Inc., the largest publicly traded U.S. hotel operator, plans to acquire Gaylord Entertainment Co.?s namesake hotel brand and management company, for $210 million.
No, you haven?t imagined it: trying to find a decent investment in these volatile financial times is like trying to find a diamond amid ashes. With the aforementioned in mind, here are three dividend plays that may not be diamonds, but they're worthy of consideration.
During the summit, Suu Kyi was protected by a team of bodyguards and did not speak to media
The question is whether, in light of growing human rights problems from China and Russia to the Middle East and North Africa, the United States is doing enough to factor human rights into its foreign policy.
The Pakistani Taliban has vowed to kill Shakeel Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who has been accused of helping the CIA search for Osama bin Laden.
