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Less than four years ago, American Internet security firm Symantec struck a deal with Chinese infrastructure equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies, joining forces to develop computer network security products. However, in the wake of increasing cyber security concerns piling up against Huawei, Symantec decided to exit the venture, fearing that it would prevent it from gaining access to U.S. government classified information regarding cyber threats.

Within three years, the combined GDP of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa is forecast to exceed that of the United States. China is expected to become the world's No. 1 economy by 2027.

Now that Apple is allowing Australian customers to refund their iPads, other countries want to know if their customers should deserve refunds too. The UK, Sweden and Denmark are now all investigating the compatibility of the new iPad 3 with local 4G LTE networks.

Shares of Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc rose as much as 51 percent on Wednesday after Bloomberg News reported the company rejected a $3.5 billion unsolicited takeover bid from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co .

Swatch Group Ltd., the Swiss company best known for its watches, is testing a hydrogen fuel-cell powered car in Switzerland and hopes to bring it to market within the next three to four years, a spokeswoman for the company said Wednesday.

An autopsy yesterday revealed that Melissa Jenkins, a Vermont science teacher had been murdered. According to ABC, police have now arrested a husband and wife in connection with the single moms murder.

As the Obama administration goes into damage control over an unscripted exchange between President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Mitt Romney is seeking to turn the gaffe into a broader indictment of the president's foreign policy.

The dangers of the drug MDMA, otherwise known as Molly.

Following the recent military coup, the West African regional bloc suspended Mali from participation and threatens the use of force to restore the constitutional government.

It's reported that Amazon will release three new Kindle Fire models, each with a different resolution: a low-end 7-inch model (1204x600 resolution), a mid-tier 7-inch model (1280x800 resolution) and a high-end 8.9-inch (1920x1200 resolution).

Johnson and his partners are buying the Los Angeles Dodgers from owner Frank McCourt for a record $2 billion, yet another chapter in the life of a perennial comeback kid and a sign that the Dodgers are in good hands. Take a look back at Johnson's tumultuous but ultimately legendary career in our timeline of the American icon here, and see how his struggles in the past could help the L.A. Dodgers in the future.

British oil giant BP is expanding gas drilling in Ohio despite the continuing decline in gas prices.

A number of international powers rushed to warn Sudan that recent military clashes near the border with South Sudan are propelling the nations toward war yet again.

France and the U.K are in talks with the U.S. to release oil from the nations' strategic oil reserves in response to rising gas prices, reports said Wednesday.

A major U.S. airline lobbying group on Tuesday ditched a private lawsuit challenging the European Union's recently-implemented carbon tax for airlines using the trading bloc's airports, calling on the Obama administration and Congress to take up the charge.

Monday, Apple stopped by New York City's Bowery Ballroom for a 13-song set, including a cover of The Beatles' Across The Universe.

Samsung is preparing to launch its next generation smartphone, the Galaxy S3, which is said to be a worthy competitor to Apple’s upcoming iPhone 5. However, there may also be another device in the works.

After the big success of the new iPad, Apple is gearing up for another big hit in 2012 - the iPhone 5. Apple's next iPhone is expected to be announced and released sometime later this year, but how will it stack up against the Android superphones and what are the features we should be looking out for? In this regard, the new iPad is the perfect device to turn to, as it gives us some hints of what to expect from the iPhone 5.

It's clear that many phones and tablets are still waiting for the ICS update, even if it's been around five months since the official launch. A blog post published Tuesday on Computerworld presents which manufacturers have actually kept their promises and provided the ICS update in time and which were not.

Stanford sophomore volleyball player Samantha Sam Wopat was rushed to hospital from her campus residence on St. Patrick's Day and remained in the intensive-care unit until her death on Sunday.

U.S. mortgage applications declined 2.7 percent in the week ending March 23, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.