Syrian forces bombarded Homs on Monday, killing 50 people in a sustained assault on several districts of the city which has become a centre of armed opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian National Council opposition group said.
The European Union's total government debt rose slightly to 82.2 percent of economic output in the third quarter of 2011, the EU's statistics agency said on Monday, lower than the United States but still a burden that could take decades to pay down.
The official final results from Nevada Republican caucus are out now and Mitt Romney has won the state with 50 percentage of vote. Romney received 16,486 votes while Newt Gingrich has come second with 21.1 percent (6,956) votes. Ron Paul is close behind Gingrich with 18.7 percentage (6175) votes, while Santorum has finished fourth with just 9.9 percent (3,227) votes.
Madonna dazzled football fans and more than 100 million television viewers on Sunday when she performed during a glittery, spectacular Super Bowl halftime show. She had promised that there would not be wardrobe malfunction.
General Motors aims to raise its profit margin to 10 percent over the next several years, up from the current margin of about 6 percent, Daniel Ammann, chief financial officer, told the Wall Street Journal in an interview.
Indian stock markets opened on a positive note and continued to trade in the green on Monday, boosted by unexpectedly healthy news from the U.S. jobs front that is widely seen as a sign of global economic recovery.
The euro and European shares retreated on Monday on nerves Greek would fail to come up with the political commitments needed to avoid a potential sovereign debt default, taking the shine off a U.S. jobs report that had brightened the global economic outlook.
Facebook realized it needed to strike a more cooperative tone with Madison Avenue ahead of its initial public offering and the accompanying intense scrutiny on profit growth.
The BSE Sensex rose more than 1 percent on Monday as surprisingly robust U.S. jobs data added to investor confidence about a turnaround in the world economy and bolstered the outlook for foreign fund investments.
Asian shares rose on Monday as surprisingly robust U.S. jobs data bolstered investors' risk appetite, but the euro sagged on worries over a lack of progress in Greek debt restructuring talks which are vital to containing the euro zone crisis.
Asian shares rose on Monday as surprisingly robust U.S. jobs data bolstered investor risk appetite, overshadowing worries about a lack of progress in Greek debt restructuring talks that are vital to containing the euro zone crisis.
HTC was once the standard bearer of the Android phone but that was 2010 -- a long time ago in mobile terms. Now analysts say it faces another weak quarter and an uphill struggle to prove to investors it still retains its innovative touch.
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the U.S.
Mimi Alford, a retired church worker, described how the president took her virginity when she was just 19 years old working as an intern at the White House.
The stunningly innovative designs, which NASA calls greener flying machines for the year 2025, are being developed by three firms, all based in California.
Western and Arab states voiced outrage Sunday after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution that would have backed an Arab plan urging Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, and Washington vowed harsher sanctions against Damascus.
Newt Gingrich vowed Sunday to press ahead with his struggling presidential bid after a big loss in Nevada, saying he will focus on drawing a contrast with timid rival Mitt Romney.
Spot gold edged higher on Monday after surprisingly strong U.S. jobs data sent prices down nearly 2 percent in the previous session, as investors shifted focus to a looming deadline for Greece to accept the terms of a new bailout deal.
The Samsung Galaxy Note was featured in a Super Bowl Ad on Sunday, here's everything you need to know about the new phone with a pen.
Japan's Nikkei share average advanced to a three-month high on Monday as the U.S. economy showed further improvement with forecast-beating jobs data, boosting hopes for Japanese firms, which have disappointed in the latest quarterly earnings season.
Manuel Noriega, Panama's drug-running military dictator of the 1980s, was taken from prison to a public hospital in Panama City on Sunday after suffering a possible stroke, but a top health official said he was stable.
It does not guarantee him re-election in November, but it is an advantage President Barack Obama is likely to carry into the fall: a broad base of supporters who have given him the symbolic vote of confidence with a donation of less than $200.
