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Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is expected to announce a digital textbook creation toolkit at its Jan. 19 event in New York City. The move could spell trouble for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).

U.S. legislation aimed at curbing online piracy, which had appeared to be on a fast track for approval by Congress, appears likely to be scaled back or jettisoned entirely in the wake of critical comments over the weekend from the White House, people familiar with the matter said.

British luxury brand Burberry Group Plc reported a sharp slowdown in U.S. sales growth as it chose to cut back supplies for department stores to sell through their discount outlets, knocking its high-flying shares.

ZTE Corp, the world's No.4 handset maker, said on Tuesday that it expects its global smartphone shipments to at least double this year as it seeks to boost margins in the competitive sector, and plans to launch Windows-based smartphones in China later this year.

Why would Israel take such a risk to engineer such acts against one of their deadliest enemies, Iran?

Following in the footsteps of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Guatemala's newly elected president, Otto Perez Molina, is going to use the military to combat drug trafficking in his country.

As the nation remembered the civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday on Monday, the King Center in Atlanta has published 200,000 never-seen-before personal documents by or about the King on its website.

A new report from Brookings Institute shows President Barack Obama faces more federal judicial vacancies than he can keep up with and a longer confirmation process for his choices.

With the South Carolina primary just five days off, presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry faced off the first of two debates before Jan. 21. Get a complete breakdown of the GOP candidates' performances, and how the debate is likely to affect the results of the 2012 South Carolina Republican primary, here.

Gold prices jumped Tuesday after China reported fourth-quarter gross domestic product grew more than expected.

Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday following a long holiday weekend, with futures for the S&P 500 up 1.01 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.95 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 1.1 percent at 1027 GMT.

Wikipedia, the popular community-edited online encyclopedia, will black out its English-language site for 24 hours to seek support against proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation that Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said threatens the future of the Internet.

Infants learn language not merely by listening to what other people say but also by lip reading, according to a recent research.The study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday has defied conventional beliefs that babies learn to speak through sound alone.

Republican presidential hopefuls attacked Mitt Romney's record in business and government on Monday and challenged him to release his tax returns, but the front-runner emerged largely unscathed from a South Carolina debate.

The Lumia 900 made a significant and largely positive impact at the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas. If these reports are to be trusted, Nokia could re-establish its position as a likely contender to the mighty iPhone

Russia has distributed a new draft resolution, on the Syria crisis, at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The draft was sent to the Council's 14 other members and has asked for concerned experts to meet on Tuesday to debate the provisions.

The peculiar situation Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul faces in the GOP race for nod isn't exactly anomalous in a democracy. The reason for his perceived lack of popularity differs greatly among the different segments of voters. While some ardent fans have no confusion whatsoever, a significant share of conservative voters are still dithering over choosing him as their first-choice.

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday that the free online encyclopedia will go dark for 24 hours on Jan. 18, in protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an anti-piracy bill under consideration before the Congress.

Republican Congressman and presidential frontrunner, Ron Paul, along with former chairman of the House Financial Services Committee - Barney Frank, has previously campaigned for a bill to end marijuana prohibition.

Credit rating agency says decision inevitable following cuts to creditworthiness of two EFSF guarantors, France and Austria.

The IBT 1000 List of the fastest-growing public companies in the world -- which debuts today for what its editors hope will be yearly issuance -- is a reflection of the engines driving the world's economic growth.