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The first convictions relating to the Guatemalan civil war have been handed out.

Hackers stole data from more than 70 international organizations and businesses in a sweeping five year cyber attack that could offer fresh evidence of a broad Chinese hacking offensive.

Second-quarter earnings rose at Comcast and the company is "pulling all the right levers," said one analyst. Comcast is benefiting from its purchase of NBCUniversal earlier this year.

The credit ratings of most Asian nations remain sound despite the debt problems in Europe and the United States, with the notable exception of Japan, a senior official at Standard and Poor's ratings agency said on Wednesday.

Congress has done the urgent -- passed the U.S. debt deal to help eliminate the budget deficit. But what about an equally important U.S. problem: the jobs deficit?

Paramount pictures on Wednesday announced that "Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon" has passed $1 billion in global box office revenue, which made it the third film to reach the benchmark in 2011.

Wall Street equity futures rose on Wednesday, indicating the market may snap its longest losing streak since October 2008, as investors awaited data on the labor market.

A look at Henry Cavill, who will play Superman. He just spoke with Total Film about the role.

Did you feel guilty the last time your diet did not work? Did you blame yourself for giving into food temptations? Now, you may let go off these guilt feelings as new research suggests that specialized neurons in the brain are responsible for those uncontrollable ?hunger pangs?. Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have studied a biochemical mechanism that challenges human willpower.

President Barack Obama suffered a defeat in the battle over raising the U.S. debt limit that may have repercussions for his efforts to restore growth to the U.S. economy and win re-election in 2012.

The United States had its triple-A rating confirmed by two key ratings agencies on Tuesday after Washington struck a last-minute deal to avoid a debt default, but threats of future downgrades remain.

U.S. and European automakers better watch their rear-view mirrors as competition from Chinese rivals will result in a day of reckoning down the road, the head of Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group LLC said on Wednesday.

Wall Street equity futures were set for a higher open on Wednesday as buyers looked to halt the market's longest losing streak since October 2008 after a better-than-expected reading on the labor market.

A recent study published on Wednesday suggests that two strains of Salmonella are resistant to multiple antibiotic treatment drugs as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture?s Food Safety and Inspection Service investigate a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella poisoning linked to ground turkey.

Three small rivals have dropped their antitrust complaints against International Business Machines Corp that had triggered one of two investigations by EU regulators into IBM's business practices.

A top cybersecurity firm released a report detailing a sweeping, five year long cyberattack that struck more than 70 government agencies and corporations and likely originated in China, according to experts familiar with the analysis.

The world's economy moved closer to stagnation last month as firms in Asia and Europe reined back in the face of an ongoing debt crisis and signs of a new U.S. slowdown, business surveys showed on Wednesday.

Comcast Corp's quarterly earnings beat Wall Street expectations on a better-than-expected rise in Internet and phone subscribers and advertising sales growth at its NBC Universal joint venture.

Wall Street equity futures added to their gains on Wednesday after a reading on private sector employment came in stronger than expected.

Consequences Apple will have to face if it fails to deliver the iPhone 5 in September or October.

Would distributing $3,000 gift cards to every American over age 16 get the U.S. economy out of its slump, and create more jobs? The tactic is unconventional, but if the economy doesn't start creating more jobs soon, Congressional leaders may have to implement the unconventional.