UNITED STATES

Pittsburgh Steelers halfback Rashard Mendenhall remained a target of sharp criticism by Twitter users on Tuesday after he posted a message questioning whether news that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed should be cheered.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed the US government for carrying out its kill operation against Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil without the permission or foreknowledge of the Pakistani government.

Osama bin Laden was unarmed when US commandoes stormed his compound in northern Pakistan and shot him to death on Sunday, according to new details provided by the U.S government.

Japan's Nissan Motor Co Ltd won a 10-year contract to build the next generation of New York's iconic yellow taxis, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Tuesday.

At least one lawmaker has suggested that US aid to Pakistan – amounting to billions of dollars since September 11, 2001 – should be suspended until Pakistan explains why Osama bin Laden was found in a mansion located just 30 miles outside the nation’s capital.

U.S. factory orders surged in March, posting a fifth straight monthly increase that showed a healthy manufacturing sector well placed to support economic recovery.

Sprint Nextel has asked West Virginia's state regulators to review AT&T Inc's proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA and expects to file similar requests in other states.

Computers, thumb drives and paper records recovered from the compound where Osama bin Laden met his death are being hailed as the mother lode of intelligence.

Walt Disney Co filed a copyright suit against satellite television operator Dish Network Corp for distributing popular movies including Disney's Toy Story 3 and Alice in Wonderland on a free tier for Dish subscribers.

The S&P and Nasdaq declined on Tuesday as commodity-related shares fell, with investors seeing pullbacks by some sectors that have gained the most in recent months.

MasterCard Inc's first-quarter profit rose 24 percent, beating expectations, as people around the world spent more money and U.S. consumers even started using their credit and debit cards to buy more than the necessities.

A bill to create a new market for financing mortgages that would help wean the $10.6 trillion mortgage market off government support advanced in the House of Representatives on Tuesday.

Stocks fell on Tuesday, led by commodity-related shares, and investors saw further losses in these sectors, which have gained the most in the recent rally.

“All kidding aside, obviously we all know about [Donald Trump’s] credentials and breadth of experience,” said President Obama at the White House Correspondents Dinner.

Wikileaks creator Julian Assange gives a rare interview and says Facebook, Google, Yahoo! have built-in interfaces for US intelligence.

Nokia, the world's largest phone maker by volume, has started to look for a new chairman to succeed long-time leader Jorma Ollila, who will step down next year.

When it comes to handing out credit for the killing of Osama Bin Laden, some are saying President George W. Bush should get some, although when his time came to speak, the former President didn't mention himself and congratulated President Obama, the military and intelligence personnel.

Pfizer Inc reported disappointing revenue for Lipitor and other medicines, exposing the risks the world's biggest drugmaker faces if it sells better-performing units like its nutritional products business.

The United States sued Deutsche Bank AG, accusing the German bank and its MortgageIT Inc unit of repeatedly lying to be included in a federal program to select mortgages to be insured by the government.

Prominent figures from the administration of George W. Bush have waded in on the successful killing of terrorist chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.

The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency admitted that American officials kept their Pakistani counterparts in the dark about the operation to kill Osama Bin Laden because they feared the plan would be jeopardized.