As news started breaking yesterday about Osama Bin Laden's death, Twitter was on fire with tweets about the news.
U.S. auto sales are expected to show a 16 percent increase for April, as the sales crunch dealt by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is not expected to show up in new auto purchases until May, automakers and analysts said.
Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam did not appear in court on Monday on the sixth day of jury deliberations in his insider trading trial after undergoing emergency foot surgery, his lawyer said.
Construction spending rose more than expected in March, and a survey of factory activity in April increased, suggesting steady recovery in U.S. demand.
Dish Network and EchoStar Corp will pay TiVo Inc $500 million to settle a patent infringement lawsuit involving TiVo's video recording technology, putting an end to a long and costly legal battle.
Details on the raid.
It may not be true that Osama bin Laden is dead and buried at sea, according to two Pakistani TV stations and some Americans, who feel he is still alive.
Stocks erased gains and were little changed on Monday as the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was seen as only temporarily easing geopolitical tensions.
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Chrysler Group LLC reported its first quarterly net profit since emerging from bankruptcy nearly two years ago, helped by a revamped lineup of cars and trucks as well as higher vehicle prices.
Osama Bin Laden was killed by the CIA in a mansion just outside Abbottabad in north-west Pakistan . Obama confirmed that the US has the body of Osama Bin Laden. No Americans were harmed in the operation.
In prepared remarks, US President Barack Obama said “the world is safer, it is a better place, because of the death of Osama bin Laden.”
In the early hours of Monday, Sohaib Athar reported on Twitter that a loud bang had rattled his windows in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, adding that he hoped it wasn't the start of something nasty.
The following is the full text of US President Barack Obama's announcement that the US has killed Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Bin Laden's death received reaction from many Republicans
Even after Osama Bin Laden was shot to death by Navy Seals, he still poses a threat to US national security, in particular through a ‘martyr’ video that may be released.
Just released video footage shows the bloody scene inside of Osama bin Laden's million dollar compound just outside of Pakistan's capital.
The former governor of Alaska went on Twitter.
Shortly after 9/11, al-Qaeda had warned to set off a “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama bin Laden is ever captured or killed, according to U.S. government documents that were leaked just last month by Wikileaks.
The dollar rebounded from three-year lows and U.S. crude slid more than 1 percent on Monday on the back of news that a U.S.-led operation killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
U.S. stocks pared gains and the Nasdaq turned negative on Monday, pressured by weakness in technology shares.
Osama bin Laden was hurriedly buried at sea in accordance with Muslim rituals and practice, say U.S. officials, a claim opposed by Islamic scholars worldwide even as some Americans wonder whether he is really dead.