COMMODITIES

The ability of Greece to stay in the euro zone depends on how hedge funds respond to a critical debt swap.

ECB President Draghi faced a hostile reception at a monthly q-and-a session, as the media pressured him on Europe's economic woes.

Kofi Annan has warned Kenyan voters not to support candidates, like Uhuru Kenyatta, who have been charged by the International Criminal Court.

In the past week, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) have raised $9 billion in bonds. Neither needed the cash.

Ghana will be home to Africa's largest solar power plant by 2015, setting a precedent for a continent where renewable energy is key to development.

South Africa unveils a strange new surveillance craft to monitor the poachers driving the rhino population to extinction.

Despite ballooning exchange rates, investors can’t get rid of their euros fast enough, as various rate indicators are demonstrating.

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, is putting down roots in Africa by way of Mali and branching out into Libya, Nigeria, Somalia and beyond.

Meeting with Turkey's Erdogan on Monday, Russia's Putin draws on Chekhov to explain why he still opposes Patriot missiles near Syria.

Greg McElroy and Nick Foles have replaced blighted stars Mark Sanchez and Michael Vick, respectively

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has completed a new book on technology for publication in the second quarter of 2013.

Monday: a very good day for Greek crisis resolution. But again, the onus of solving the problem fell on taxpayers, and spared financiers.

News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch announced that he will shut down the iPad-only newspaper The Daily. Why did it fail?

China surpassed the U.S. as a trading partner in many places around the world in the short span of five years, according to an analysis of trade data conducted by the Associated Press.

Almost one-half of all online users consider social-media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to be uncivil forms of communication.

Jeff Zucker, the former president of NBCUniversal, will take over as president of CNN Worldwide in January. Can he turn the struggling cable news network around?

Uganda was once Africa's greatest success story in the fight against HIV/AIDS, but a recent rise in infections calls for a new plan.

Demonstrators in the Tunisian town of Siliana are protesting unemployment as Ennahda struggles to align itself.

Is anything left to buy now that NCR Corp. NYSE: NCR) has agreed to acquire Israel's Retalix (Nasdaq: RTLX)?

Lifetime will premiere "Prosecuting Casey Anthony," starring Rob Lowe and based on the book by attorney Jeff Ashton. Could Anthony herself profit from the project?

The main opposition party in war-torn Sierra Leone has called for a political boycott, casting a cloud over President Koroma's re-election.

A leader of the DR Congo rebel group M23 said they would withdraw from Goma this week, but we've have heard that before.

France's main opposition party is splitting down the middle, and Nicolas Sarkozy may be the only one who can put it back together again.

A new report, "The Learning Curve," ranks Finland the best educational performer on Earth -- and four Asian countries are the runners up.

Since it announced the BlackBerry 10 on Jan. 30, shares of developer Research in Motion have soared.

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) sold $3 billion in bonds at very low rates for what it termed “general corporate purposes.”

South Africa is gearing up for an African National Congress (ANC) conference in Mangaung that may not amount to many changes -- for now.

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is at odds with high-level judges after issuing a controversial decree that critics have called a power grab.

Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler keeps winning, and the media keeps calling him out for unrelated incidents.