Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), the world's biggest software company, announced it'll invest $300 million into a new business with Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) to burnish the future of the Nook.
Critics complain that the minimum wage will hurt small business owners and the country?s competitiveness.
The Knicks have been more productive this season with Amare Stoudemire on the bench
The Chinese are benefiting from advances in transportation and communication, as well as policies established by the government,
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), the largest provider of security software, is likely to confirm prior guidance for lower-than-expected fourth-quarter results on Wednesday.
As U.S. and Chinese leaders are set to meet in Beijing on May 3-4, a year of troubles and differences will be prominent in their minds.
House Speaker John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of diminishing the presidency by picking fake fights during his re-election bid. But even in the political fake fight realm, who is winning?
If the U.S. presidential election was held today, President Barack Obama could easily lose. Fortunately for Obama -- and, by extension, for the Democratic Party -- the election is not today: it's 7 months from now.
Some top Israeli officials have repeatedly compared the current regime in Tehran to Nazi Germany and Adolph Hitler?s program of exterminating the Jews.
Child-marriages have been illegal in India since the 2006 passage of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, but the practice persists unabated, particularly among the rural poor.
Shares of Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), the No. e-retailer, rose slightly Thursday ahead of the company?s report of first-quarter results that might beat analyst estimates.
The South China Sea may appear to be little more than a vast bay filled with rocky uninhabited islands. But global trade routes and underlying oil reserves have made this body of water the frontline for a tense standoff between China, the Philippines and the United States.
Sean Penn won the 2012 Peace Summit Award at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates on Wednesday, further demonstrating a trend of celebrities getting the recognition for millions of people's work for humanitarian causes.
Watch highlights and read a full analysis of Bayern Munich's victory over Real Madrid in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
This article dissects the implications of Ron Paul being the final Mitt Romney alternative in the 2012 GOP presidential primary now that Newt Gingrich is bowing out of the race.
Sarkozy has to walk a fine line between trying not to alienate Le Pen?s supporters, while appearing not to agree with some of their more extremist points of view.
Palladium prices are bouncing back from a big decline that started in February in what could be a sign of rising investor confidence in the U.S. recovery, thanks to rising auto sales, and concerns over Russian supplies.
Over the past three decades, South Korea has catapulted itself from Third World-caliber poverty to becoming a technologically superior economic powerhouse.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that he will step down as the leader of United Russia, the nation's dominant political party, after he assumes the presidency in May.
Assuming the $77 billion initial public offering by Facebook is approved, investors will likely clamor for shares just as in earlier web frenzies for Netscape Communications, Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG).. But dangers loom.
China is still friendly with North Korea, despite the latter being roundly condemned by the international community. History plays a role, but Beijing is getting something out of it too - just how much, though, remains to be seen.
At this point, the question of whether a new war between Sudan and South Sudan has started is a matter of semantics, not facts. The real question now is who will win?
Why Barcelona are unlikely to slip-up again against Chelsea in a competition that has long been their priority this season.
Hollande is predicted to win the second round of voting against Sarkozy, which will take place on May 6.
Shares of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, fell again Monday, a day before reporting second-quarter financial results that are expected to be sharply higher than a year ago.
A shortage of domestic coal has postponed the construction of new power plants in the energy-starved country.
India -which criticized the sanctions by the U.S., United Nations and European Union - recently became Iran's top oil buyer.
Francois Hollande is France's Socialist candidate for the 2012 French presidential campaign.
With forces gathering on both sides of the Sudan-South Sudan border, it seems that the two nations are again headed toward all-out war, which would be devastating to both countries and their international partners.
The two candidates with the highest vote totals in the first round will face each other in the deciding second round.