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Spain's Telefonica said it has agreed a plan with unions to cut up to 6,500 workers over the next three years, about 20 percent of its domestic workforce.

Casey Anthony murder trial has been a long nightmare for her family, the jurors, and those who followed emotionally through the trial, verdict and sentencing. Even after today's sentencing and beyond Anthony's release on July 13th, the never-to-be-known cause of Caylee's death and the sickening memories of the long trial may haunt the nation for a while. For the jurors, there may be lifetime effects, said a psychotherapist.

Top U.S. retailers reported better-than-expected June sales after luring shoppers with targeted bargains that they will now have to keep in place to satisfy shoppers through the summer.

A few strong data points was all Wall Street needed to rally on Thursday, but on Main Street caution is still king and dividend-paying stocks are in favor.

LONDON, July 7The News of the World is in the business of holding others to account, the deputy chief operating officer of News Corporation told staff of the 168-year-old newspaper.

Morgan Stanley's wealth management arm for the super-rich hired a former Merrill Lynch private banking executive, Devon Baranski, to lead its U.S. Southwest region, according to an internal memo obtained by Reuters.

The Federal Reserve's $600 billion Treasury buying spree is over and the bond market is growing nervous now that its biggest bidder has stepped aside.

Casey Anthony's different reactions in the courtroom, laughing, staring, sobbing.

Facebooks new feature of video calling powered by Skype, launched, followed by the introduction of ‘Hangout’, video chat by Google in Google+ is not supported for all Operating systems.

Emma Watson teared up during speeches at the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2

A judge on Thursday approved TerreStar Networks Inc's proposed $1.375 billion sale to Dish Network Corp, pushing the satellite communications company a major step closer to emerging from a 9-month stint in bankruptcy.

New Jersey Nets point guard Deron Williams, one of the brightest stars in the NBA, signed a contract to play for the Turkish professional basketball team Besiktas.

All those responsible for wrongdoing at the News of the World newspaper should be brought to justice, a spokesman for British Prime Minister David Cameron said after Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation announced it would close the tabloid.

Legendary former Manhattan Prosecutor Robert Morgenthau came to the defense of his handpicked successor Cy Vance Jr.’s handling of the Dominique Strauss Kahn case in a statement Thursday, saying he was confident Vance will make a principled decision whether or not to proceed with the case.

EBay Inc said on Thursday it agreed to buy cellphone payments provider Zong for about $240 million in cash to help its PayPal unit push further into mobile commerce.

The number of Cubans using cellphones has risen sharply two years after the government lifted restrictions on mobile telephones, but few people have a personal computer or access to the Internet, according to a report released on Thursday.

ABC has announced that kidnapped victim Elizabeth Smart will be taken on as a news contributor.

Bear attacks like one in Yellowstone are extremely rare, but when it happens, what should you do to protect yourself?

Queens Democratic leaders on Thursday announced their nomination of State Assemblyman David I. Weprin to fill Anthony D. Weiner's position.

Amazon took a bite out of Apple Thursday as a federal judge ruled the online retailer is free to call its app store an app store.

Stocks rallied on Thursday, with the Nasdaq up for an eighth straight day, as strong labor market and retail sales data lifted optimism a day before the U.S. employment report for June.

Details on Verizon's latest smartphone: The Motorola Droid 3.

Keri Russesl is expecting a new baby.

A report released on Thursday showed that over the past 15 years, seven states have doubled their rate of obesity and ten states have doubled their rate of diabetes.

Companies hired four times more workers in June than in May, strengthening views the economy was starting to escape the doldrums of the first half of the year.

Apple Inc customers downloaded more than 15 billion applications in the past three years, the company said on Thursday, releasing figures that suggest the rate of downloads is sharply accelerating.

A-list celebrities receive exclusive invitations to party with the royal couple at this Saturday's 'Brits to Watch' dinner.

International bankers and European Union officials made no progress on Thursday in securing a private sector contribution for a second bailout of Greece and bond yields climbed on concern about the scheme.

Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, steals the spotlight with her on-point fashion sense, and we wonder who would play the beauty if Hollywood made a film about her life thus far.