Japan's beleaguered Prime Minister Naoto Kan has shrugged off calls for him to resign from office, soon after his former foreign minister quit as a result of a donation scandal after only six months on the job.
Palash Ghosh
Mar 07, 2011
The foreign minister of Japan, Seiji Maehara, has resigned his office after revelations emerged that he accepted a political donation from a foreign source (which is illegal according to Japanese law).
Palash Ghosh
Mar 06, 2011
President Obama tells Discovery astronauts talks about the Discovery shuttle and gives ISS commander Scott Kelly an update on his sister-in-law, senator Gabrielle Giffords.
IBT Staff Reporter
Mar 03, 2011
Borrowing by small U.S. businesses rose in January from the prior year, data released by PayNet Inc on Tuesday showed, but fell compared to December, underscoring the recovery's slow slog. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, which measures the overall volume of financing to U.S. small businesses, rose 14 percent
Samantha Nolan
Mar 01, 2011
Shares of General Motors (NYSE: GM), despite having delivered its first profitable year of operations since 2004.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 24, 2011
One in four counties in the U.S. are ”dying” – meaning, they are recording more deaths than births – according to findings by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Palash Ghosh
Feb 22, 2011
Anthony's departure doesn't spell doom for Denver
Bobby Ilich
Feb 22, 2011
The report shows that while healthcare employment rose 6.3 percent, employment in other sectors fell by 6.8 percent cumulatively in the period from December 2007.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 21, 2011
The fate of Mark A. Ciavarella Jr., a former Pennsylvania judge who has been charged with racketeering, fraud, money laundering, extortion, bribery and federal tax violations, lies in the hands of the 12-member jury, who began their deliberations Wednesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 17, 2011
Shelly cheered the Modern Family cast along with Dillon.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 17, 2011
It's a film about aging superheroes and he wants Eastwood, Beatty and Nicholson in it.
IBT Staff Reporter
Feb 17, 2011
The star forward has yet to win a ring, but his services at least strengthen a team's playoff hopes.
Bobby Ilich
Feb 16, 2011
A graduate of the prestigious University of Tokyo's economics department, Keishiro Kurabayashi could have joined a blue-chip firm and begun climbing the corporate ladder. Instead, he interned at DeNA, then a fledgling start-up and now a successful social networking and mobile gaming firm.
Samantha Nolan
Feb 15, 2011
This year Valentine's Day is so special as NASA's Stardust spacecraft is preparing for final date with comet Tempel 1 on its second exploration. The world will be beginning to look at images when the spacecraft is on its closest approach to fly by comet Tempel 1 at about 11:37 pm EST on Monday, with confirmation likely to be received on Earth at about 11:56 pm EST.
Balasubramanyam Seshan
Feb 14, 2011
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testimony on The Economic Outlook and Monetary and Fiscal Policy Before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. February 9, 2011
Palash Ghosh
Feb 09, 2011
The Cleveland Cavaliers lost their 25th game in a row Monday night, breaking the previous record for most consecutive losses for an NBA team.
David Matthews
Feb 08, 2011
There aren't any cameras and you won't see Hollywood stars Juliet Binoche or Johnny Depp, but the confectionery is delicious and the story an informative real-life tale of Chocolat for aspiring EU member Croatia.
Monami Thakur
Feb 06, 2011
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech to the National Press Club on Feb. 3, 2011
Palash Ghosh
Feb 03, 2011
Housed within the Es Saadi Palace Spa in the Red City of Marrakech, the new Dior Institut is the first of its kind to open in a hotel outside France.
Monami Thakur
Feb 02, 2011
CNOOC Ltd will pay $1.3 billion in its second shale deal with America's Chesapeake Energy Corp , the latest move by China's top offshore oil producer in its aggressive drive for overseas acquisitions.
Wenwen Meng
Jan 31, 2011
Wikileaks, by releasing damning cables from the U.S. ambassador to Tunisia, impacted the country's decision to revolt.
Hao Li
Jan 29, 2011
The number of elderly Japanese people committing acts of shoplifting has surged to an all-time high, a bizarre manifestation of the country’s economic stagnation, breakdown of social standards, and a rapidly aging population.
Palash Ghosh
Jan 27, 2011
