Federal authorities indicted seven staff members of the popular file-sharing Web site Megaupload Thursday, but made a point of saying it had nothing to do with the SOPA and PIPA legislation currently in the U.S. Congress. The grand jury indictment is part of one of the largest criminal copyright cases ever.
Megaupload, a popular online download file-hosting site, was shut down on Thursday by the U.S. Government
A long, sometimes violent strike at the world's biggest gold mine slashed output and cut earnings in the fourth quarter of 2011 for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., but full year 2011 results still marked an increase.
Webmaster trends analyst Pierre Far has announced that GoogleBot, the web crawler that sorts Google's traffic, will be significantly slowed down Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, giving some extra help to sites who've chosen to self-censor on Internet Blackout Day. Google is also providing SEO tips to sites like Wikipedia and Reddit in an effort to bolster their web traffic.
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday that the free online encyclopedia will go dark for 24 hours on Jan. 18, in protest over Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), an anti-piracy bill under consideration before the Congress.
Iamgold Corp said on Monday its quarterly gold production fell 20 percent, but flagged a near doubling in capital spending for 2012.
Euro zone bank shares fell but stocks seen as resilient to an economic slowdown gained on Monday in the wake of Standard and Poor's mass downgrade of euro zone sovereign ratings, while the euro hovered near 17-month lows against the dollar.
Microsoft Corp is starting the new year much as it did the one just ended - grappling with weak computer sales tearing a hole in its core Windows business, while it gropes its way slowly into the faster-growing mobile phone and tablet markets.
Francisco Rodriguez, a 17-year-old teenager from Los Angeles and a student of El Camino Real High, was gunned down near his home Wednesday night. He was pronounced dead at the Northridge Hospital.
Hedge funds are positioning to profit from a plan to slash Greece's towering debt pile as Athens enters final talks that could sway the country's membership of the euro.
At German car parts maker ixetic GmbH, Dragan Knezevic is struggling to keep up: His job as foreman is to make sure there are no hold ups in assembly of the parts needed to keep Audis, VWs, Toyotas and the like on the road.
Spain spread cheer in euro zone markets on Thursday with a successful bond auction where it sold more then double its target and cut borrowing costs in 2012's first real test of appetite for debt from the euro zone's bruised periphery.
Industry and government are on track to bring down the cost of batteries to power hybrid and electric cars, which is crucial for improving commercial appeal of those vehicles, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Wednesday.
Amber Rose may have apologized for calling Kim Kardashian a homewrecker but it is because she felt she stooped to Kardashian's level.
Captured on Video, Sofia Walker, 3, was seen facing off in a stare down with an African male lion named Malik when the lion, clearly aggravated, attempted to take a few swipes at the three-year-old from behind the glass at Wellington Zoo in New Zealand.
A hedge fund set up by former Goldman Sachs trader Morgan Sze -- the biggest launched in Asia in 2011 -- lost 6.8 percent last year, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters, as it was rattled by a sharp drop in Chinese shares.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Sunday that his country will only pay ExxonMobil a fraction of the price ruled last week by international arbitrators, in compensation for having seized ExxonMobil's assets in the country.
Gold prices closed modestly lower Monday but other precious metals posted gains as bargain hunters moved in to take advantage of discounts on silver, platinum and palladium.
The value of Canadian building permits declined by 3.6 percent in November, largely as expected, after an 11.6 percent rise in October, Statistics Canada said on Monday.
Ilan Ben-Dov plans to step down as chairman of Partner Communications (PTNR.TA), Israel's second largest mobile phone operator, the company said on Sunday.
A computer worm has stolen more than 45,000 Facebook login credentials, leaving users wonder how they can protect their accounts and personal info from future cyber attacks.
Over 7.6 million viewers watched the premiere of Jersey Shore Thursday, making it one of the MTV's top-rated series telecasts of all time, according to Nielsen estimates.
