French carmaker Renault posted a wider-than-expected net loss and said on Thursday it would focus on generating positive free cash flow in a tough 2010 market.
A senior Chinese Communist Party official will visit North Korea as early as Saturday, in what appears to be a move to press Pyongyang to return to nuclear disarmament talks, a South Korean news agency said on Friday.
Cable giant Comcast and NBC Universal said on Thursday they would continue reporting news, keep broadcast television free and offer more children's programming if the U.S. government approves Comcast's plan to take control of the TV and movie company.
The US space agency NASA has conceded defeat in its battle to free the Spirit rover from its Martian sand trap.
Nokia launched free satellite navigation on its cellphones on Thursday to boost handset sales and prices, a fresh blow for satnav makers whose $25 billion market has already been hit by Google.
Nokia is to offer free navigation on its cellphones to boost handset sales and prices, putting more pressure on satnav makers already hit by Google's assault on the market.
International rescue teams in Haiti have rescued a total of 121 people as of Wednesday, the United Nations said today according to AFP.
Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam will plead not guilty to any new government charges of insider trading, his lawyer told a judge on Tuesday, as prosecutors raised the amount of his alleged illegal profits to $41 million.
Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, accused of fraud and conspiracy in a complex insider trading case, attacked the U.S. government's wiretap evidence on Tuesday, as he won approval to stay free on bail.
The government agency that supervises the communications industry should free up unused airwaves to make the high-speed Internet access market more competitive, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.
Saudi Arabia urged Iran on Saturday to allow a daughter of Osama bin Laden, who fled house arrest and sought refuge in the Saudi embassy in Tehran, to leave the country if she wishes.
Taiwan netbook PC pioneer Asustek has approved plans to simplify cutting investment in its subsidiary Pegatron, which could be listed in June, a newspaper said on Saturday.
Taiwan netbook PC pioneer Asustek has approved plans to simplify cutting investment in its subsidiary Pegatron, which could be listed in June, a newspaper said on Saturday.
A $40 billion deal by the United Arab Emirates to acquire nuclear reactors puts it ahead in a drive to meet fast growing power needs among its Gulf neighbors, while also allowing it to export more of its oil.
A German mediator arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday with Israel's response to a proposed deal with Hamas to secure the release of a captured Israel soldier in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Taiwan and China, political rivals for six decades, will discuss a free trade pact at formal talks next week amid protests planned by the island's opposition parties wary of deeper engagement with Beijing.
McDonald's restaurant chain announced Wednesday that from January 2010, it will begin offering free Wi-Fi in its stores in the U.S. and Canada.
The health care sector's dismal performance has been Wall Street's worst-kept secret this year. And with uncertainly swirling around the health care debate right now, many investors are shying away from health care stocks for good reason - governmental reforms could affect medical businesses enormously.
Somali pirates freed the Greek ship Ariana and its 24 Ukrainian crew on Thursday after a helicopter dropped a multi-million dollar ransom onto its deck and ended a more than six-month hostage ordeal.
Google announced Thursday a new service called Google Public DNS (Domain Name System), that allows users to utilize the Google DNS servers to access the Internet. The service, which is still in an experimental phase, attempts to improve on existing DNS technology by making it faster.
Google is offering news publishers a way to attract paying subscribers without having to remove their content from Google News search results, after some media companies accused it of profiting from their online news.
The Chinese premiere characterized international pressure to allow its currency to appreciate as unfair, saying countries calling for a change were themselves embarking on “brazen trade protectionism.”
