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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.”

Spain's Santander, the banking group which owns Britain's Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley, will next year launch a no-fees current account, with no charges for overdraft use or access to foreign ATMs.

It has been said the best things in life are free-and there is nothing like a free admittance sign to bring out the miser in even the most discerning traveler. Yes, vacations cost money. Everyone from

Wednesday November 11 is Veterans Day, a day to honor all war victims.

Instead of just hanging around at airports while waiting for your flight, Google said it will be offering free Wi-Fi to travelers across the United States starting Tuesday at 47 airports.

Search engines are celebrating the holidays by offering users free internet and New York City is getting a special treat.

After a weaker than anticipated crowd showed up for the free swine flu vaccines in New York City over the weekend, the Health Department said it will continue to offer the free vaccines throughout the week.

Major search engines like Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, and eBay are offering free WiFi hotspots around the nation this holiday season till early next year, at airports, hotels and even in New York's Time Square.

As we roll on into the festive season, Google has decided to get festive. The tech giant announced Tuesday it will be offering travelers free WiFi at 47 airports across the nation, starting from today, Nov. 10 until Jan. 15, 2010.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday the United States believed Iran had no reason to detain three American hikers held there and that they should be released

Borders Group Inc took the latest step in the battle for book buyers this holiday season, promising customers it will ship items to their homes for free when they're out of stock in the company's bookstores.

Target Corp is expanding the number of items that qualify for free shipping on its website and rolling out the shipping promotion two weeks earlier than last year as it looks to win holiday sales.

In a year when many film festivals sharply cut operations or closed due to the recession, the large AFI Film Festival that gets under way here on Friday has found a novel way to stay open -- give tickets away for free.

Irish rock band U2 will perform a free concert in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate next week to coincide with the MTV Europe Music Awards being held in the city on the same night, organizers said on Wednesday.

News Corp., one of the co-owners of the site, has confirmed Thursday the rumor that it intends to start charging fees at some point.