The founders of Skype filed a new lawsuit on Friday against Index Ventures and one of its partners, Michelangelo Volpi, accusing him of stealing trade secrets to help broker the sale of the Internet phone service owned by eBay Inc.
World stocks held steady on Tuesday while the dollar held above this week's seven-month low against the yen as focus shifted to the state of U.S. consumers from a trade spat between the United States and China. A year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, risky assets are almost back at September 2008 levels and some G7 economies have come out of recession.
The U.S. Open men's singles final between Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro is scheduled for Monday 4:00 pm EST, according to the US Open website.
Fast food giant McDonald's on Tuesday lost an eight-year trademark battle against a Malaysian curry restaurant after the country's highest court allowed the latter to use the prefix 'Mc'.
An eight-year legal battle between fast food giant McDonald's and a Malaysian restaurant called McCurry over copyright infringement is set to continue on Monday in the country's highest court.
Major credit rating companies hold diverging views on the state of the U.S. junk bond market in 2010.
The euro hit a two-week low against the dollar and neared a one-month trough against the yen on Monday as world stock markets fell and doubts about a U.S. recovery prompted investors to cut exposure to risk.
The U.S.-Mexico soccer match on Wednesday's World Cup qualifier will be streaming live online on Terra TV at 4:00 p.m. EST/ 1:00 p.m. PST.
The dollar retained most of its gains against a basket of currencies on Monday but lost ground to the yen as Japanese exporters and short-term speculators took advantage of its jump the previous session on U.S. jobs data.
A U.S. judge refused on Tuesday to dismiss an insider-trading charge against former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi, court documents showed.
The United States spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world but has higher rates of infant mortality, diabetes and other ills than many other developed countries.
In the search engine area, Google has reined king for most of recently memory but new moves from Microsoft and its Bing search engine is heating up competition.
In the semi final match of the Confederations Cup 2009, Brazil beat South Africa 1-0, scoring the winning goal in the 87th minute.
Pfizer Inc's Sutent delayed the worsening of the type of pancreatic cancer that afflicted Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs by more than five months longer than a placebo, according to data from a clinical trial.
The federal tax credit for plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles in the U.S. — $7,500 — is just enough to let Tesla Motors tout a sub-$50,000 base price for its planned Model S electric sedan
EBay has won a UK court battle against French cosmetics group L'Oreal which had claimed the online marketplace was jointly liable for trademark infringements committed by its users.
McAfee Inc, the No. 2 computer security company, plans to team up with EMC Corp to offer online PC backup services, and announced the acquisition of a company that protects ATMs against hackers.
McAfee Inc, the No. 2 computer security company, plans to team up with EMC Corp to offer online PC backup services, and announced the acquisition of a company that protects ATMs against hackers.
U.S. regulators have recommended filing a civil fraud suit against Countrywide Financial co-founder Angelo Mozilo for insider trading, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
Twitter challenges are far from over. Spencer Pratt of the U.S. reality TV series The Hills says he wants to compete against actor Ashton Kutcher in a Twitter popularity duel, after Kutcher became the first on Thursday of have a million followers.
A week of Twitter mania culminated on Friday with actor Ashton Kutcher winning a popularity contest against cable news giant CNN on the Web platform and Oprah Winfrey sending her first tweet.
Ashton Kutcher has gone to beat CNN in gaining 1 million followers on the popular micro-blogging site, Twitter, in a battle between TV and Web media.
