LONDON

Timepiece is an homage to Sir Edmund Percival and Tenzing Norgay, the first two people to successfully ascend Mount Everest

More than a million people have applied for tickets to London 2012 Olympic organizer to watch the men’s 100 meters final.

Jefferies & Co. views Kofax Plc acquiring Atalasoft as a classic strategic bolt-on deal. The brokerage retained its buy rating on shares of Kofax with a price target of 598 pence.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the disgraced former chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) now facing sexual assault charges, was a frequent customer of a notorious Manhattan escort service, according to reports.

Today's new Gold Demand Trends from the World Gold Council show interesting data about gold demand in China. China is now 10 years into opening up its gold market - half as long as India. But since nabbing the No.2 spot in terms of private demand in 2005, it's only grown hungrier for gold bullion, despite becoming the world's No.1 mining-producer nation, too.

Pippa Middleton, sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has revealed the secret behind her greatly toned body in a testimonial at Parson's Green Pilates Studio in London.

Real Madrid midfielder Kaka has insisted that he is happy and looking forward to the challenge at Madrid next season.

The first 74 locations on the 2012 London Olympics torch relay have been confirmed by the organizers on Wednesday.

The world's oldest panda Ming Ming has died at the age of 34 at the Xiangjiang Wild Animal World in Guangdong Province, according to Chinese state media.

William Henry Bill Gates III, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, laid out his vision for the impact that broadening access to vaccines can have on the world.

Amid a huge security lockdown, Queen Elizabeth II arrived in the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday, starting the first visit by a British Monarch since its independence in 1921.

Improvised explosive devices were found on a Dublin-bound bus and at a tram stop near Dublin hours before the British Queen was to land in the city, the first time in 100 years for a British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland.

A bomb threat from Irish militants was investigated by Scotland Yard anti-terrorism officers, a day prior to Queen Elizabeth visit to Ireland.

As Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s continued role as boss of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) appears doomed following his arrest on charges of rape in New York over the weekend, speculation grows on who will ultimately succeed him.

The London Stock Exchange's shares rose sharply as analysts said the LSE could find itself vulnerable to a bid if its planned tie-up with Canada's TMX falls apart following a counter offer for TMX.

The London Stock Exchange's shares rose sharply as analysts said the LSE could find itself vulnerable to a bid if its planned tie-up with Canada's TMX falls apart following a counter offer for TMX.

Samuel Wanjiru, 24, Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, died after falling from the balcony of his home in the town of Nyahururu, Kenya.

The London Stock Exchange said on Monday it remained committed to an agreed tie up with Canada's TMX Group after a group of Canadian banks and pension funds made a preliminary, $3.7 billion counter offer.

The London Stock Exchange will find itself in a tight spot trying to fend off a rival bid for Canada's TMX Group, a deal it badly needs to rejuvenate its centuries-year old business.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was detained in New York on Saturday night on suspicions of committing a sexual assault on a hotel maid, is no stranger to such scandals.

Before the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Pippa Middleton was known mostly as Kate's sister.