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You may not understand the title of Coldplay's new album let alone be able to pronounce it, but Mylo Xyloto is a name music fans may have to get used to as the group launches a fresh assault on the world's charts.

China may be the first country to own land on the moon.

The two-year-old Chinese girl Yue Yue who was hit by two cars in Guangdong province last week died early Friday morning. Doctors revealed that the toddler suffered from brain damage and died from severe organ failure.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Seagate Technology, Synaptics, China Ceramics, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and SanDisk. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Informatica, Rediff.com India, Acme Packet, LM Ericsson Telephone, and ASML Holding.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S is set to face stiff competition from the world's thinnest smartphone, Motorola Droid RAZR, and the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Asian shares inched up while the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, but markets largely stayed within range, as investors awaited a weekend meeting of European leaders for signs of progress in resolving the region's debt crisis.

The U.S. Senate, on a bipartisan vote of 74-26 on Thursday, confirmed former energy company executive John Bryson as commerce secretary, despite the objection of some Republicans due to his background as an environmentalist.

A.G. Lafley, the former chairman, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble, has joined the board of directors of Legendary Entertainment, the company announced Thursday.

U.S. stocks are outperforming emerging market stocks. They have outperformed in 2011 and have done so since early 2010.

Bringing an end to an eight-month war backed by NATO, revolutionary fighters overran the hometown of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, 69, killing him and stripping his bloodied boy for display, Reuters reported.

Microsoft is reportedly working on a deal to acquire Yahoo, three years after its initial acquisition offer of $44 billion was turned down.

China defended its right to censor the Internet on Thursday, saying it was necessary to safeguard the public after the United States pressed China to explain online curbs on U.S. companies.

An estimated 2,000 sharks have been slaughtered in waters off Malpelo Island, located near Colombia's Pacific coast, according to Colombian environmental authorities.

Apple Inc. received an overwhelming response from all around the world for iPhone 4S. iPhone 4S is expected to face competition from Android devices like Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Droid RAZR, HTC EVO Design 4G, Motorola Atrix 2, and Samsung Captivate Glide.

Microsoft Corp. looks set to report flat or lower demand for its flagship Windows product on Thursday, a victim of limp personal computer sales, casting a shadow over otherwise strong earnings in a troubled global economy.

Pakistan hopes to win a seat on the U.N. Security Council as a temporary member alongside archrival India when the United Nations holds annual elections to the 15-nation body on Friday.

Republican presidential hopefuls meet at Sands Expo Convention Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday for the eighth debate in their race for their party's nomination to challenge President Barack Obama in 2012.

Samsung released its newest Google smartphone, the Galaxy Nexus, Tuesday night. It is the newest competitor in a long list of smartphones, including the iPhone 4S and Motorola's Droid RAZR. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus comes with the newest Google OS, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Motorola also introduced their new Droid RAZR Tuesday. Motorola and Samsung both seek to capture a share of the iPhone 4S' market, but how will the Android phones compete against each other? We look at the expec......

Coalition of U.S. solar cells and panels makers have petitioned the U.S. government to stop rising tide of heavily subsidized product entering the American market from China's state-supported solar industry.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Mariska Hargitay and her husband, Peter Hermann, are proud parents of a newly adopted baby boy, Andrew Nicolas, according to People magazine.

The foreign ministry in Beijing said the suicides were a form of terrorism in disguise