Growing numbers of China's rich want to avoid publicizing their wealth, Forbes said, reflecting fears of official scrutiny amid a vast and growing rich-poor divide after several billionaires have ended up in jail.
Recently discovered fossil bones track human ancestry back to a creature with human-like hands and ape-like feet that roamed Africa two million years ago, according to scientists who made the discovery.
Doctors are paid more in the United States than in any other country, a new study has revealed.
Droid Bionic may not be able to enjoy its hallowed title of the most powerful phone on Verizon LTE network for long as rumors of some strong 4G LTE contenders have been doing rounds lately.
The heated patent war between Apple and Samsung has found a new battlefield: Japan.
Google, moving into the smartphone battles, has allied with Taiwan’s HTC in battling Apple over alleged patent infringement.
Candles flickered beside mounds of red carnations at the stadium of one of Russia's top ice hockey teams on Thursday after almost the entire team was wiped out in a plane crash that killed 43 people.
The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) published by the World Economic Forum, which ranks the world's most competitive economies, has pushed the U.S. down the list to a No. 5 spot. Escalating government debts and declining faith of the public in its administration were cited as the critical factors that contributed to the plunge of the country which was No. 1 in 2008 and No. 4 last year.
Though Apple is yet to announce the iPhone 5, it's fifth-generation smartphone, German carrier Deutsche Telekom is reportedly selling it.
Patients who are referred by their doctors to Weight Watchers were found to lose about twice as much weight as those on a standard weight-loss program over a 12-month period as reported in a study in The Lancet.
Weight Watchers is more effective to lose weight than seeking doctor’s advice, according to a new study.
U.S. Treasury debt prices fell on Wednesday as traders booked profits from a recent rally and higher stocks undermined the safe-haven value of U.S. government debt.
Studying the circadian clock of the blind Somalian cave fish, scientists have unearthed clues about the fundamentals of animal's body clocks.
Cummins is certainly not the first TV meteorologist to get in serious criminal trouble.
Germany's highest court said on Wednesday that parliament must have a bigger say in euro zone rescue packages, in a landmark ruling that may make it more difficult for Europe to respond swiftly in delivering aid to crisis-hit member states.
The euro zone's most indebted nations were scrambling on Wednesday to convince investors and the rest of Europe of their commitment to tackle their debt problems, even as the bloc's main paymaster Germany battles increasing opposition to further aid.
The Food and Drug Administration has recommended against an immediate approval for Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson’s anti-clotting drug, Xarelto, as a treatment to prevent strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Apple iPhone 5 is grabbing attention from all corners as the consumer electronics major is prepping for a bigger iPhone market in the second half of the year. The iPhone 5 production rumors and the reported loss of a sensitive prototype have fueled release date rumors.
German construction activity fell last month for the first time since December, according to a key survey of construction purchasing managers by Markit Economics.
In a flight to safety, the 10-Year Treasury yield has fallen below 2.00 percent, while gold futures are slightly higher.
One of the hottest gadgets that emerged from the IFA technology show in Berlin is the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7. The device, which Samsung was forced to pull from the IFA 2011 show following a preliminary injunction issued by a German court, is hugely shaping up to be the strongest rival to Apple iPad 2.
Samsung and HTC released devices at IFA with a range of form-factors which includes 4.5-inch, 5.3-inch and 7.7-inch displays.
