The New York Times lost one of its leading Middle East correspondents, Anthony Shadid, Tuesday when he suffered a fatal asthma attack while on assignment in Syria.
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Renowned and respected, Anthony Shadid of the New York Times died on Thursday of an asthma attack in Syria. The entire journalism community mourns his death, remembering him for his accurate and moving stories on the Middle East and the peoples' suffering in the region.
Thursday morning, about 40 tons fell about 40 stories at the World Trade Center, crashing onto a nearby truck. Pictures have been released of the accident. Click through the slideshow to see what happened at Ground Zero.
Yelp, the San Francisco-based review website, could get a pop in its initial public offering if the overall market continues on a tear.
Emergency workers responded to a an accident at the World Trade Center on Thursday morning after a crane cable snapped and thousands of pounds of steel beams fell about 40 stories onto a truck.
Shadid, 43, was on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria when he died, according to an obituary posted on the Times web site. It said Shadid was carried across the border into Turkey by Times photographer Tyler Hicks.
Bit by tiny bit, the economy is improving. The progress might at times seem too small or slow to be evident, but it is unmistakably occurring. People may not feel things are good yet, but they are beginning to feel the worse is subsiding, Gary Thayer, chief macro strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, said.
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Foxconn Technology Group, the top maker of Apple Inc's iPhones and iPads whose factories are under scrutiny over labor practices, has raised wages of its Chinese workers by 16-25 percent from this month, the third rise since 2010.
John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, KFI-AM radio's popular afternoon talk show hosts better known as John and Ken, were suspended effective immediately on Thursday, for reportedly calling Whitney Houston a crack ho, according to reports.
General Motors Co. has posted its best annual profit, which jumped 62 percent to $7.6 billion, beating expectations and breaking records two years after it nearly collapsed into bankruptcy.
Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner reporting for the New York Times, died Thursday in Syria. The American reporter, of Lebanese origin, leaves behind a wife and two children.
Calvin Klein's creative director Francisco Costa presented a striking collection at the 2012 New York Fashion Week comprising super urban creations in monochromatic hues.
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter has died of brain cancer at the age of 57.
New York state education officials and the state's teacher unions made a deal for teacher evaluations hours before a deadline set by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
A report this week showing rampant foreclosure abuse in San Francisco reflects similar levels of lender fraud and faulty documentation across the United States, say experts and officials who have done studies in other parts of the country.
A computer science teacher with a previous history of sexual abuse was arrested Thursday on charges that he allegedly sexually abused two boys at the Queens elementary school where he worked.
Demand Media, which went public just over a year ago, promised its shareholders that revenue growth would accelerate by the second quarter after it reported a fourth-quarter net loss due to costs for improving its platforms.
Carter, “The Kid” was totally unlike his teammates and the majority of other ballplayers.
Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX is trying to gain support for a legislative proposal that would give it a competitive edge over both rival exchanges and banks that operate anonymous trading venues known as "dark pools."
