The British banking giant announced it was earmarking $700 million for laundering roughly $30 billion in drug and terrorism money around the world.
Acclaimed author and science writer Jonah Lehrer resigned from his position as staff writer at The New Yorker magazine on Monday following a report that he "fabricated" several quotes and details about Bob Dylan's life in his recent best-selling non-fiction work "Imagine: How Creativity Works."
Karen Klein, the bullied bus monitor who was videotaped while being taunted by children is retiring. This announcement comes shortly after a fund set up to raise money for her reached $700,000.
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), the world's largest drug developer by revenue, is expected to report a decline in second-quarter profits on declining sales of its top-selling cholesterol drug Lipitor and generic competition for its glaucoma pill Zalatan.
Researchers found that over nine months, a daily dose of curcumin seemed to prevent new cases of diabetes among people with so-called "prediabetes."
According to gaming site Polygon (via The Verge), the Electronic Entertainment Expo will remain in Los Angeles for at least the next three years. The trade show dedicated to video games has been around for nearly twenty years, and with this new commitment to the LA Convention Center, which is in proximity to the Staples Center. The trade show draws upwards of fifty thousand attendees every year, and though common opinion is that the show has (in recent years) been a bit on the weak side, with fe...
Romney praised Israel's "economic vitality" by comparing it to the Palestinian Authority, a comment that quickly elicited criticism for comparing a powerful Middle Eastern state to a population that has been living for years under a blockade.
So far 14 are confirmed dead, the BBC reported, with the country's President Yoweri Museveni telling people to avoid physical contact with health agencies battle to contain the virulent disease.
Even as NBC claimed that it registered record audience for its prime-time TV coverage of Olympic Games, the Twitter was flooded with complaints about the U.S. network's streaming efforts and broadcast delays of key competitions.
Crude oil futures advanced Monday as sentiment was buoyed on speculation that major central banks around the world would act to tackle the deteriorating global economic conditions.
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of online retailer Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), and his wife Mackenzie Bezos have pledged $2.5 million to help defend same-sex marriage in Washington state. Will this move affect Amazon as did forays into the culture wars made by Chick-fil-A Inc., Kraft Foods Inc., and other companies?
When Brandi Chastain, a two-time Olympic gold medalist as a soccer player and the current color commentator on coverage of the U.S. women's soccer team, criticized player Rachel Buehler, there's no way she could have known she'd be entering a bit of a battle.
Socialite Paris Hilton apparently has her eye on hip-hop singer and abusive boyfriend Chris Brown, according to Radar Online. Even though Brown has a girlfriend, Hilton tweeted photos of the two partying together in France and has allegedly told a source that she is interested in the singer.
Durant was on his game from beyond the arc on Sunday
Skeet Shooter Kim Rhode hit 99 of the 100 targets she faced Sunday en route to a gold medal in women's skeet, tying the world record for the event. She also became the first American to win medals for an individual event at five consecutive Olympic Games and the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in shooting. At only 33 and with five medals already under her belt, she appears poised to dominate the sport in the 2012 London Olympics and in Olympic Games to come.
A U.S. district judge in Colorado on Friday issued a three-month temporary injunction to prevent the Obama administration from enforcing its requirement that a small business in the state provide its workers with insurance coverage of contraceptives without co-payments.
Exciting moments and major surprises have already marked the London 2012 Olympic Games, which were only in their first full day on Saturday.
It’s no secret New York lobbied pretty hard to host the 2012 Olympic Games, currently taking place in London. Plans were drawn up for new stadiums, and construction even began on several projects designed to draw the International Olympic Committee’s attention. But what would a New York-hosted Olympics look like?
Earlier this month, the NEA announced the second round of grants for its ambitious nationwide initiative dubbed Our Town, in which its provides funds to struggling neighborhoods for the purpose of investing in theater, dance, music, writing and visual art.
After Odd Future member Frank Ocean came out with an account of his first love, a male, this month, responses to the rhythm-and-blues singer's acknowledgment of his sexuality have been overwhelmingly positive. With one notable exception: Chris Brown, another R&B singer.
The U.S. women's basketball squad was able to overcome the Croatia team in its London Olympics opener Saturday by a score of 81-56. The U.S. women played a mostly dull game, despite winning by almost 30 points. Just a week ago, the Americans beat the Croatians by a 54-point margin.
It's only the first full day of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and the U.S. has already earned its first gold medal: American swimmer Ryan Lochte took home the gold for swimming in the 400-meter individual medley.
