A U.S. judge's ruling has rejected Google's deal with publishers that would have digitized every book and made them widely available.
Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods’ ex-wife, has reportedly purchased a new home in North Palm Beach, Florida for $12.2 million.
While 285,000 students left the country for education in 2010 alone, there was also a 25 per cent year-on-year increase in the numbers returning home.
Apple is involved in testing retypes of iPhone which incorporate Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, adding fuel to earlier reports which surmised that the next edition of iPhone will be NFC enabled Cult of Mac reported.
Mizuho Financial Group Inc, Japan’s third-largest bank by market value, said it has restored its automated teller machine (ATM) service nationwide, following three days of system failures. Its internet service was also on the fritz.
Pro-government forces are battling rebels for control of the oil port of Brega, as Moammar Gaddafi intensifies his assault on opposition groups in the eastern parts of Libya.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) is taking on the fast-growing single serve market, by teaming with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) that holds a dominant share of the U.S. market at about 80 percent owing to several patents surrounding its K-cup.
Hairtech International, agreed to drop the multi-million dollar lawsuit it filed against Paris Hilton, according to a report by OK! Magazine.
Former New York Giant Tiki Barber has informed the NFL that he plans to play in the 2011-2012 season, according to media reports.
Ford Motor Co has settled a lawsuit in which it accused Italian automaker Ferrari of infringing its trademark for the popular F-150 truck.
The trustee seeking money for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has sued Tremont Group Holdings for $2.1 billion, saying it missed warning signs the business could be a fraud.
Financial penalties extracted from large banks over their mortgage servicing practices may be used for loan modifications, a top Obama administration official said on Monday.
RBC Capital Markets upgraded its rating on shares of Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. (NYSE: MRX) to outperform with above average risk from sector perform and increased its price target to $32 from $30.
The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: 51job, Sangamo Biosciences, PDL BioPharma, Glu Mobile, and FX Energy. The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Santarus, Seagate Technology, Linn Energy, First Solar, and Amazon.com.
At least 10 people were killed in clashes between Arab nomads, militia fighters and police in Sudan's flashpoint Abyei region, officials said, in the first report of significant violence since a tentative peace deal.
Bankers are predicting a burgeoning offshore market for renminbi-denominated bonds as corporates increasingly turn to the Chinese currency to issue debt, making it only a matter of time before the renminbi is on a par with dollars, euros and yen.
A Chinese state company has tapped Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd and Guoco Group Ltd as potential investors for a fund that aims to raise up to 20 billion yuan ($3.1 billion) to develop Shanghai's Bund district, a source said on Thursday.
Pfizer Inc said it has settled all outstanding lawsuits involving accusations that it tested the experimental antibiotic Trovan on children in Nigeria during a 1996 meningitis outbreak without receiving adequate prior consent.
Officials from China and Taiwan gathered in the Taiwanese city of Chungli on Tuesday to sort out contentious issues in the comprehensive Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), which was signed in June last year.
Gold inched up on Monday, adding to a weekly gain of nearly 3 percent last week as fears over a European debt crisis and growing unrest in the Middle East underpinned investor sentiment.
Strikes damaged Egypt's vital export industries on Thursday as manufacturers kept factories idle because a nationwide bank shutdown stopped them buying supplies and selling their goods, industry officials said.
A Connecticut ambulance company has settled with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB ) a lawsuit involving the firing of an employee who had published negative remarks about her boss on her Facebook page.
