AMSTERDAM (AP) - Queen Beatrix has signed the official act of abdication at the Royal Palace in downtown Amsterdam, making her eldest son Willem-Alexander the first Dutch king in more than 100 years. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Crown Prince Willem-Alexander is being inaugurated as the Netherlands' first king since 1890 as his mother, Queen Beatrix abdicates after a 33-year reign marked in recent years by unrest in Dutch society and personal tragedy. (S... [Full Article]
By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine years after he placed the first telephone call, Alexander Graham Bell tried another experiment: he recorded his voice on a wax-covered cardboard disc on April 15, 1885, and gave it an audio signature: ... [Full Article]
KIROV, Russia (AP) - Alexei Navalny, an obscure adviser to a provincial governor just four years ago, shot up to become the Kremlin's public enemy No.1. The web-savvy 36-year old lawyer overcame a state-imposed national media blackout and minima... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Bookmakers have sharply cut the odds that Britain's royal baby due in July will be called Alexandra after a flurry of betting. The baby will be the first child of Prince William and his wife Kate, officially known as the Duke ... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Bookmakers have sharply cut the odds that Britain's royal baby due in July will be called Alexandra after a flurry of betting. The baby will be the first child of Prince William and his wife Kate, officially known as the Duke ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - IntercontinentalExchange agreed an $8 billion (4.9 billion pounds) deal to buy New York Stock Exchange owner NYSE Euronext on Thursday, propelling the commodities player into European financial futures and L5E8NK7YEhelping... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Stock Exchange is being sold to a rival exchange for about $8 billion, ending more than two centuries of independence for the iconic Big Board. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - IntercontinentalExchange is in talks to buy New York Stock Exchange owner NYSE Euronext, in a multi-billion dollar deal designed to push it into the big league of European derivatives and take on arch rival CME Group. ICE ... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - IntercontinentalExchange Inc is in talks to buy NYSE Euronext, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, according to a source familiar with the situation on Wednesday, in a multibillion dollar deal that could help the commodities exch... [Full Article]