BANGALORE (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd, India's No. 2 software services exporter, said on Monday it would challenge a 5.77 billion rupees ($105.3 million) income tax demand raised by Indian authorities earlier this month. The demand relates to certai... [Full Article]
BERLIN (AP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's challenger in September's election is trying to avoid a political speed bump. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - It is hailed as "the great American novel," but so far "The Great Gatsby" has defied attempts by some of Hollywood's top filmmakers to bring its lyrically romantic story and tragic charac... [Full Article]
BEIRUT (AP) - International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East's most formidable air defenses, a system bolstered in recent years by top-of-the-lin... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - A new report has called into question the effectiveness of the British government's drive to end a lending drought to small businesses and unlock the economic growth that has eluded the country since the financial crisis. Near... [Full Article]
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Britain intends to implement a tougher version of European Union rules on capital adequacy for its own insurers, even at the risk of a legal challenge in the bloc's courts, a top regulator has said. Andrew Bailey,... [Full Article]
By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is bringing its Google Now technology to the iPhone, where it will compete head-on with Apple Inc's Siri to serve as the primary service that smartphone users rely on to get everything fro... [Full Article]
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - Before he suddenly surfaced in the race for mayor of this hardscrabble Los Angeles suburb, Rodney Allen Rippy's name was likely to evoke that question inspired by that class of former child stars who didn't die young,... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc will release a set-top TV box later this year that will stream video over the Internet, challenging Apple Inc's Apple TV device and a similar gadget sold by start-up Roku, BloombergBusinessweek reported o... [Full Article]
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) - An Iraqi man who says his nephew was tortured and executed by British troops was told at a public inquiry in London on Thursday he had "convinced himself" of those accusations. Khudur Al-Swaiedi told th... [Full Article]