LONDON (Reuters) - Telecom company BT said on Wednesday chief executive Ian Livingston would step down in September to take up a role as Minister for Trade and Investment in the British government. BT said that the head of its retail business, Gavin ... [Full Article]
The image was stark - a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
The image was stark - a silent, solitary figure standing in passive defiance to the Turkish prime minister's demand for protesters to clear Taksim Square in central Istanbul. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Oscar winner Sandra Bullock is in early discussions to play Miss Hannigan in Sony and Overbrook Entertainment's remake of "Annie," two individuals familiar with the project have told TheWrap.... [Full Article]
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks slumped and commodities were mostly lower on Wednesday, extending an overnight global selloff in equities, as the absence of fresh steps from the Bank of Japan to quell turbulence in the domestic bond... [Full Article]
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Bosnia's "baby revolution" began last week as a small protest of parents pushing strollers to parliament to demand a new law be passed so their newborns could get national identity numbers, needed to... [Full Article]
By Daren Butler and Jonathon Burch ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish demonstrators demanded the sacking of police chiefs on Wednesday over a fierce crackdown on days of unprecedented protest against what they see as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan... [Full Article]
By Daren Butler and Humeyra Pamuk ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish trade unionists banging drums and trailing banners marched into an Istanbul square on Wednesday, joining unprecedented protests against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan over what they... [Full Article]
(Corrects headline and first three paragraphs to delete reference to AIG rejoining the S&P 500 index; AIG is joining the S&P 100 but never left the S&P 500) DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co will rejoin the S&P 500 index this week... [Full Article]