LONDON (Reuters) - Chancellor George Osborne will launch the early sale to the public of shares in bailed-out lender Lloyds Banking Group, the Sunday Times reported without citing sources. Shares the government owns in Royal Bank of Scotland, also re... [Full Article]
By Fiona Lau and Elzio Barreto HONG KONG (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs launched on Monday the sale of about $1.1 billion worth of Hong Kong-traded shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , offering to sell its entire remaining stake in the worl... [Full Article]
By Anna Yukhananov and Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A fresh roster of U.S. and Chinese economic and diplomatic officials on Wednesday pledged to strengthen relations between the world's two largest economies, even as concerns persi... [Full Article]
By Dorene Internicola NEW YORK (Reuters) - From spinning birthday celebrations to pole dancing bachelorette bashes, U.S. gyms are offering fitness parties as new way to mark life's milestones - with a few friends and a good sweat. Gyms and fitne... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Filmmakers from Richard Linklater to David Gordon Green to Whoopi Goldberg are bringing films to this year's Tribeca Film Festival. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - French troops will stay in the West African country of Mali at least until July, amid tougher-than-expected resistance from Islamic fighters, officials have told The Associated Press, despite earlier government promises to begin a quick ... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - French troops will stay in the West African country of Mali at least until July as Islamic extremists there put up a tougher fight than expected, officials have told The Associated Press, despite the government's promises to begin a... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Grammy host LL Cool J called it a "death in our family" and it was he who suggested starting the Grammy Awards show last year with a prayer for Whitney Houston. Behind the scenes, Grammy Awards producers had worked a... [Full Article]
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The remains of Australia's most famous outlaw, Ned Kelly, are finally to be laid to rest, 132 years after he was hanged for murder. Kelly's descendants, who received the bushranger's remains after they were exhumed f... [Full Article]