Slightly better economic growth and and stronger housing sales helped nudge the stock market up in early Wednesday trading. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Apple has sold more than 84 million iPads since its debut in 2010. The latest model debuted just two weeks before the start of Apple's April-June quarter, which became a record-setter in iPad sales. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change will make U.S. western wildfires, like those now raging in parts of Colorado and New Mexico, more frequent over the next 30 years, researchers reported on Tuesday. More broadly, almost all of North America and mo... [Full Article]
The United States said Al-Qaeda number two Abu Yahya al-Libi was dead, after a drone strike dealt the most weighty blow to the terror group since the killing of Osama bin Laden. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Facebook on Wednesday boosted by 25 percent the number of shares for sale at its stock market debut, amid signs of strong investor demand for its initial public offering this week. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - A man walks past graffiti in London February 15, 2012. The number of Britons out of work inched down in December from the 17-year high hit in November as employment rose and firms offered more jobs. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth (BRITAIN - Tags... [Full Article]
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A record number of large scale ivory seizures will be recorded globally in 2011, pointing to a surge in elephant poaching in Africa to meet Asian demand for tusks for use in jewelry and ornaments, a monitoring group said Thur... [Full Article]
(AP) - ** CORRECTS NUMBER FOUR TO 42 IN LAST SENTENCE ** Former prisoner Jose Menendez speaks during an interview in his home in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday Dec. 28, 2011. Menendez, 46, is among the prisoners being released after Cuba's President R... [Full Article]