Apple, Congress spar over taxes ahead of Tuesday hearing May 21st, 2013 - 13:50h (CET +01.00) By Patrick Temple-West and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Using an unusual global tax structure, Apple Inc has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries to pay little or no taxes to any government, a Senate report... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple, congress, spar, taxes, ahead, tuesday, hearing, Top Keywords

Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms May 20th, 2013 - 19:00h (CET +01.00) AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, Jordan's prime minister said Monday, but critics charged that Jordan itself is no... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : jordan, arab, spring, clears, press, freedoms, hearing, Top Keywords

Sharing Science Research in the Age of Social Media May 20th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) Sharing Science Research in the Age of Social Media (Source: Scientific American)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : sharing, science, research, social, media, freedoms, hearing, Top Keywords

'The Voice' brings back Aguilera, Cee Lo Green May 17th, 2013 - 23:40h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - "The Voice" is leaving the judging drama to its rivals. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'the, voice', brings, back, aguilera, green, hearing, Top Keywords

Mine union threatens to bring South Africa to 'standstill' May 17th, 2013 - 13:30h (CET +01.00) By Ed Cropley JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The leader of South Africa's biggest platinum mining union threatened on Friday to bring Africa's No. 1 economy "to a standstill" and demanded a meeting with President Jacob Zuma, ramping up ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : mine, union, threatens, bring, south, africa, 'standstill', Top Keywords

Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes May 16th, 2013 - 21:10h (CET +01.00) CANNES, France (AP) - Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : coppola's, 'bling, ring', home, decadent, cannes, 'standstill', Top Keywords

Google boosts photo offerings to rival Facebook May 15th, 2013 - 20:20h (CET +01.00) Google is digging deeper into its technology toolkit to turn its social networking service into a more formidable threat to Facebook, sprucing up its photo features at a time when sharing snapshots online ... (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : google, boosts, photo, offerings, rival, facebook, 'standstill', Top Keywords

Stocks keep climbing even as manufacturing softens May 15th, 2013 - 19:10h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - The stock market continued its climb Wednesday, despite a handful of disappointing economic reports. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stocks, keep, climbing, even, manufacturing, softens, 'standstill', Top Keywords

Stock prices trade flat as manufacturing softens May 15th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) NEW YORK (AP) - A report of slowing manufacturing is getting the stock market off to weak start Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : stock, prices, trade, flat, manufacturing, softens, 'standstill', Top Keywords

DiCaprio's 'Gatsby' brings 1920s glamor to Cannes May 15th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) CANNES, France (AP) - Like millions of others, Leonardo DiCaprio read and loved "The Great Gatsby" as a teenager. But he says he only recently began to understand it. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : dicaprio's, 'gatsby', brings, 1920s, glamor, cannes, 'standstill', Top Keywords