U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has advised India to take a more assertive role in Asia.
Nepal will remeasure the height of Everest using GPS markers and satellites.
Option traders are pricing in a near 4 percent move in Intel shares after its earnings report, based on contracts expiring Friday.
Wendi Deng Murdoch grabbed worldwide attention on Tuesday when she acted as a human shield between her husband, Rupert Murdoch, and a shaving cream pie thrown by a protestor at Murdoch's parliamentary hearing, which probed the hacking scandal at News Corp, Rupert's publishing empire.The heroic act has earned her the nicknake of Wonder Wendi, with millions worldwide wondering who this woman is.42 to her husband's 80, Wendi Deng has been married to Rupert Murdoch s...
Apple Inc shares flirted with a record $400 on Wednesday, a day after the world's most valuable technology company posted blockbuster results and triggered a spate of brokerage upgrades.
Apple is hoarding $76 billion in cash. George Soros' hedge fund (run by Keith Anderson) is nearly holding $20 billion in cash, or 75 percent of the assets under management, reported Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources.
In her Charlies Angles moment, Wendi Deng defended her husband, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, from pie-throwing assailant Jonnie Marbles at Tuesday's appearance with a parliamentary committee in London over the phone-hacking scandal at News of the World.
Yahoo Inc plugged some of the holes that were weakening its Internet search business in the second quarter, but revealed new challenges that hurt its display advertising business.
Nepal has ordered a new measurement of Mount Everest to determine its exact height and end a series of disputes.
Basketball star Yao Ming officially announced his retirement in Shanghai, China.
China's Yao Ming, plagued by foot and ankle injuries, officially announced the end of his basketball career on Wednesday.
Ming, 30, announced his retirement during a press conference in his hometown. The 7-fooot-6 center from China said at the end of last year he suffered a third foot fracture that caused him to leave the basketball court. Those injuries also forced him to retire.
Cnooc said it agreed to acquire Canadian oil sands company Opti Canada Inc. for $2.1 billion in cash and debt.
The woman who sprung to the defense of Rupert Murdoch during an attempted assault at a Parliamentary committee hearing was his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch.A man with a pie covered in either whipped cream or shaving cream attacked News International head Rupert Murdoch Tuesday at a parliamentary hearing over the News of the World hacking scandal.
Chinese importers of equipment and raw materials used in the construction of third-generation nuclear power plants can apply for tax exemption, a notice issued by the country's industry ministry said on Wednesday.
On Saturday, two farmers in the Hunan province of China left on-lookers amazed as they competed with each other to lure thousands of bees onto their unprotected bodies.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co launched a thinner and lighter version of its Galaxy tablet in its lucrative home market, trying to chip into blockbuster sales of Apple Inc's iPad.
China pressed the United States to take responsible measures to boost market confidence in the dollar and U.S. government debt on Wednesday, underscoring investor worries that Washington could default on its debt.
A worker fell to his death at Foxconn Technology Group's manufacturing plant in southern China, local media reported on Wednesday, the latest in a series of apparent suicides by young migrant workers at its factory complexes in the past two years.
Chinese immigrant, recipient of a Yale MBA, the third Mrs. Murdoch. Call her whatever you want, but Wendi Deng, the third wife of News Corp's Rupert Murdoch, has definitely made headlines, most recently when she blocked a pie of shaving cream from hitting her husband during a Parliamentary committee hearing.
Wendi Deng Murdoch, age 43, has two children-- Grace Helen Murdoch and Chloe Murdoch-with international media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Today Wendi Deng Murdoch shielded her husband, the head of News International, from a foam pie attack at his Parliamentary committee hearing today in the United Kingdom.
