Shaky economy notwithstanding, Americans intend to travel farther and spend more in 2012, according to a nationwide poll.
As America begins to put its military pieces back together again after the end to a nine-year campaign in Iraq amid threats from Iran that it may close the Strait of Hormuz, the most vital corridor for oil-tanker traffic in the world, the reality is that another conflict may be looming in the Middle East.
Stock index futures were little changed on Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as investors waited until the next year to begin making large bets.
European shares were poised to register their biggest annual drop since 2008 on Friday after a year marred by the Eurozone debt crisis that has threatened to drag down the global economy.
Japan's leading share average ended higher on Friday but marked a 17 percent loss for 2011, a tumultuous year in which massive natural disasters triggered a nuclear crisis and Europe's debt turmoil drained volumes, leaving investors uncertain of a turnaround next year.
The Chinese government is working with domestic Internet search engines like Baidu Inc and Sohu.com and financial institutions to prevent phishing attacks on unsuspecting Chinese web users.
China's factory activity shrank again December as demand at home and abroad slackened, a purchasing managers' survey showed on Friday, reinforcing the case for pro-growth policies to underpin the world's second-largest economy.
Gold prices began the final trading day of 2011 higher as bargain hunters took advantage of a recent downdraft that has left the metal with its first fourth-quarter loss in more than three years.
Investors from across the globe have turned their focus on to the art market in order to seek refuge from the ongoing financial turmoil by placing their money into art instead of stocks.
Asian stocks nudged higher and the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as positive data from the United States helped allay concerns on the global economy, while year-end short covering lifted crude prices.
Asian stocks nudged higher and the euro clung to overnight gains Friday, the last trading day of 2011, as positive data from the United States helped allay concerns on the global economy, while year-end short covering lifted crude prices.
Syrian security forces shot dead 25 people on Thursday, including in cities being visited by Arab League monitors to check whether President Bashar al-Assad is keeping a pledge to end a crackdown on popular unrest.
Paul Christoforo and his Ocean Marketing firm were dumped by N-Control Wednesday after a rude exchange with a customer went public. In an exclusive interview with the IBTimes, Christoforo discusses the incident, hate mail, and his future.
A government-issued decree is the first published announcement that China intends to land an astronaut on the moon, a place where no one has stood in almost 40 years.
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 Thursday.
BBC is under fire for naming Sweetie the Panda Miss December 2011 in Faces of the Year: The Women, with everyone from Parliament to Twitter users slamming BBC for causing pandagate less than month after it was criticized for ignoring women's achievements. See the full list here, and find out why BBC is defending its decision.
A prominent Chinese human rights activist, known for her fight against government land grabs, went on trial Thursday, the third dissident in a week to be prosecuted in China.
Wall Street stocks resumed their upward move into year-end on Thursday but the S&P 500 continued to churn around its 200-day moving average as jitters over Europe contrasted with better-than-expected U.S. economic data.
23 tons of tusks were seized by authorities, suggesting the killing of at least 2,500 elephants worldwide by poachers
Avenger Controller has dumped Paul Christoforo and his Ocean Marketing firm after a rude exchange with a customer went viral. The e-mail thread was originally posted on Penny Arcade, a popular webcomic.
Pop artist and Brooklyn native James Rizzi died Monday in his SoHo, New York art studio from a heart condition at the age of 61, according to a statement written by manager Alexander Lieventhal, an executive at Art 28 GmbH & Co. in Stuttgart, Germany, which manages and sells Rizzi's work.
Millions of medical patients are crossing international borders each year to receive treatment in a growing trend known as medical tourism.
