You may not understand the title of Coldplay's new album let alone be able to pronounce it, but Mylo Xyloto is a name music fans may have to get used to as the group launches a fresh assault on the world's charts.
Yue Yue, the two-year-old toddler who was hit by two vans and left ignored on the street in China, has died on Friday according to reports amidst the worldwide outpouring of rage and debate.
China may be the first country to own land on the moon.
The two-year-old Chinese girl Yue Yue who was hit by two cars in Guangdong province last week died early Friday morning. Doctors revealed that the toddler suffered from brain damage and died from severe organ failure.
The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Seagate Technology, Synaptics, China Ceramics, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, and SanDisk. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Informatica, Rediff.com India, Acme Packet, LM Ericsson Telephone, and ASML Holding.
Stock index futures edged higher on Friday ahead of a much anticipated European Union weekend summit on the region's debt crisis and as results from General Electric Co did little to undermine hopes for a robust earnings season.
General Electric Co reported an 18 percent rise in quarterly profit that met Wall Street's expectations, as revenue rose across its big energy, aviation, healthcare and transportation arms.
POSCO <005490.KS>, the world's third-biggest steelmaker and backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, cut its 2011 investment plan and painted a dim outlook after posting a 6 percent rise in quarterly profit that met market expectations.
European leaders have put off crucial decisions on how to stop a sovereign debt meltdown in their currency zone, keeping markets on edge, to give German Chancellor Angela Merkel time to secure parliamentary support, EU sources said on Friday.
POSCO <005490.KS>, the world's third-biggest steelmaker and backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, cut its 2011 investment plan and painted a dim outlook after posting a 6 percent rise in third-quarter profit that met market expectations.
Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S is set to face stiff competition from the world's thinnest smartphone, Motorola Droid RAZR, and the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
POSCO <005490.KS>, the world's third-biggest steelmaker and backed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, cut its 2011 investment plan and painted an uncertain outlook after posting a consensus-meeting profit for the third quarter.
The race for cash among foreign banks in China is heating up as some struggle to rake in enough yuan deposits to meet a regulatory requirement that kicks in at the end of the year.
Asian shares inched up while the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, but markets largely stayed within range, as investors awaited a weekend meeting of European leaders for signs of progress in resolving the region's debt crisis.
The U.S. Senate, on a bipartisan vote of 74-26 on Thursday, confirmed former energy company executive John Bryson as commerce secretary, despite the objection of some Republicans due to his background as an environmentalist.
A.G. Lafley, the former chairman, president and CEO of Procter & Gamble, has joined the board of directors of Legendary Entertainment, the company announced Thursday.
U.S. stocks are outperforming emerging market stocks. They have outperformed in 2011 and have done so since early 2010.
Bringing an end to an eight-month war backed by NATO, revolutionary fighters overran the hometown of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, 69, killing him and stripping his bloodied boy for display, Reuters reported.
Microsoft is reportedly working on a deal to acquire Yahoo, three years after its initial acquisition offer of $44 billion was turned down.
China defended its right to censor the Internet on Thursday, saying it was necessary to safeguard the public after the United States pressed China to explain online curbs on U.S. companies.
An estimated 2,000 sharks have been slaughtered in waters off Malpelo Island, located near Colombia's Pacific coast, according to Colombian environmental authorities.
LONDON - Doubts about the euro zone's ability to come up with a comprehensive plan to solve its debt crisis hammered equity markets and hit the euro on Thursday, underlining investor impatience with political wrangling.
