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President Barack Obama has also pledged to eliminate U.S. dependence on imported oil.

Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) is now officially accepting mobile payments through Square following a $25 million investment it made in the startup last August.

With the president reelected, Sasha and Malia will spend most of their teenage years in the White House.

It's an open secret that Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is being probed over search. But Android could be a target, too.

Obama will still be wrestling with a Republican House, as its Majority Leader Eric Cantor reminded him, quoting an old Reagan maxim.

Winter storm Athena has cancelled nearly 600 more flights Thursday after forcing as many as 1,700 cancellations into and out of the Northeast Wednesday.

Jared Lee Loughner, the man who went on a shooting rampage in Arizona in 2011 that left six people dead and 13 others wounded, including former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, is due to be sentenced Thursday.

Russian government officials reportedly would like to see John Kerry replace Hilary Clinton as the next US Secretary of State.

Kim Kardashian spoke last month about wanting to lose weight, and she showed off her weight loss in a bikini while on the beaches of Miami

Syrian rebels appear to be changing tactics as their Damascus offensive intensifies: Assad's palace is the next prize.

Fewer people than expected filed for initial jobless claims last week due to Hurricane Sandy.

It appears like Apple's quest for rounded rectangle patent has paid off finally! The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued patent no. D670,286 to Apple Tuesday Nov.6, and it covers the outer edge shape of the device.

The National Retail Federation says the nation's largest employment sector needs Congress to act on a myriad issues.

Murugavel Janakiraman, chief executive officer of Consim Info Pvt Ltd., speaks up on the organization's growth plans and endeavors to sustain its leadership position in online matrimony following stake sale by Yahoo in 2011.

China’s outgoing President Hu Jintao Thursday opened the Communist Party’s congress by cautioning the delegates about the threat posed by corruption.

Six Tibetans in various regions in China committed self-immolation Wednesday, a day before the start of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Beijing.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data and the Bureau of Economic Analysis's trade deficit report.

Even as the U.S. east coast recovers from the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, a wintry storm hit the region Wednesday, bringing high winds, rain and snow which knocked out power supply in some areas.

Asian stock markets plunged Thursday as investors turned their attention to the U.S. fiscal cliff after President Barack Obama’s re-election for a second term.

South Korea's M2 Money Supply grew at a slower rate in September than in the previous month, indicating that more monetary easing policies are necessary to increase the amount of currency in circulation, which in turn can result in reviving the country’s economic growth.