China's Alibaba Group and Yahoo confirmed Sunday night they have reached an agreement that will allow the two online media giants to eventually go their own ways. Alibaba initially will pay an estimated $7.1 billion in cash and preferred stock to Yahoo.
Robin Gibb, a member of the fraternal trio that created some of the most recognizable sounds of the disco era as the Bee Gees, died Sunday in Oxfordshire, England. He was 62.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People officially endorsed gay marriage, ending the shameful myth that African Americans don't support marriage equality, said Joe Solmonese, President of Human Rights Campaign, or HRC.
A spectacular solar eclipse, dubbed the ring of fire, will be visible to people in certain parts of the world Sunday night and Monday morning -- depending on location -- but live broadcasts will make it available to anyone with an Internet connection.
A U.S. military instructor helping train Yemeni coast guards was shot and seriously wounded in an attack by unidentified assailants in the Red Sea city of Hudaida on Sunday, a Yemeni security source said.
One value of going public for any company is to raise cash as well as mint new shares for acquisitions. Facebook (Nasdaq: FB)?s $16 billion initial public offering was no exception.
A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area's cultural heritage.
Capping an extraordinarily eventful four weeks, Chen Guangcheng -- a blind attorney known as the Barefoot Lawyer -- flew to the U.S. from China on Saturday. Chen began the day in a Beijing hospital and ended it in a New York apartment building, according to multiple media reports.
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wed longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan Saturday, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.
By winning first the Kentucky Derby on May 5 and then the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, I'll Have Another is on pace to win the coveted U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing this year.
For those who can't wait for the Samsung Galaxy S3's U.S launch this summer, an unlocked GSM version of the phone is available for pre-order on sites such as Amazon and Expansys.
Apple Inc.'s refresh of its top-selling iPhone is likely to include a larger screen, reflecting the final wishes of Steve Jobs and putting it in a class of devices previously defined by rivals.
Chinese blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng and his family were allowed to leave Beijing on a plane headed to the U.S. on Saturday, indicating a that a diplomatic impasse between the two countries may be over.
Private rocket company SpaceX was forced to abort the launch of its Dragon space capsule on Saturday because of an engine glitch in its Falcon 9 rocket.
Air India is planning to hire retired pilots for flying international routes even as a strike by a group of pilots entered the 12th day Saturday.
Asian markets fell this week as they succumbed to the pressures of the euro zone debt crisis and the economic data about the U.S. missing estimates. The Chinese Shanghai Index dropped 2.1 percent and the Japanese Nikkei fell 3.8 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index plunged 5.1 percent and India's BSE Sensex slumped 0.86 percent.
rance's newly-elected Socialist President Francois Hollande met with U.S. President Barack Obama at Camp David, prior to the G-8 summit meeting.
Cuba's hope of cutting its energy dependence on Venezuela by developing new domestic sources of crude oil has suffered a blow -- the first in a series of exploratory offshore wells is a dry hole.
Human Rights Watch released a new report that documents an epidemic of sexual harassment and sexual violence against female immigrant farmworkers by employers, supervisors, and others in the workplace.
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The General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM), the largest U.S. automaker, said Friday it will not advertise during the broadcast of the 2013 Super Bowl as it shifts its advertising strategy, according to the Wall Street Journal.
World stock markets fell Friday, slammed by ratings cuts for Greece and five of its banks, which were announced ahead of a crucial Group of 8 summit this weekend. While Facebook's much-anticipated initial public offering provided a temporary distraction for traders, its first-day performance concluded with more of a whimper than a bang.
