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The tobacco industry will be required to report the quantifies of harmful chemicals found in tobacco products or smoke for the first time this year.

Sherman shrugged off media reports that Iran was becoming a serious divisive issue between the U.S. and India.

Despite the collapse of Eastman Kodak (Pink: EKDKQ) because it couldn’t sell its valuable patents last year, the market for intellectual property remains red hot and growing, a leading IP banker said.

The take-home pay of U.S. chief executives grew at least 10 percent in 2011, propelled largely by a stock market rally, according to consultants' estimates.

U.S. stocks started the second quarter with a bang on Monday, with the S&P 500 climbing to a fresh four-year high as manufacturing data from the United States and China helped support the outlook for economic growth.

The controversial bird flu research that was deemed a threat to national security in December got the OK to be published by a panel of scientists on Friday.

Stocks and other risky assets rallied Monday after a widely followed U.S. manufacturing index suggested activity in that industrial sector further strengthened in March.

The Undertaker and Triple H traded devastating blows during their No DQ Hell in The Cell match at Wrestlemania 28. Is this the final time that we'll see these two competitors fight in the WWE.

U.S. airlines treated passengers better last year, earning the highest score in the 22 years of the Airline Quality Rating survey.

A whole host of release date rumors surround the highly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, but the device is not expected to launch until the majority of Galaxy S2 phones receive their Android Ice Cream Sandwich update, according to the Pop Herald.

Stocks ended higher on Monday, starting the second quarter with a bang. The S&P 500 climbed to a fresh four-year closing high as manufacturing data from the United States and China helped support the outlook for economic growth.

Watch a live stream of Mexico Vs. Honduras in the final of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, plus a full preview and prediction.

Oracle Corp and Google Inc have reached an irreconcilable impasse in settlement negotiations in a high-profile intellectual property lawsuit and the companies' lawyers should prepare for trial, a U.S. magistrate judge ruled on Monday.

Stocks extended gains in late afternoon trading on Monday, with the Nasdaq Composite up 1 percent and the S&P 500 at a fresh four-year high as encouraging data from the United States and abroad helped ease concerns about the pace of economic growth.

United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan told the Security Council that Assad had agreed to withdraw forces from population centers and stop using heavy weapons early next week.

The U.S. government has until Thursday to respond to BP's accusation that it is withholding information on the size of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Three months after a March 2011 tsunami led to meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan, scientists detected higher levels of radioactive elements in the ocean up to 600 kilometers (373 miles) off the Japanese coast - but not at levels that present an immediate threat to human health, according to a new study.

A six-day operation led federal agents to arrest more than 3,100 immigrants who had criminal records or had re-entered the United States illegally, the government announced on Monday.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy announced a five-year deal for computer support for the world’s most sensitive telescope.

A new ad produced by Priorities USA Action alleges Romney had pledged to protect Big Oil's record profits and massive tax subsidies.

A Planned Parenthood clinic in Appleton, Wisconsin was set aflame briefly by a homemade bomb on Sunday, causing slight damage to an exam room. News of the explosion comes not long after Wisconsin state legislature passed anti-abortion legislation.