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Security researchers said they found a vulnerability in the Google Inc mobile payments platform which is currently available in phones sold by Sprint Nextel Corp.

Security researchers said they found a vulnerability in the Google Inc mobile payments platform which is currently available in phones sold by Sprint Nextel Corp.

The site went offline since Friday night even as Anonymous posted messages on its Twitter page claiming that the URL was hacked.

Wegelin & Co, the oldest Swiss private bank, was declared a fugitive after failing to show up in a U.S. court to answer a criminal charge that it conspired to help wealthy Americans evade taxes.

Apple sued Motorola Mobility in a U.S. court on Friday in an attempt to stop Motorola from asserting some patent claims against Apple in Germany, according to the lawsuit.

The shortfall in funds available to pay back customers of MF Global's collapsed brokerage is at least $1.6 billion and could be more, the trustee liquidating the brokerage said on Friday.

Every time a new expensive smartphone debuts on AT&T, new deals pop for some devices that have been out for even just a few months. That includes Android and iPhone prices, and Samsung just debuted the Galaxy Note, a $300 5.3-inch display Android monster. New releases push prices down on older phones, even as AT&T plays up the new phones' superior features.

Google Inc is expected to win approval next week from European regulators, as well as from U.S. antitrust authorities, for its planned $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility , according to people familiar with the matter.

Like many other sectors, the U.S. IT jobs market has been threatened by armies of smart, skilled and English-speaking professionals from emerging market countries like India, Pakistan and Russia.

Gold fell on Friday, following losses in the euro and U.S. equities,as uncertainty over negotiations for a bailout package for Greece prompted investors to sell the metal and hoard cash.

AT&T customers who are into Microsoft-powered smartphones have a new dilemma on their hands. Namely, figuring out what the difference between the HTC Titan II LTE and HTC Titan is. They do look very similar, and the fact they have the same name and screen size doesn't help much.

The monthly budget deficit narrowed to $27.4 billion in January from $49.8 billion in the same month a year earlier, partly because some benefit payments normally made in January were shifted to December, the Treasury Department said on Friday.

Tesla Motors Inc on Thursday showed off a prototype of its Model X, a battery-powered SUV that represents the company's bet that consumers will buy a range of electric vehicles spun from a common platform.

The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, in a in a 4-1 vote, has allowed on Thursday new reactors to be built in the country since 1978.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday issued a call to action to restore U.S. housing markets, saying depressed house prices and sales are a serious drag on the economic recovery.

Bipartisan group of senators have introduced a resolution asking the Obama administration to rev up its work with the international community to address the crisis in Syria.

The housing market is holding back the broader economic recovery now that foreclosures have become a national crisis, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday.

A global probe into whether banks colluded to set the interest rates at which they borrow money from each other has thrown into question the future of the benchmark they use to price financial products worth an estimated $360 trillion.

Bruce Springsteen has released a new song and music video for We Take Care of Our Own, a debut track from his new album, Wrecking Ball. The video features Springsteen singing in black and white amongst images of sullen, downtrodden Americans. In anticipation for the release of Wrecking Ball, Springsteen will also be appeared at the 54th Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 12. Springsteen and the E Street Band also have an extensive Wrecking Ball World Tour planned for 2...

In one of the most shocking accounts of cult abuse, a lawsuit between the Church of Scientology and former church official Debbie Cook has finally ended today, according to a San Antonio local news website.

The fiscal 2013 budget President Barack Obama will present to Congress on Monday will include hundreds of billions in infrastructure spending and a projected deficit of $901 billion, or about 5.5 percent of the nation's gross domestic product.