The Chevron Corp. announced Friday it has filed an appeal with Ecuador's National Court of Justice to review what the company calls an illegitimate ruling made against it this year.
Chuck Norris, one of the GOP's biggest celebrity supporters, has endorsed Gingrich in the 2012 Republican presidential race on the eve of the South Carolina primary.
Canada's moment in the sun as the fastest-growing economy in the G7 club of rich countries is set to end this year, when it will likely underperform the United States for the first time in seven years and struggle with a mounting household debt problem.
As the Justice Department has stepped up its enforcement of an anti-foreign bribery law, it has faced the expected stiff resistance from the business community.
The Internet website Megaupload.com, shut down by U.S. authorities over allegations that it illegally peddled copyrighted material, is trying to recover its servers and get back online, a lawyer for the company said on Friday.
The first of what will surely be many inevitable lawsuits against the Costa cruise line over the sinking of the Concordia have been started. Two U.S. law firms are planning to sue on behalf of the passengers of the cruise ship.
Congressional Republicans are mulling reviving the nixed Keystone XL oil pipeline by marrying it to an extension of the payroll tax cut.
A modest gold rise was eclipsed by a 4 percent surge in silver on Friday, with investors optimistic about the technical picture and prospects for a Greek deal soon with private bondholders.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is buying some of the debt of hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc as the ailing wireless-network company runs short of cash, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Fans took to Twitter to offer praise and condolences, noting her legendary skiing status.
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq eased on Friday after Google disappointed on earnings, while the Dow rose with IBM .
Keeping true to the horror genre, Resident Evil just keeps coming back: Capcom has released a new trailer for Resident Evil 6, which featured classic characters Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield. The game is scheduled for release on November 20, 2012 and will be available for the Xbox 360 and PS3. The storyline takes place 10 years after the original Resident Evil, which was released in 1996 for the original PlayStation.
Healthcare plans are required to cover birth control without charging any co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, President Obama announced on Friday.
Close on the heels of the Senate delaying the vote on PIPA (Protect IP Act), U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) also announced that the House of Represenative has shelved the anti-piracy bill SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) until there is wider agreement on a solution.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is buying some of the debt of hedge fund manager Philip Falcone's LightSquared Inc. as the ailing wireless-network company runs short of cash, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
The hashtag SOPA is dead began trending on Twitter Friday as news spread that Lamar Smith has withdrawn SOPA, the highly controversial anti-piracy legislation, from the House. Smith agreed to pull the bill until there is wider agreement on a solution.
With the searing success of Apple's iPhone line helping to spur sales of nearly 580 million smartphones in 2011, consumers are lining up to buy them. Meanwhile, the mobile industry is dying to serve them, lured by prospects of subscriber growth and terabytes of new revenue.
Mitt Romney really doesn't want anybody testing the U.S. military -- he has taken to using versions of the same line seemingly every time he speaks.
Southwest Airlines Co said on Friday that its AirTran subsidiary would stop operating at six U.S. airports this year because of higher fuel costs.
More U.S. investors are targeting Canadian companies for proxy battles to boost the value of their stakes, encouraged by favorable laws and activist attacks on such blue chips as Canadian Pacific Railway and Research In Motion.
The Boss is back. Bruce Springsteen will release a new album on March 6, 2012. It will mark his 17th studio effort entitled Wrecking Ball. A music video for the song, We Take Care of Our Own, has already been released.
There have been an increased number of shark attacks in Australia this year with three attacks occurring in the past three weeks of 2012. David Pickering, a 26-year-old snorkeling guide, was the latest victim of a shark attack on Thursday.
