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The device should arrive in the U.S. market within a few months.

Raj Rajaratnam, 54, the founder of the Galleon Group and a hedge fund multimillionaire, began his 11-year prison sentence at a former military base, near the town of Ayer, Massachusetts.

Twitter has released a list of Hot Topics for 2011; according to its data, Hollywood actors Charlie Sheen and the late Elizabeth Taylor were among the top-trending actors for the year.

Petroleum major BP has accused Halliburton Energy Services Inc., the U.S. and Dubai-based oilfield services corporation, of intentionally destroying crucial evidence related to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico last year.

Alpha Natural Resources has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a range of civil and criminal penalties linked to the Upper Big Branch accident as well as other liabilities it inherited when it bought Massey Energy in June, the Wall Street Journal said, citing several people familiar with the settlement.

A court error on Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

This incident has occurred at a time when Iran is trying to contain foreign outrage over the storming of the British embassy, last week.

Federal regulators are expected to issue the largest fine ever to a U.S. mining company in connection with the Massey Energy accident last year that killed 29 coal miners in West Virginia, the Wall Street Journal said, citing two people briefed on the matter.

The United States, India and Japan will hold their first trilateral meeting this month as Washington pushes ahead with its pivot toward Asia, where China's growing power has raised concern.

A U.S. court error Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

SAP AG's purchase of Web-based software company SuccessFactors Inc could be the catalyst the old-school German technology giant needs to try to catch up to rivals in the fast-growing cloud computing market.

It was a long time ago -- 70 years ago today -- but it's an event no one should forget: the start of the Battle of Moscow, 1941-42, during World War II. Roughly 1 million heroic Russians lost their lives in the bloodiest land battle in human history -- a battle that marked the beginning of the end for Adolph Hitler and for Nazi Germany.

Occupy Homes, an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, will protest in foreclosed and vacant properties in around 25 U.S. cities on Tuesday's Day of Action, promoting what organizers call the basic human right of housing.

The United States, India and Japan will hold their first trilateral meeting this month as Washington pushes ahead with its pivot toward Asia, where China's growing power has raised concern.

Leap Wireless International Inc on Monday swapped wireless airwaves with Verizon Wireless in a series of deals aimed at beefing up its presence in the Chicago area.

Finally, a sight we have all been waiting for: the Galaxy Nexus in what appears to be Verizon's red retail packaging.

A strange and winding day for the shares of major U.S. financial companies ended as oddly as it began, as shares of major U.S. banks seemed to brush off bad news on sovereign debt ratings that rattled the wider market and shares of five of the biggest financial institutions traded on the New York Stock Exchange ended the session on a sell imbalance.

A U.S. court error on Friday offered a brief glimpse at information that Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics have tried to shield from the public during their high-stakes patent litigation.

The Toronto Stock Exchange, home to the largest number of mining companies globally, has seen capital raising in the sector remain resilient this year despite volatile markets, with a strong pipeline ahead, a senior executive said on Monday.

Sun Life Financial (SLF.TO: Quote) is cutting about 90 positions after weak market conditions sent the insurer to its first quarterly loss in two years.

New Jersey's annual bear hunt began on Monday in spite of attempts by animal-rights groups to stop it. Supporters of the hunt say it is necessary to reduce New Jersey's black bear population, while opponents say it is inhumane.