Intercontinental Hotels Group , the world's biggest hotelier, reported higher revenue growth at its American operations and said customer demand had remained strong despite the global economic slowdown.
Pumpkin carving one of the best parts of Halloween is back. Pumpkin carving is basically associated with the holiday of Halloween and everyone loves to carve pumpkin this time of the year.
Police made arrests of 130 demonstrators of Occupy Chicago movement for being presented in city's downtown park Park after hours, authorities reported Sunday.
Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain now says he supports a federal constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage across the United States, reversing an earioer position.
China's vast manufacturing sector picked up moderately in October, snapping a three-month contraction and underscoring the resilience of the world's second-largest economy backed by robust domestic demand.
China's vast manufacturing sector picked up moderately in October, snapping a three-month contraction and underscoring the resilience of the world's second-largest economy backed by robust domestic demand.
Vengeance 2011 is the professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE that took place on October 23, 2011 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. It is the 12th event under the Vengeance/Night of Champions chronology and the first event under the Vengeance name since the 2007 edition.
Libya's new rulers declared the country free from Moammar Gadhafi's 42 years rule Sunday as thousands gathered in Benghazi for the formal announcement of liberation.
Japan's exports rose at a faster pace than expected in the year to September, suggesting that resilience in exports is underpinning the economic recovery despite a global slowdown and the strong yen.
Ryanair is in talks with U.S., Chinese and Russian aircraft manufacturers about the possibility of buying 200 to 300 planes between 2015 and 2021, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned Iran that the scheduled withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of 2011 should not be mistaken for a lack of commitment to democracy in the region.
Horror movie Paranormal Activity 3 jolted awake a sleepy movie box office with an estimated $80 million in global ticket sales over the weekend.
The Occupy Wall Street protest should not be dismissed as the “nebulous and unfocused utterances of a largely irrelevant political fringe” or the “emotional spasm of a bleeding heart liberal,” said Russell Jones, a strategist with Westpac Institutional Bank.
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul came out on top in an Ohio straw poll Saturday. The result surprised many as Paul garnered more than twice the percentage of votes for Herman Cain and six times the percentage of votes for Mitt Romney, the two Republican frontrunners.
Hundreds have died and thousands remain trapped after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in Turkey, and survivors are calling on the Turkish government to provide aid, including food, shelter and medical supplies, as aftershocks continue to rock Ercis, Van and Celebibag. Turkey is frequently hit by earthquakes, but many feel the call for better building regulations and search and rescue strategies has gone unanswered.
Could Vice President Joe Biden be eyeing a run for President in 2016?
The United States will likely suffer the loss of its triple-A credit rating from another major rating agency by the end of this year due to concerns over the deficit, Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecasts.
Republicans Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann took veiled swipes at surging presidential rival Herman Cain on Saturday as six of the party's White House hopefuls courted social conservatives at an Iowa forum.
The rise of the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is the Republican Party's worst nightmare. It’s an objective data point that no amount of liberal-bashing, Obama-bashing or jingoist appeal to patriotism can blot out: The U.S. economic system of corporate capitalism might need economic and fiscal reforms.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker is advocating for regulatory control over the money-market mutual fund industry and believes the government should stop financing mortgages.
NASA has released a series of new satellite data visualizations that show tens of millions of fires detected worldwide from space since 2002.
After months of rumors, it's finally been confirmed: the new Galaxy Nexus is coming to the U.S. on Verizon Wireless. The carrier announced the news today in a press release that also outlined the features of the Galaxy Nexus, which is the first to go on the market with the new Android-based Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, as well as the first to feature a HD Super AMOLED display.
