Anyone hoping that recent falls in commodity prices would provide a boost to powerhouse Asian economies and help lift the developed world out of recessionary danger will be disappointed. The region's focus remains firmly on inflation.
Dole Food Co Inc said it has settled lawsuits filed by farm workers claiming injuries from the agricultural chemical DBCP.
The Arctic saw massive ozone losses in 2011 due to a prolonged period of extremely low temperatures in the stratosphere, according to a NASA-led study.
On Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee joined the fight for user privacy on Facebook. Earlier last month, the Federal Trade Commission was urged by House members Ed Markey and Joe Barton to move forward with investigating the social media company for violating user privacy with browser cookies.
Asian stocks extended losses on Tuesday from the previous day's steep declines as investors continued to flee from riskier assets on growing doubts over Greece's ability to avoid default, fuelling fears of global financial turmoil and recession.
The iPhone 5 release frenzy has reached its zenith with barely hours left before Apple unveils the new gadget, but for the keener eye, the Tuesday event will be marked by how Apple lays out the iCloud and iOS 5. Many believe that being too engrossed with the specifications of upcoming iPhone 5 is equal to missing the wood for trees. The Tuesday event has more to do with Apple's long-term strategy than with gaining upper hand in the gadget market.
The Facebook pages of Kim Jong-Il's exiled son and grandson show the pair has a strong interest in American culture.
Aides to Michele Bachmann are leaving presidential campaign.
Mitt Romney latest GOP presidential hopeful to criticize the name of Rick Perry's family ranch, called N----rhead.
Economic troubles in the United States and Europe are making customers of Emerson Electric Co's data center management business reluctant to make big purchases as the company prepares to launch a major new platform.
Sprint Nextel Corp shares fell more than 10 percent after a report that it committed to buy at least 30.5 million iPhones that would cost it about $20 billion in the next four years.
A series of emails released by the House Of Representative's Energy and Commerce committee show that Solyndra investors as well as White House officials questioned Solyndra's financial stability as early as December 2009.
Should the United States tolerate slightly higher inflation, in order to have the economy grow at a faster rate and create more jobs?
A California lettuce farmer has recalled almost 2,500 cartons of chopped romaine lettuce because of possible listeria contamination, which is responsible for multi-state outbreak linked with tainted cantaloupes.
Four years after her brutal murder, British student Meredith Kercher has been virtually forgotten as the media spotlight shifted to Amanda Knox, the fresh-faced American girl appealing against her conviction for killing her.
Knox's passport is 'okay', says a family friend
An Italian court cleared 24-year-old American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend of the 2007 killing of British student Meredith Kercher and ordered they be freed on Monday after nearly four years in prison for a crime they always denied committing.
Actor Seth Rogen married his long-term girlfriend, screenwriter Lauren Miller, in a ceremony on Sunday.
The U.S. government dangled a million-dollar carrot in front of the aviation industry to develop fuel-efficient aircraft and usher in a new electric airplane industry. On Monday, one competitor, team Pipistrel-USA.com of State College, Pa., came forth as the winner and grabbed the $1.35 million prize in the CAFE Green Flight Challenge, sponsored by search-engine hub Google and awarded by NASA.
Two of the longest-running names in digital music, Rhapsody and Napster, are combining in a bid to grow market share and stay ahead of newer rivals like Spotify, Rdio and MOG.
Gold rose 1.6 percent on Monday, its biggest one-day gain in a month, as bullion resumed its role as a haven from turmoil following its worst monthly loss since the financial crisis in 2008.
Large U.S. bank stocks fell sharply on Monday on concerns that lenders like Citigroup Inc and Morgan Stanley may face more earnings setbacks from the debt crisis in Europe.
