European stock index futures fell on Monday, following a slump in Asian shares, and the euro slid amid skepticism that Europe's latest efforts to contain its sovereign debt crisis can prevent it from wreaking more damage on the world economy.
Fox's new singing contest show, The X Factor, has already stirred up controversy as a watchdog group is charged last week's episode violated decency standards.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will arrive in Sudan late on Sunday for talks expected to focus on boosting political and economic ties between the two allies, Sudanese officials said.
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, expects to raise its output this year to the point that it could account for half of the world's production, President Alassane Ouattara said on Saturday.
From the very start, the only reason we've been held hostage is because we're American - These are the words of Josh Fattal, one of the three American hikers who were arrested by the Iranian forces while hiking in the Kurdish region along the Iraq-Iran border in July, 2009.
Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed on Monday.
Pakistan's military will not take action against the Haqqani group, which Washington blames for an attack against its embassy in Kabul, despite mounting American pressure, a Pakistani newspaper reported Monday.
Wipro, India's No.3 software services exporter, is considering selling data centres and other computer hardware assets of its U.S. unit Infocrossing, the Economic Times reported on Monday, quoting unnamed officials and bankers familiar with the talks.
Alibaba.com may spin off and publicly list its Internet application services provider HiChina, the company said on Monday.
It flew for long 20 years and nine days, and when it made its homecoming, nobody knows its whereabouts. Almost six years after ceasing operation, the decommissioned NASA satellite finally landed somewhere on Earth, but even NASA doesn't know the exact landing location and may never know.
With fears of a recession rising, the maritime industry will find it increasingly difficult to obtain financing for expansion over the next year, with the exception of the offshore-energy sector, industry experts said.
U.S. advertising-technology companies Donovan Data Systems Inc and MediaBank LLC plan to merge and create a new company called MediaOcean, The Wall Street Journal reported.
During an appearance on CBS' Face the Nation, Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said all of the GOP candidates for the 2012 presidential election are the same because they are controlled by the far-right platforms of the Tea Party
Consumer electronics giant Samsung said this weekend that its popular Galaxy S2 smartphone sold over 10 million units globally, making it the most-sold Android phone in the world, but it still has a ways to go before it catches up to Apple.
Finance chiefs from the Group of 20 nations and the 187-country International Monetary Fund met from Thursday to Sunday.
The deteriorating outlook for the world economy, and what retailers can do to cope, are likely to be the dominant themes at the annual World Retail Congress in Berlin this week.
AshleyMadison.com, a dating Web site for cheating spouses, has offered Sarah and Todd Palin $1 million to answer questions about their marriage while taking a polygraph test.
There is a severe shortage of life-saving generic drugs in the U.S., causing many hospitals to either go without the medications or buy them from third-party vendors at extremely high prices.
The global economy was supposed to be better by now.
As Boeing Co executives and workers toast the first delivery of the revolutionary 787 Dreamliner on Sunday, the next enormous hurdle must weigh heavily on their minds: they have to make about 800 more.
Consumer electronics giant Samsung said on Sunday that its venerable Galaxy S2 smartphone reached 10 million units sold globally, making it the most sold Android phone and positioning it for a bout with Apple.
State Farm Insurance has paid $5 billion to its customers for weather-related catastrophes -- damage to cars, homes and other property so far this year -- the largest U.S. insurer of homes and cars said on Sunday.
