There have been rumors that a possible midrange smartphone will be launched along with the release of iPhone 5 in early October.
U.S. agencies are looking into possible similarities between the Sept. 13 attacks on U.S. and NATO targets in Afghanistan, and the November 2008 attack by militants on civilian targets in Mumbai, India.
Doubts over chronic fatigue syndrome and links to the XMRV virus, thought to be responsible for the condition, have been raised by a new research study.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived at Liberty Island on Thursday to take part in a ceremony ahead of the 125th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, in New York.
NASA's huge six and a half ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite(UARS) continues to plummet towards the Earth and is expected to fall to the Earth sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The 20-year-old satellite was expected to fall to Earth sometime on Friday afternoon.
Gold prices slumped more than $100 an ounce on Friday, the biggest fall on record in dollar terms, as traders sold to cover losses, while global stocks edged up on expectations the European Central Bank will take new measures to contain the euro zone debt crisis.
Privacy curtains that often separate medical care spaces in hospitals and clinics are frequently contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria, according to a recent U.S. study.
Bank of America Corp is in talks to sell its correspondent mortgage lending unit to a division of Fortress Investment Group LLC, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
U.S. actor Sean Penn engaged in attempts to secure the release of two Americans freed by Iran this week, flying to Venezuela to ask President Hugo Chavez to intervene with Iran's leader, a source close to the release process said on Friday.
With persistent concerns over Europe's sovereign debt crisis and sluggish economic growth in the United States, cautious investor continue to seek protection through options..
Stocks ended higher on Friday, stopping the bleeding after a disastrous four days of selling marred by severe anxiety over Europe's spiraling debt crisis and the Fed's dire warning about the U.S. economy.
Just days after the Federal Reserve launched a new round of unconventional monetary policy easing, a top Fed official with a record of supporting such moves on Friday questioned how effective the latest move will be.
Leading scientists said on Friday the discovery of sub-atomic particles apparently traveling faster than light could force a major rethink of theories on the makeup of the cosmos if independently confirmed.
Despite Friday’s small gains, the U.S. stock market tanked this week and put in its worst performance since 2008.
A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.
Troy Lange knows that just mentioning cellphones is enough to give security officers heartburn at the National Security Agency.
A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countries by taxing financial transactions, tobacco, and shipping and aviation fuels, according to details of a G20 report obtained by Reuters.
The Dow Jones industrial average on Friday suffered its worst week since the depths of the financial crisis in 2008, stung by severe anxiety over Europe's spiraling debt crisis and a warning from the Federal Reserved about the U.S. economy.
John Thiel has moved out of Sallie Krawcheck's shadow, slashing Merrill Lynch manager jobs and taking steps to more closely align the firm's retail brokers and private bankers.
The World Trade Organization, citing turmoil in the global economy, on Friday cut its forecast for the growth of trade in 2011 from the 6.5 per cent it predicted in April to 5.8 per cent, and warned that the final figure could be lower.
After riding a bull at the Saddle Ranch bar in West Hollywood, Bristol Palin got in a fight with a heckler, calling him homosexual.
To protect the international financial system, regulators should rely more on a benchmark portfolio as a tool to guard against excessive risk-taking, rather than the capital standards now in use, Citigroup Chief Executive Vikram Pandit said on Friday.
