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Netflix is attempting to kill the controversy over its controversial 60 percent price hike and recast its DVD business in a new light by renaming it Qwikster.But already Netflix has run into a new challenge with the renaming, as after the company announced its DVD-by-mail service will be called Qwikster it became apparent that Netflix doesn't hold the name @Qwikster on Twitter.

Gold rose on Tuesday, after Standard and Poor's downgraded Italy's credit rating, adding to the strain on the debt-distressed euro zone, while uncertainty over the outcome of a key U.S. Federal Reserve meeting also helped buoy the market.

Gold held steady on Tuesday, after Standard and Poor's downgrade of Italy's credit rating, while a stronger dollar weighed on sentiment ahead of a key U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting.

As Europe's debt crisis deepens, low-yielding U.S. government debt and the much maligned dollar are suddenly glowing more brightly than gold.

NASA astronauts will soon get their own space taxi to shuttle between the International Space Station and the Earth, the space agency said on Monday.

Netflix has earned the wrath of its customers since it announced its decision to separate its unlimited streaming and unlimited DVD plans in the U.S. to better reflect the costs of each.

A defunct NASA satellite is set to descend into the Earth's atmosphere this weekend, but the U.S. space agency says it has no clue where it will land.

Just a few weeks before Apple is said to be releasing its most anticipated iPhone 5, which could halt Samsung’s aggravating success with the Galaxy Line, the South Korean firm is considering legal action to ban the sales of the upcoming iPhone.

NASA officials on Monday said that they are planning to spend about $1.6 billion for the next two years to strengthen the industry efforts to develop space taxis.

Roadside bombs or improvised explosive devices, killer of many U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, can now be detected before they explode from a safe distance by a laser beam, researchers from Michigan State University say.

A combination of counseling with physical activity may offer teens a more effective way to stop smoking as per a new study.

Google Inc has enlisted Visa Inc in its effort to push mobile payments, striking an agreement to allow Visa account-holders to pay for store purchases with their smartphones.

Standard & Poor's cut Italy's credit rating on Tuesday in a surprise move that increased strains on the debt-stressed euro zone and raised pressure on policymakers to take more decisive action to resolve the crisis.

The United States military said it has completed a process to repeal the 1993 law that prohibits openly gay or bisexual people from serving in the military, and that the controversial Don't ask, don't tell policy will no longer be effective starting Tuesday.

RBC Capital Markets hosted an Aerospace & Defense bus trip for investors in Philadelphia and New Jersey, visiting Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE:PCP), Triumph Group Inc. (NYSE:TGI), The Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) and TransDigm Group Inc. (NYSE:TDG).

China must reduce barriers to foreign companies if it is to meet its own development goals, the U.S. ambassador said in Beijing on Tuesday in a speech that reflected foreign investors' growing frustration with the pace of economic reforms in the country.

A rocket attack on a protest camp in Yemen's capital Sanaa Tuesday raised the death toll to at least 58 in some of the deadliest violence to hit the country in eight months of pro-democracy demonstrations.

“Buffett Tax” on Americans earning more than $1 million per year.

UBS AG Chief Executive Oswald Gruebel will seek a vote of confidence at a board meeting in Singapore for plans to slash the investment banking division that caused a $2.3 billion loss due to unauthorized trading, a Swiss newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Breast cancer is rising at an alarming rate as reported by researchers in the first global review of breast and cervical cancer.

Ever since Samsung introduced the Galaxy S line of smartphone in June 2010, it has entrenched its position as one of the best smartphone manufacturers in the market and put up a strident attack on Apple iPhone's dominance.