Former President Bill Clinton suggested former Vice President Dick Cheney was trying to cause a rift among Democrats by suggesting that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton challenge Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination in the 2012 presidential election.
Thousands of people have protested against the scheduled execution of Troy Davis, a Georgia inmate who is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday.
Republicans are saying President Barack Obama's unveiling of a $3 trillion long-term deficit reduction plan -- dubbed the Buffett Rule -- that relies upon raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans is political posturing and window dressing.
President Barack Obama on Monday laid out a $3 trillion plan to cut U.S. deficits by raising taxes on the rich, but Republicans mocked it as a political stunt, signaling the proposal has little chance of becoming law. I will not support any plan that puts all the burden on closing our deficit on ordinary Americans, Obama said. We are not going to have a one-sided deal that hurts the folks who are most vulnerable.
The issue of Palestine is also likely to occupy Erdogan’s time.
In what looks like a concerted attack on Apple from every corner, Samsung is going in for the kill by unleashing fury like never before.
Finally, there's some good news for U.S. motorists. Gas prices, down about 10 cents per gallon in the past month to an average of $3.60 per gallon for regular unleaded, are likely to continue to decline, assuming no oil disruptions from major oil producers or a large storm in the Gulf of Mexico.
Largely unnoticed by markets riveted by the drama of the day, more and more countries are successfully implementing complex, politically treacherous reforms needed to raise their long-term economic growth rates.
There have been a number of high-profile earthquakes in the last month, including ones in India, Japan, Cuba, Indonesia and the United States. Here are the ten worst quakes over the past 100 years.
A proposed capital surcharge for big banks is not anti-American and will help reduce the risk of big bank failures, a top European regulator said on Monday.
U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday as growing fears of a Greek debt default prompted investors to sell risky assets and put an end to a week-long rally on Wall Street.
Boeing scrambled on Monday to iron out contract problems that forced it to postpone the inaugural delivery of the latest version of its 747 jumbo jet, driving down its shares.
Despite rising oil prices, global petroleum use is expected to be stronger over the next two decades than previously estimated, the U.S. government said on Monday.
The row between consumer electronics giants Apple and Samsung escalated on Monday as reports surfaced that the Korean company would file suit against the iPhone 5.
Today is the day to talk like a pirate, if you like, since it's officially Talk Like a Pirate Day. The parodic holiday was created in 1995 by John Baur and Mark Summers who proclaimed that each year on Sept. 19 people should talk like a pirate.Both Twitter and Facebook are lighting up today with pirate talk in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day 2011. It's trending on Twitter, some are talking like pirates at work, and the national holiday gets bigger and bigger each year.
China urged regional powers on Monday to restart moribund nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea, with its foreign minister Yang Jiechi defending Beijing as an honest broker seeking to defuse confrontation with Pyongyang.
Our planet's deep oceans at times tend to absorb enough heat to mask the effect of global warming for as long as a decade - even in the midst of longer-term warming, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) say.
Bill Clinton reminds me of a washed-up, retired major league ballplayer who misses the spotlight and cheering crowds so much that he will do anything to remain relevant and in the public eye.
As the U.S. economy slouches toward another recession and confidence in policymakers erodes, investors are coming to grips with the notion that the country may already be several years into a Japan-style lost decade.
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Monday as renewed fears of a Greek debt default prompted investors to book some of last week's gains and turn toward the safety of U.S. government debt.
Homebuilder Lennar Corp (LEN.N) posted a 31 percent drop in quarterly profit on fewer new home deliveries and higher costs.
Albertsons, Ralphs and Vons remained in talks with the union representing 62,000 Southern California supermarket workers as the deadline for canceling their labor contract passed on Sunday evening.
