The British hacking scandal may be unfortunate, but the closing of the News of the World and the outcome of dealings with broadcaster BSkyB will have a minimal impact on News Corp's revenue stream, a major shareholder said on Monday.
Paul Allen, founder of Ancestry.com, said there are more than 4.5 million people using Google+, leading him to believe that this social site is Growing Like Crazy.
Chinese most senior military commander has criticized the U.S. for its excessive spending on defense and also blamed Washington for rising tensions in the South China Sea.
U.S. policymakers seeking an answer to the country's stubbornly high unemployment rate should not expect relief from small businesses, said a survey released on Monday by a powerful business lobbying group.
The United States needs to be more wary of computers and other electronics imports that could be laden with malicious software, according to a leading Congressional expert on cyber security.
How do these two social networking sites stack up against each other?
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, did not mince words Monday regarding who the American people should blame, if the U.S. Government defaults on its debt and Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling: President Obama and Congressional Democrats.
After months of effort, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans are right back where they started as they try to avert a looming debt default: arguing over taxes.
Gas prices are on the rise throughout the U.S. Prices are rising fastest in the South, with Atlanta and Tampa seeing increases as much as 13 to 15 cents per gallon in the past week.
When David Beckham and Victoria Posh Spice Beckham gave birth to a girl and named her Harper Seven Beckham, we started thinking, what would other people in the news name their next child if they followed in Posh and Becks' footsteps? Here are a few guesses.
Investors' increasingly aggressive hunt for the best returns will force the global asset management industry to up the ante and become more competitive, according to research released on Monday.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani will announce after a swing through New Hampshire whether he will run for U.S. president in 2012.
A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.
Apple Inc has filed a fresh complaint against Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp with a U.S. trade panel over unspecified portable electronic devices and software, according to the panel's web site.
The ICEE Maker App and 7-Eleven's free Slurpee day are red hot in July.
California was abuzz this past weekend as the royal couple descended on the state. Here's a look at how they spent their time
Stocks slumped more than 1 percent on Monday as worries about the U.S. budget talks and the euro-zone debt crisis sent a shudder through markets and overshadowed the start of earnings season.
Auto parts maker TRW Automotive Holdings Corp said it received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding an antitrust investigation.
President Barack Obama pushed congressional leaders for the largest possible deficit-reduction deal on Monday that would involve changes to popular entitlement programs, asking: If not now, when?
Wall Street fell more than 1 percent on Monday as fears over the U.S. budget and European debt crises sent a shudder through markets and overshadowed the start of corporate earnings reports.
Presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann is again weathering criticism over a statement related to slavery, this time for signing a document that suggested African American families were more stable when slavery was legal.
President Barack Obama on Monday reiterated that Congressional Republicans and Democrats will resolve the debt ceiling and that the U.S. Government would not default on its debt -- but the key, he underscored, is a GOP compromise on the revenue component. Major cuts in spending are already a part of the deal.
