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NYSE Euronext shareholders approved a $9.6 billion takeover of the American exchange operator by Germany's Deutsche Boerse AG on Thursday, moving the focus across the Atlantic where the deal faces its toughest battles.

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders searched on Thursday for ways to break a deadlock over spending and taxes, and there were some glimmers of a potential compromise that would avoid a debt default.

Wall Street climbed on Thursday after a report showing a rise in private-sector jobs and strong sales at retailers lifted optimism in the economy.

A suspected ETA member, the Basque militant was arrested in Cambridge, England and will be tried in London on Thursday

The military must immediately halt its Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy of dismissing openly gay service members, a three-judge panel 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday.

Android, Apple, and RIM represent 90 percent of the US smartphone market share. What do people use their smartphones for?

President Barack Obama has shifted his strategy in debt talks with Republicans, offering a substantially larger deficit reduction package that would include cuts to Medicare and Social Security in exchange for eliminating tax breaks.

A grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park mauled a hiker, marking the first murder at the famous park in more than 20 years.

China has warned U.S. officials to avoid meeting with the Dalai Lama who is making his first trip to Washington D.C. since his “retirement” as the Tibetan leader-in-exile.

The New York Stock Exchange, an icon of American capitalism, moved closer to ceding control to a German company on Thursday after investors threw their support behind a $9.4 billion takeover by Deutsche Boerse AG .

The British public is demanding justice after popular tabloid magazine News of the World was found hacking the cell phones of the dead.

Stocks climbed on Thursday after a sharp rise in private-sector jobs raised expectations of a solid U.S. employment report for June.

The Motorola Droid 3 made its debut today on Verizon Wireless's website, and is now available for $199.99 with a two-year contract or $459.99 off contract.

Top U.S. retailers reported better-than-expected sales gains for June after smartly targeted bargains lured shoppers contending with a wobbly economy.

Stocks rose after the open on Thursday after data showed an improvement in the labor market ahead of Friday's key U.S. government monthly payrolls report.

Apple is rumored to release its most anticipated iPhone 5 in September.

The head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said he did not know about Operation Fast and Furious, a weapons tracking program that intentionally allowed drug cartels in Mexico to obtain firearms.

U.S. private employers stepped up hiring in June and the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell last week, strengthening views the economy is positioned for a pick-up in the second half.

It's a small world, after all. For U.S. readers and investors, Greece may seem like some small, exotic European country, but that could not be further from the truth. From an interest rate standpoint, if Greece defaults on its debt, U.S. interest rates, including home mortgage rates, are likely to rise.

Broadcast revenues for the period covering the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games will exceed $4 billion, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said Thursday.

With less than four weeks left to work at preventing a U.S. government shutdown House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said reforms to the system must be included in any deal between the White House and congressional Republicans to show the public that Washington can handle the county's finances, The Associated Press reported.