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Research in Motion is blaming technical problems in its highly secretive communications network for a three-day disruption in service to millions of BlackBerry users around the globe.

Apple Inc is starting to hear a common refrain from investors: Show us the money.

Research In Motion said on Wednesday it was working frantically to end a three-day global disruption of BlackBerry services that has frustrated millions of smartphone users and put more pressure on the company for sweeping changes.

Hollywood Exhales: BlackBerry Service Is Back

Apple Inc debuts its fifth generation iPhone this week minus its visionary leader for the first time. But CEO Tim Cook may already be thinking ahead to his greatest challenge: repositioning the company's fabled marketing apparatus to safeguard the brand.

Losses for private investors on Greek debt in the second financing package for Athens are likely to be between 30 and 50 percent, rather than the earlier agreed 21 percent, euro zone officials said on Wednesday.

U.S. manufacturers are failing to fill thousands of vacant jobs, surprising when 14 million people are searching for work.

Herman Cain is ahead of Mitt Romney in several recent polls. But can he sustain that lead, or is he just another candidate du jour? Political experts say a Cain nomination is unlikely.

Attention musicians looking for a big break outside landing on American Idol or The X-Factor: Rock City Club is open for business.

Facebook executive and eBay Inc board member Katie Mitic unveiled a partnership between the two companies designed to create a new crop of e-commerce applications with social networking features.

Research In Motion said on Wednesday it was working to end a three-day global disruption of BlackBerry services that has frustrated millions of smartphone users and put more pressure on the company for sweeping changes.

More sexually active American teen males are using condoms the first time they have sex, according to a new study done by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Steve Jobs always use to titillate audiences with his famous “Oh, and one more thing” line at the end of his product intros — saving the best and most groundbreaking stuff just as he was walking off stage.

Forced by civil war from his post as governor of Afghanistan's central bank, Mir Najibullah Sadat Sahou was granted political asylum in the United States in 1992 after fighters in his native country seized his home.

A man committed suicide on Monday in an eight-story leap from a parking structure near where Occupy San Diego demonstrators were gathered, but it was unclear if he identified with the protesters, authorities said.

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as Europe's progress toward bolstering its financial rescue fund brought more battle-weary investors back into the market.

Alberta's new premier, Alison Redford, has named her first cabinet, appointing a handful of former leadership rivals to key posts in Canada's largest energy-producing province.

The United Auto Workers and Chrysler Group LLC have reached a tentative agreement on a four-year labor contract that would pay workers smaller bonuses than unionized workers at General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co.

The United States will use a finance ministers' meeting in Paris this weekend to ratchet up pressure on Europe to deal with its debt crisis swiftly before it derails a fragile global recovery, a top U.S. Treasury Department official said on Wednesday.

The London film festival opens on Wednesday with a red carpet premiere of 360, starring Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins and Jude Law.

When Paramount Pictures decided the time was right to remake the iconic 1984 hit film Footloose, the big question was Who's going be able to fill Kevin Bacon's old dancing shoes?

Bob Dylan, forever looking for a new road to walk down, has taken up the bagpipes.

A cardiologist testified on Wednesday that Michael Jackson's physician made major mistakes in giving the singer the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep and the doctor's lawyers made an adjustment in their strategy.

The government, Air Canada and one of its unions sent out conflicting signals on Wednesday on the chance of an Air Canada strike, prompting mass confusion from travelers booked to fly on the country's largest airline.

General Motors Co confirmed it will make its first all-electric vehicle, a version of the Chevrolet Spark minicar that will debut in 2013 and take aim at Nissan Motor Co Ltd's Leaf.

Google Inc's search market share remains stable as it gains market share on the search monetization front, Global Equities Research said and raised its price target on the Internet giant's shares to $700 from $650.

British mobile operator O2 is testing free voice and text services on wi-fi networks, going head to head with services like Skype that offer free calls, which many operators have sought to block.

Dr. Alon Steinberg, an expert reviewer for the California Medical Board who reviewed Dr. Conrad Murray's treatment of Michael Jackson, took the stand in Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial Wednesday and detailed numerous ways in which Murray improperly treated Jackson in the time leading up to his death.

Michael Jackson could not have given himself the powerful anesthetic propofol that caused his death in 2009, the doctor who performed the singer's autopsy testified on Tuesday.