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A U.S. appeals court has rejected a new Securities and Exchange Commission rule designed to make it easier for shareholders to nominate directors to corporate boards.

Google's announcement on Wednesday to wind down Google Labs, the breeding ground for many of Google's most brilliant tools, raised questions for the future of innovation in Google and stirred up some unrest among Google's hard-core users.

Google Inc will shut down a website that offered public access to experimental products, the latest step by the company to refocus resources under Chief Executive Larry Page.

Rates for cybersecurity insurance edged lower in the last few months despite surging demand, as heavy competition brewed among insurers rushing into the market in search of the next profitable product, insurance brokers Marsh said on Wednesday.

Chipotle Mexican Grill reported a quarterly profit that missed Wall Street's view as margins were hurt by higher food prices and legal costs related to a federal probe of illegal immigrant hiring.

Doubts about the economy and sluggish PC sales are clouding the second-half outlook for Intel and other chip makers as they prepare to unveil quarterly earnings this week.

Planking, also known as the 'lying down' game, is an activity that has become a Facebook sensation even though it poses danger to the person doing that. It is the art of lying straight down to mimic a wooden plank to surprise and amuse people. But who created this really dumb stunt?

World's No.1 social networking site Facebook appears to have finally acknowledged the threat upstart Google+ (or Google Plus) poses, by taking down an offensive Google+ ad from its site.

You got a body, you got a Plank, is the universal slogan for planking, an activity that involves a person lying face down, body stiff and often on dangerous or unusual places. Termed by many as an Internet craze, planking is promoted mostly through planking photos uploaded on Facebook and dedicated sites. Planking, also known as lying down game or face downs, often see players compete to find the most unusual and original location in which to plank.

U.S. retail sales edged up 0.1 percent in June, after dipping 0.1 percent in May, as a rebound in receipts from auto dealers offset the biggest drop in gasoline sales in a year, the Commerce Dept said.

Eva Longoria, a “Desperate Housewives” co-star is temporarily closing down her Las Vegas nightclub due to financial troubles.

As the Minnesota government shutdown drags on, residents may soon be without one of their favorite cold beverages: beer.

The Federal Reserve, in a push to control the often wayward communications of its top officials, issued detailed rules on Tuesday dictating what they can and cannot do.

Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday, led lower by Nasdaq, as the euro zone's continuing debt crisis kept nervous investors on edge.

Shares in the world's No.5 handset maker, HTC Corp, tumbled more than 4 percent on Tuesday, after Apple Inc sued the company in a fresh complaint with a U.S. trade panel.

Shares in UniCredit SpA and other Italian banks extended losses on Monday after a sell-off last week due to concerns Italy could be drawn into the euro zone debt crisis and worries about the strength of their capital.

Four nuclear reactors in Japan, Israel and Scotland were forced to shutdown due to infiltration of enormous swarms of jellyfish, which clogged the seawater cooling system of the plants.

A nuclear reactor in Japan was forced to shut down due to infiltration of enormous swarms of jellyfish near the power plant.

In a breathtaking response to a scandal engulfing his media empire, Rupert Murdoch moved on Thursday to close down the News of the World, Britain's biggest selling Sunday newspaper.

After public outrage over the hacking of a missing 13-year old girl's voice mail, Rupert Murdoch has finally pulled the plug on British tabloid News of the World.

Christine Varney, the top antitrust official in the U.S. Justice Department, is stepping down to become a partner at an elite law firm in New York.