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Rhianna's 'Man Down' video stirs controversy over rape and murder scene.

Citigroup Inc shut down a $400 million hedge fund that used the bank's money and mathematical models to bet on stocks, in the wake of new regulations aimed at stopping proprietary trading, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Asian stocks slid on Thursday, with a steady stream of weak U.S. data putting a damper on risk taking ahead of Friday's payrolls report, though valuations will probably in the near term limit a big decline in global share prices.

Germany will phase out all nuclear plants in the country by 2022, the coalition government announced on Monday.

The fund BP set up to deal with compensation claims after 2010's Gulf of Mexico oil spill is starting to wind down after paying out around $4 billion of the $20 billion set aside by the oil firm, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

The entire PATH system is shutdown as of 7:41 p.m. May 28, stranding passengers from both sides of the Hudson River. The PATH alert notice simply read: Due to a police investigation, all train service is suspended.

The relation between United States and Pakistan is showing signs of strain with Islamabad telling the Obama administration to reduce its troops in the country even as it took steps shut down three intelligence liaison centers.

Skype, the popular video and voice chat service, is down for some users.

Senate Democrats intensified pressure on the controversial budget plan submitted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) today, forcing a floor vote that saw moderate Republicans join Democrats in rejecting the measure.

Stock index futures fell on Wednesday, extending the previous day's slide, as signs the U.S. economy's recovery is slowing and worries about European debt weighed on sentiment.

The U.S. Treasury will take the first step toward exiting its 92 percent stake in American International Group Inc on Tuesday when the insurer prices its stock offering.

Mizuho Financial Group's <8411.T> president will step down and its corporate banking chief will take the helm, Japan's second-largest bank said on Monday, as it grapples with persistent system troubles including a breakdown in ATMs after the devastating March earthquake.

Japan's Mizuho Financial Group <8411.T> said on Monday its president, Takashi Tsukamoto, would step down and be replaced by the head of its corporate banking unit, Yasuhiro Sato.

FrontPoint Partners, a $4.5 billion hedge fund firm that became ensnared in a U.S. government insider trading probe last year, said it would shut down some of its portfolios.

Stocks fell on Friday as the euro zone's debt problems revived worries about the broader impact and the S&P 500 was below a key technical level.

Stock index futures fell on Friday as Wall Street faced technical resistance after shares rose two days in a row.

Stock index futures fell on Friday as Wall Street faced technical resistance after shares rose two days in a row.

Tokyo Electric Power Co is likely to book about a 1 trillion yen ($12.3 billion) net loss for its fiscal year that ended in March due to losses from the accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The dollar slipped on Thursday with funds sensing a rally this month is ending and expectations increasing that commodity prices have resumed an uptrend, pushing up equities in Asia's energy and materials sectors.

Days after restoring the PlayStation Network that had been taken down after a massive hacker attack, Sony faced niggling issues with some features on the PlayStation website and had to temporarily take it off.