A sweeping insider trading case that shook the hedge fund world is finally set for trial, with onetime billionaire Raj Rajaratnam fighting to stay out of prison in a courtroom drama over corporate secrets, tapped telephones and friends-turned-government witnesses.
Social networking site Badoo.com has published a unique ranking of cities based on the number of online flirtations initiated per month by the average Badoo user in each of these. Take a look here at the numero uno as well as some of the other cities that have made it to the top 10 in the League.
China is ramping up its military spending at a time its financial firepower is increasingly in focus after it unseated Japan as the second biggest economy in the world.
Students across universities are campaigning to get the embattled actor on campus at the 2012 commencement ceremonies.
A solid two-inning showing today help the veteran's chances
Since being acquired from Denver, Anthony's numbers have basically remained the same.
Fleeing after years of war in Iraq, many refugees arriving in the United States can't find the jobs they need to rebuild their lives. Unemployment among Iraqi refugees is estimated at nearly three times the national average of 9 percent, and up to 2,000 of those who arrived in the past four years may have left for other countries.
A judge postponed a hearing on a $1.1 billion bid for bankrupt satellite company DBSD North America as it considers a rival bid.
When crude prices fall, oil companies tend to pass on the reductions -- albeit grudgingly -- to motorists. In most of Africa, the same cannot be said of interest rates.
The people behind Just Chill, a stress relieving beverage, offered the Two and a Half Men actor $3 million to promote the drink.
Kim Kardashian debuted her new single 'Jam' on Wednesday morning on 'On Air with Ryan Seacrest'. Listen to the debut single in the audio embedded:
The Bulls guard communicated with James about playing in Chicago
U.S. stocks edged up higher on some positive jobs data and reassurance from the Federal Reserve that the economy is recovering.
Holdings of the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, the SPDR Gold Trust, fell for a fifth consecutive month in February, data from the New York-based fund showed, the longest run of outflows since the trust's inception.
A Northern Ireland software company that supplies services to major financial institutions said on Wednesday it was creating 360 new jobs, a rare piece of good news in an economy squeezed by public services cuts. First Derivatives, based in the border city of Newry and currently employing 550 people, is to expand using 4.3 million
Aaron LeMieux grew up hearing his native Cleveland used as the punchline for jokes such as the mistake on the lake. But the city is attempting to shake its downtrodden image - enhanced by a history of sporting futility - and entrepreneurs like LeMieux are leading the charge.
March 2, 1011. Prepared at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and based on information collected on or before February 18, 2011.
Marcellus Shale gas will bring an estimated $250 billion in payments to Pennsylvania land owners and stronger economic activity, said FBR Capital Markets.
People.com is reporting that tennis star Serena Williams suffers pulmonary embolism.
Suze Rotolo, who became a 1960s icon by appearing on the cover of Bob Dylan’s classic “Freewheelin’” album, has died in New York at the age of 67.
Gold prices held just below the previous session's record high in Europe on Wednesday, as the acceleration of global inflation and the threat that violence in the Middle East and North Africa will spread supported interest in the metal as a haven from risk.
U.S. Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey has defeated IBM supercomputer Watson in a Jeopardy-style match held in Washington.