NEW YORK (Reuters) - The broad S&P 500 index ticked lower on Wednesday and was on track for a fifth straight day of losses in a sign investors remain concerned about the global growth outlook as a strong quarter comes to a close. The S&P is d... [Full Article]
PARIS (Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday following last week's rally, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.29 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.25 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.26 percent at 075... [Full Article]
If it seems like the weather has been all kinds of crazy in your corner of the world in recent years, you probably aren't just imagining things. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
Thousands of kilometres from Kuala Lumpur in Cameroon, doctoral student Michael Nkwenti Ndongfack attends his Open University Malaysia classes online and hopes to defend his final thesis by Skype. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Australia skipper Michael Clarke admitted on Saturday that he had been wrong in choosing to bat first against Pakistan in the second one-day international between the two teams in Abu Dhabi on Friday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Chinese star Li Na will take a break from tennis otherwise the sport will "kill" her after she was sent crashing out of the US Open on Friday by teenage British giant-killer Laura Robson. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Samsung (005930) was hit extremely hard last week when a jury determined that 21 of the company's various Android devices infringed on various combinations of six Apple (AAPL) patents. Some industry watchers suggested justice had been served, but Sam... [Full Article]
Struggling Australian media giant Fairfax on Thursday said its full-year losses ballooned to Aus$2.73 billion (US$2.87 billion), driven by huge write-downs as part of its restructuring plans. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Hewlett-Packard absorbed the largest quarterly loss in its history as the Silicon Valley pioneer owned up to past mistakes that have left it scrambling to adapt to a shifting technology market. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co reported on Wednesday a loss of $8.85 billion (5.57 billion pounds) after a writedown on the value of its services business, mostly related to its purchase of Electronic Data Systems Corp. The world's... [Full Article]