U.S. stocks opened higher on Wednesday after Greece's parliament passed an unpopular austerity plan critical to avoiding a debt default. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 39.47 points, or 0.32%, at
Russia cut electricity supplies to Belarus on Wednesday over $43 mln in unpaid debts, upping pressure on President Alexander Lukashenko who is grappling with one of the worst economic crises of his
Hundreds of thousands of British teachers and civil servants will strike over pension reform on Thursday in the most serious challenge to the coalition government's austerity drive. Thousands of schools will close
Protesters using ladders broke into the first floor of an office building on Syntagma Square on Wednesday and attempted to set it on fire, witnesses reported. Some 30 protesters entered the building,
Syrian troops shot dead four villagers on Wednesday, an activist said, as authorities pressed on with a tank-led assault that has already driven thousands of refugees across the northwest border with Turkey.
Bank of America Corp settled nearly all of the claims related to the legacy Countrywide-issued first-lien residential mortgage-backed securitization (RMBS) repurchase exposure for $8.5 billion in cash The largest U.S. bank by
When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America's wars. Staggering as it is, that figure
China's People's Liberation Army has developed its first online military game, called "The Glorious Mission," to train soldiers in combat skills and technological awareness, the China Daily reported. The online game is
Google Inc is making its boldest move to take on Facebook in the fast-growing social networking market and to maintain its dominance on the Web. Google, which has been frustrated by a
People tend to lose a little more weight with online help than with traditional weight loss programs, a Japanese study said — but combining the Internet with in-person contact appears to be
