Google offers online news compromise

Google offered publishers a way to attract paying subscribers without having to remove their content from Google News search results, after Rupert Murdoch and others accused it of profiting from their news.

Monster US online jobs index slips in November

U.S. online job postings fell slightly in November, due to a dip in demand for health care-related positions and employers' continued unease regarding economic recovery, a private research group said on Thursday.

World stocks drift higher, data in focus

World stocks advanced for a third straight session on Wednesday with anxiety over Dubai's debt problems taking a backseat and focus shifting to this week's economic numbers and the European Central Bank's