Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday, aiming to re-enact the conditions of the "Big Bang" that created the universe. Experiments in the Large Hadron Collider, a 10 bln Swiss franc ($9 bln) accelerator built underneath the Swiss-French border, could unlock the remaining secrets of

A thin and smiling Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs launched a much thinner, curved iPod nano music player and joked about the state of his much-discussed health on Tuesday. But shares of Apple fell more than 4% after the presentation, which had no major surprises for investors, amid a broad decline in the stock

Fujitsu Ltd's microchip unit said it was in talks with other chip makers both at home and abroad on potential alliances ranging from co-development of advanced chips to integration of operations. Fujitsu Microelectronics also told Reuters on Wednesday its earnings targets for the year to March 2009 looked challenging due to tough business conditions such

Nokia Oyj said on Wednesday it has signed a deal with Microsoft to expand corporate e-mail access to 80 mln Nokia phones as the world's top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM. Nokia said it will enable access to Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync e-mail from all Nokia phones using latest edition of S60 software, with around 80

Coca-Cola Co plans to seek approval under China's antitrust law for its $2.5 bln bid for top domestic juice-maker China Huiyuan Juice Group, the final obstacle to what would be the largest foreign takeover of a local firm, Huiyuan said on Wednesday. Analysts and lawyers say the application will be closely watched as the first

The financial crisis that has rocked global markets for more than a year is showing increasing signs of ending, Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Josef Ackermann told a conference on Wednesday. "We think we are seeing the beginning of the end of the crisis and one sees this more and more," he said, but added: "Markets

Tribune Co said on Tuesday a link to a six-year-old article on UAL Corp's 2002 bankruptcy had appeared on the South Florida Sun-Sentinel's website before other news organizations mistakenly presented the article as new. "No new story was published, and the old story was not re-published — a link to the old story was merely