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- China charges six in sex video "extortion" … Reuters - 1 hour 12 minutes ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in the city of Chongqing has charged six people with working together to blackmail government officials by recording videos of them More »
- Freeport reviewing safety at Indonesia … Reuters - 1 hour 12 minutes ago
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc is reviewing the safety of its underground operations at its Indonesian mine in Papua after a tunnel collapse More »
- Turkey passes "wealth amnesty" law to … Reuters - 1 hour 27 minutes ago
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Turkish parliament passed a "wealth amnesty" law late on Tuesday designed to lure back funds held abroad by affluent Turks without punitive More »
Asian stocks cheered by Fed reassurance; … Reuters - 1 hour 39 minutes agoBy Masayuki Kitano and Vidya Ranganathan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday following a positive lead from Wall Street, with Japan's Nikkei More »
- Voters oust mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania … Reuters - 1 hour 59 minutes ago
By Michael Sadowski (Reuters) - The embattled mayor of Pennsylvania's financially crippled capital of Harrisburg was ousted on Tuesday when she lost the Democratic More »
- Los Angeles voters choose from two Democrats … Reuters - 2 hours 2 minutes ago
By Steve Gorman and Sharon Bernstein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Voters in Los Angeles went to the polls on Tuesday to choose a new mayor in an election between two More »
- BOJ holds steady despite bond turmoil, … Reuters - 2 hours 36 minutes ago
By Stanley White and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan kept policy steady on Wednesday despite concerns over recent volatility in bond market, saying More »
- Twisters keep returning, but Oklahoma … Reuters - 2 hours 41 minutes ago
By Mary Wisniewski and David Bailey (Reuters) - The people of central Oklahoma know all too well the destructive power of a tornado, but when a big one rolled More »
- Factbox: Groups urge cash, not stuff, … Reuters - 2 hours 41 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disasters such as Monday's tornado that wiped out much of Moore, Oklahoma often prompt people to help victims by collecting goods or More »
- Factbox: Tornado damage and the Enhanced … Reuters - 2 hours 41 minutes ago
(Reuters) - The tornado that slammed into the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, killing 24 people, was upgraded on Tuesday to a rating of EF5, the category reserved More »
- Factbox: The 10 deadliest tornadoes … Reuters - 2 hours 41 minutes ago
(Reuters) - A powerful tornado devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing 24 people, including nine children, according to the Oklahoma medical More »
- Ford adds production in North America … Reuters - 2 hours 55 minutes ago
By Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is adding a week of production at 20 North American factories this year to build an additional 40,000 More »
- When Health Food Was a Cult Takepart.com - 7 hours ago
I’ll cop to the misuse: Occasionally, the phrase “like a cult” has passed my lips when talking about certain diet fads. The Paleo diet, at its most dogmatic, may More »
- Japan considers resuming talks with … Reuters - 5 hours ago
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has started looking into resuming inter-governmental talks with North Korea after a surprise visit to Pyongyang by an aide to Japan's prime More »
- The Irish loophole behind Apple's low … Reuters - 5 hours ago
By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has depended on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that More »
- Ex-strategist can sue UBS as whistleblower: … Reuters - 5 hours ago
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - UBS AG lost a bid Tuesday to dismiss a whistle-blower lawsuit by a former commercial mortgage-backed securities strategist who More »
- Japan exports disappoint, full benefits … Reuters - 6 hours ago
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's exports rose less than expected in April from a year earlier due to weak demand from Europe and China, highlighting More »
- Sri Lanka opposition says government … Reuters - 6 hours ago
By Shihar Aneez and Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's opposition parties and trade unions accused the government on Tuesday of threatening state More »
- House panel approves spending cuts, … Reuters - 6 hours ago
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives made clear on Tuesday that automatic spending cuts will be a More »
- Are Food-Testing Labs Failing Us? Takepart.com - 10 hours ago
If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that no one should die because they ate a cantaloupe. Or a spinach salad. Or a hamburger. Or a peanut butter More »
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