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/ 16 October 2008
It is also buying a Danish online classifieds site, dba.dk, and a vehicles website, bilbasen.dk, for $390-million.
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/ 16 October 2008
People have been getting it together online for years now, but a Florida plumber has developed a system that blurs the line between virtual and real.
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/ 15 October 2008
Director Kevin Smith has made a movie with such a bothersome title he cannot even place ads for it in some places.
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/ 15 October 2008
A team of United States researchers has found that searching the internet stimulates brain activity in the elderly and middle-aged.
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/ 15 October 2008
Oil fell for a third straight session on Thursday, hitting a 13-month low near , as investors braced for a plunge in demand.
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/ 15 October 2008
Republican John McCain has a third and final chance to debate his way back into contention when he faces Barack Obama in New York later on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
The ongoing financial crisis could imperil United States aid available to Africa after 2010 and could deter private investment in the continent.
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/ 15 October 2008
Apple on Tuesday cut the price on its entry-level notebook computer to and introduced a line of aluminium-clad machines starting at 299.
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/ 15 October 2008
United States pop superstar Madonna is to divorce her British film director husband Guy Ritchie, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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/ 15 October 2008
Omar hit hurricane strength on Tuesday as it headed toward Puerto Rico and the small islands of the north-eastern Caribbean,
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/ 15 October 2008
Democrat Barack Obama has a four-point national lead over Republican John McCain as the White House rivals head into their final debate.
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/ 15 October 2008
MySpace on Tuesday launched an overhauled karaoke channel that lets amateur crooners post online video of themselves in all their vocal glory.
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/ 15 October 2008
George W Bush’s presidency is losing international influence, but it would be foolish to write obituaries for American power.
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/ 15 October 2008
Experts have long known it is easier to lie in writing than in real life, where deception is made more difficult by physical prompts.
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/ 14 October 2008
The United States pledged on Tuesday to pump -billion into its banks, following similar action in Europe, though a threat of recession remained.
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/ 14 October 2008
Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets.
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/ 14 October 2008
One person was killed and thousands were evacuated on Monday as a series of wind-driven wildfires swept across California.
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/ 14 October 2008
In a career littered with comebacks, Republican John McCain is now vowing one more effort to overhaul Barack Obama’s commanding poll lead.
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/ 14 October 2008
Having sabotaged eco-innovations, the motor industry is now demanding billions, writes George Monbiot.
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/ 13 October 2008
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has bought a 21% stake in Wall Street bank Morgan Stanley for $9-billion, the companies said on Monday.
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/ 13 October 2008
Chowdown champ Joey Chestnut has done it again, this time proving he’s a pizza powerhouse.
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/ 13 October 2008
Republican hopeful John McCain has bowed to a growing chorus of condemnation over his personal attacks in the US election campaign.
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/ 13 October 2008
American voters have lost faith in the Republican party amid the economic meltdown, says a Republican strategist.
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/ 13 October 2008
Markets internationally have been poisoned. But who is responsible?
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/ 12 October 2008
Nothing typifies the plight of John McCain’s campaign more than the roller-coaster ride of his vice-presidential pick, Sarah Palin.
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/ 12 October 2008
Sarah Palin may be making all the headlines but in Canton, Ohio, it has always been about the economy.
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/ 12 October 2008
The world’s largest insurance company spent $440 000 on a corporate retreat days after accepting a $85-billion emergency government loan.
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/ 11 October 2008
Jimmy Smits, a proven TV star in L.A. Law and NYPD Blue, is looking like the go-to guy when a drama’s juicy guest role demands heft.
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/ 11 October 2008
The US government plans to invest directly in US banks for the first time since the Great Depression, says Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
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/ 11 October 2008
Eileen Herlie, a stage and TV actor who appeared on All My Children for more than three decades as the motherly Myrtle Fargate, has died at 90.
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/ 11 October 2008
A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Friday that gay couples have the right to get married.
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/ 11 October 2008
While they have been fighting wars in Asia and the Middle East, it seems that United States troops have allowed a counter-invasion of their country.