The S&P 500 Tuesday closed at a new record as US stocks rallied following solid economic data and investor relief over US Federal Reserve policy. The S&P 500 jumped 13.18 (0.70 percent) to 1,885.52, its first record close since March 7. The Dow Jones…
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More than 40 activist organizations and companies called Tuesday for an overhaul of US government surveillance authority that goes beyond President Barack Obama’s proposal. The coalition said Obama’s proposal to end bulk collection of telephone data…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Despite being the third largest oil producing country in sub-Saharan Africa,…
KINSHASA, Dem. Rep. of Congo (DRC) April 1, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Democratic Republic of Congo should adopt…
Two-time European Cup champions Munster will give captain Peter O’Mahony till Thursday to prove his fitness for Saturday’s home quarter-final with France’s four-time winners Toulouse. The 24-year-old flanker — capped 23 times by Ireland and a member…
Veteran American golfer Steve Stricker, one of Tiger Woods closest friends, said Woods withdrawing from next week’s Masters was no surprise and believes it is all about the 14-time Major winner remaining competitive over the next decade. Woods advised…
US Secretary of State John Kerry cancelled plans to travel Wednesday to Ramallah after both the Israelis and the Palestinians announced moves likely to scuttle the peace talks. “We are no longer travelling tomorrow,” a senior State Department official…
France’s new Prime Minister Manuel Valls set about forming a new government on Tuesday tasked with the mammoth challenge of reviving a battered economy, as the EU warned Paris not to renege on its reform pledges. President Francois Hollande nominated…
Italy’s unemployment hit 13 percent for the first time in February and is expected to remain high for months to come, raising the pressure on new Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The country’s jobless rate continued to inch stubbornly up, defying improving…
When you think of handbags and fashion, you don’t typically think of technology, but that’s exactly what Uri Minkoff, CEO of Rebecca Minkoff, thinks about. Originally the founder of a software company, Uri thinks of ways he can utilize technology…
Delegates at the National Conference on Tuesday continued discussions on President Goodluck Jonathan’s speech at the inauguration of the conference…
HON. DAKUKU PETERSIDE A member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dakuku Peterside, on Tuesday said the All Progressives Congress…
US Senate investigators have accused heavy equipment giant Caterpillar of hiding $8 billion in profits offshore in Switzerland to avoid US taxes. In a report released late Monday, investigators said the company took advantage of a special corporate…
Israel and the Palestinians announced moves Tuesday that could scuttle peace talks, prompting US Secretary of State John Kerry to call off a second visit in as many days aimed at saving them. Earlier in the day, Kerry had wrapped up a lightning visit…
NATO said Tuesday it has suspended all cooperation with Russia over the Crimea crisis and questioned Moscow’s claim to have withdrawn troops from near the Ukrainian border, saying it could not confirm any pullback. The Western alliance’s latest statements…
A prominent hardline Muslim cleric in Kenya was shot dead in Mombasa on Tuesday, amid worsening religious tensions in the strategic port city and gateway to East Africa. Abubaker Shariff Ahmed, better known as Makaburi, was a vocal supporter of Osama…
Despite the fact that today is April 1, to the best of my knowledge, this is not a joke. A post on ZDNet today reports that at this week’s Build conference in San Francisco, Microsoft may give us some details regarding the next iteration of its flagship…
Four would-be suicide bombers planning to blow up a petrol station died in Nigeria’s troubled northeast on Tuesday after soldiers opened fire on their explosives-packed cars, the military and witnesses said. The suspected Boko Haram Islamists were trying…
© Getty ImagesA total of 2,577,662 tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ have already been allocated through all sales phases…
COLD SPRING, NY–(Marketwired – Apr 1, 2014) – Leading IT healthcare companies, CloudVisit Telemedicine and I Do App, LLC, announce…