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Eva Rausing, Tetra Pak cartons billionaire’s wife, found dead in London
Eva Rausing, wife of Tetra-Pak cartons billionaire Hans Kristian Rausing, has been found dead in west London. Eva Rausing’s body was reportedly found at Cadogan...
Google fined $22.5M by FTC for ignoring customers’ privacy settings
Google Inc. has been fined $22.5 million by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for ignoring the privacy settings of customers using Apple's Safari...
Egyptian parliament convenes in defiance of dissolution
Egyptian parliament has briefly convened, despite the ruling military council ordering it to be dissolved. President Mohammed Mursi had ordered the assembly to meet in...
Spain to get 30 billion Euros to help its troubled banks
Eurozone finance ministers have decided to lend Spain 30 billion Euros ($37 billion) this month to help its troubled banks. It will be the first...
Kim Jong-Un seen with mystery woman
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen attending different events with a mystery woman. The fact was led to speculation in South Korean media...
Mitt Romney beats Barack Obama by $35 million in June fundraising
Mitt Romney's campaign increased its fundraising lead over Barack Obama in June, official numbers released on Monday show. Mitt Romney and the Republicans raised $106...
Mohammed Mursi’s decree to be discussed by Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court
Supreme Constitutional Court in Egypt, which dissolved the parliament last month, is due to discuss how to respond to President Mohammed Mursi's order to...
Spanish and Italian borrowing costs rise ahead of eurozone summit
Italian and Spanish 10-year bond yields have been rising ahead of a summit of eurozone finance ministers on Monday. The yield on Spanish 10-year bonds,...
Mohammed Mursi reverses Egyptian parliament dissolution
President Mohammed Mursi has ordered Egyptian parliament to reconvene, a month after it was dissolved. The Supreme Court had ruled parliament unconstitutional as party members...
Mexico march against poll winner Enrique Pena Nieta
Tens of thousands of people in Mexico City are marching against the result of the presidential election, which was won by Enrique Pena Nieto. The...
Jordanian MP Mohammad Shawabka pulls gun on his opponent during live TV debate
Jordanian MP Mohammad Shawabka threw one of his shoes at political opponent Mansour Sayf al-Din Murad during a television debate before pulling a gun...
Mexico election: Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will mount legal challenge to the result
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the second-placed candidate in Mexico's presidential election, has said he will mount a legal challenge to the result. He said he...
Libya votes in first free election for more than 50 years
Libyan people are voting in their first free election for more than 50 years. They are selecting a temporary assembly which will have the task...
Yahoo and Facebook end their patent row and form ad alliance
Facebook and Yahoo have settled their patent row and formed an advertising alliance. Yahoo had sued Facebook in March claiming 10 of its intellectual properties...
Romanian President Traian Basescu suspended. Poll on his impeachment expected on July 29
Romanian MPs have voted with a large majority to impeach the country's president, Traian Basescu. President Traian Basescu faced allegations of encroaching on the prime...
Football transfer numbers and player buying fees in global fall
Governing body FIFA found that international football transfer numbers and player buying fees have fallen sharply worldwide in the past six months. Completed player deals...
Smartphones boost Samsung Electronics profits
Samsung Electronics says that it expects its profits to surge 79% in the second quarter as sales of its smartphones continue to grow. It has...
Mitt Romney campaign raises $100 million in June
Mitt Romney and the Republicans raised a combined $100 million in June, laying down the gauntlet to a Barack Obama campaign that is scrambling...
China’s Central Bank cuts benchmark interest rates
China’s central bank has cut its benchmark interest rates for the second time in two months, in a bid to arrest slowing economic growth. Benchmark...
European Central Bank cuts key interest rate for eurozone to record low
The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced it reduces its key interest rate from 1% to 0.75%, a record low for the eurozone. The move...
Volkswagen buys remaining stake in Porsche for $5.6 billion
Volkswagen has agreed a deal to buy the remaining 50.1% stake in Porsche it doesn't already own by the start of next month. VW will...
Sophie Mirabella stares blankly when fellow TV panelist Simon Sheikh collapses at her side
Sophie Mirabella, an Australian MP, came under a barrage of criticism on social networks today after she just sat and stared blankly when a...
Nicolas Sarkozy home and offices searched by French police
French police have carried out searches of the home and offices of former President Nicolas Sarkozy as part of a campaign financing probe. A law...
Amazon buys 3D mapping startup UpNext
Sources close to Amazon revealed on Monday that the company was in the process of acquiring UpNext, a 3D mapping startup. According to GigaOm, the...
Microsoft writes down aQuantive value
Microsoft has written down the value of online advertising firm aQuantive it bought five years ago by $6.2 billion. Microsoft bought aQuantive for $6.3 billion...
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