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Video: Specials

Olympics Fever

Athletes, sponsors and tourists pour into Beijing but smog and security make enduring themes as...
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Video: World

New bids for US tankers

Jul. 9 - The Defense Department said it's reopening bids for a $35 billion contract for aerial...
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U.S approve housing rescue bill

Jul 27 - The U.S Senate votes in a 300 billion dollar emergency funding bill to assist mortgage...
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Bush warns of dangerous storm

President George W. Bush said he will travel to Texas on Monday to visit an operations center...
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Georgia on Cheney's mind

Ahead of trip to Georgia, US Vice President Cheney reaffirms US support for allies in the...
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Bush Announces $1 Billion in Aid for Georgia

Pushing back against an increasingly aggressive Moscow, President Bush said Wednesday the U.S....
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GM sets new revival plan

Jul 15 - General Motors announced plans to cut $10 billion in costs and repair its balance sheet...
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Tyre giant rejects family firm bid

Jul 16 - Family-run Schaeffler offered $18 billion for Continental, which is three times its size.
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HBOS cash call flops

Jul 21 - Underwriters Morgan Stanley and Dresdner Kleinwort are left with a $7.57 billion...
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Zimbabwe prints $100 billion note

Jul 22 - Zimbabwe grappling with a record high inflation introduces a new $100 billion dollar...
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Earnings smash-up at Ford

Jul. 24 - Ford Motor posted a record $8.7 billion loss after taking a big hit form its slumping...
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Merrill weighs on Asia

July 29 - Merrill Lynch's 5.7 billion dollars debt write-down and plans for 8.5 billion dollars...
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Oil price helps BP to bumper profit

Jul 29 - British oil giant BP posts an $8.63 billion Q2 profit as the price of crude almost...
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GM Posts $15.5 Billion 2nd-quarter Loss

General Motors said its losses widened to $15.5 billion in the second quarter as North American...
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Yahoo Directors Re-elected by Wide Margin

Yahoo's board emerged largely unscathed from the Internet company's annual meeting Friday as a...
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Merrill's fire sale

Jul 29 - Merrill Lynch is unloading risky debt, and is accepting a price well below market...
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Samsung dials in on China

Samsung, the world's No. 1 memory chip and LCD maker, is dialing in on China for further...
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Citi to pay $7B to investors

Citigroup agreed to buy back more than $7 billion of illiquid auction-rate securities in a deal...
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Olympics mints advertising gold

The Beijing Olympics may see the greatest ad spending ever, as firms try to etch brands into the...
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Beijing's new wonders

China's Great Wall has been a global icon for thousands of years, but the Olympic landmarks of...
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JP Morgan's $1.5 billion hit

JP Morgan warns of a big writedown and says trading conditions have gotten worse. Oil prices...
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McD's cooks in China

The chain known for "Billions Served" is using its Beijing Olympic sponsorship to serve...
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BHP mines China gold

Top miner, BHP Billiton, is yielding gold from its China ties, with record profits and Olympic...
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Global poverty ranks swell

The World Bank said 1.4 billion people lived under the poverty line as it lifted the benchmark to...
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Commerzbank to cut 9000 jobs

Commerzbank plans to slash around 9000 jobs and cut around 2 billion euros in costs after buying...
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Sliver of Silicon with 47 Million Transitors

The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new microarchitecture designed specifically...
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The Smallest Element of Computing

The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new microarchitecture designed specifically...
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The Visitor (2008)

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. Sixty-two-year-old Walter...
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Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe

Midway Games announced Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive...
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News: Specials

Sony Recall 438,000 VAIO Laptops with Overheating Problems

Sony Recall 438,000 VAIO Laptops with Overheating Problems

Not two years after Sony were forced to recall 4.1 million laptop batteries which were placed in...
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$300 Million Makeover for Windows Vista

$300 Million Makeover for Windows Vista

Due to the fact that Windows is currently losing market share to main competitor Apple...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 15:30

Does Bisphenol A Harm Infants’ Health?

According to a report released Wednesday by government experts, exposure to bisphenol-A, a chemical...
» read full story September 06th, 2008 - 12:36
Dentist Charged With Dumping Medical Waste

Dentist Charged With Dumping Medical Waste

A 59 year old dentist from Pennsylvania was with unlawful discharge of a pollutant and unlawful...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 23:57
Jerry Lewis Raises More Than Expected In This Year’s Telethon

Jerry Lewis Raises More Than Expected In This Year’s Telethon

Artiste Jerry Lewis helped raise a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 14:00
“Tropic Thunder” Ends Summer Season Atop North American Box Office

“Tropic Thunder” Ends Summer Season Atop North American Box Office

The summer movie season ended with yet another triumph for film industry parody “Tropic Thunder,”...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 13:30
NASA Studies Viability Of Operating Shuttle Beyond 2010

NASA Studies Viability Of Operating Shuttle Beyond 2010

A leaked NASA internal mail, obtained by The Orlando Sentinel, revealed the space agency’s plans...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 17:13
Jerry Lewis Hoping To Break Last Year’s Telethon Record Donations

Jerry Lewis Hoping To Break Last Year’s Telethon Record Donations

At this year’s Labor Day Telethon, the 43rd edition of the annual fundraiser for the Muscular...
» read full story August 31st, 2008 - 15:52
FCC Takes One Step Further in Making Digital TV Switch-Over Public

FCC Takes One Step Further in Making Digital TV Switch-Over Public

U.S. communications commissioners will be traveling throughout the whole country during the next...
» read full story August 19th, 2008 - 14:00
GM Pulls Off Sponsorships of Oscars and Emmys

GM Pulls Off Sponsorships of Oscars and Emmys

General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker as measured by global industry sales, announced...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 23:14
Barack Obama’s Plan For NASA: $2 Billion To Close Space Gap

Barack Obama’s Plan For NASA: $2 Billion To Close Space Gap

Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama promised more active involvement in the Space...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 13:02
Medicare Drug Premiums to Rise about 12 Percent a Month in 2009

Medicare Drug Premiums to Rise about 12 Percent a Month in 2009

Medicare’s beneficiaries will see about a $3 increase in their monthly premiums for prescription...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 17:51
California plans world's largest solar energy plant

California plans world's largest solar energy plant

San Francisco - A California utility company has signed a deal to build the world's two biggest...
» read full story August 16th, 2008 - 10:05
One Third of the World’s Population Watched the Olympics’ Opening

One Third of the World’s Population Watched the Olympics’ Opening

Over two billion people or almost one third of the world’s population watched the opening ceremony...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 15:43
Jobs: AppStore Sold 60 Million Applications, Kill Switch Is Real

Jobs: AppStore Sold 60 Million Applications, Kill Switch Is Real

The Wall Street Journal has published on Monday a very interesting interview with Apple CEO, Steve...
» read full story August 11th, 2008 - 19:10
First Test Run for the LHC Scheduled for September 10

First Test Run for the LHC Scheduled for September 10

European officials at the European Center or Nuclear Research announced that the Large Hadron...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 20:51
Fake Companies Approved by Medicare to Supply Medical Equipment

Fake Companies Approved by Medicare to Supply Medical Equipment

The government is putting millions of Medicare dollars at risk by authorizing fake...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 13:54
People Are Connected to Anybody on the Planet Through 6.6 Acquaintances

People Are Connected to Anybody on the Planet Through 6.6 Acquaintances

A new study carried out by Microsoft found that between any two individuals on the planet there is...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 20:51
AIDS Conference In Mexico Opened For Discussions

AIDS Conference In Mexico Opened For Discussions

An estimated 25,000 scientists, politicians, physicians and activists were present on Sunday at...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 14:05
Kate Hudson And Lance Armstrong Break Up During The Weekend

Kate Hudson And Lance Armstrong Break Up During The Weekend

Lance Armstrong and Kate Hudson proved once again that nothing is what it seems. After three...
» read full story July 31st, 2008 - 13:39

The U.S. Administration Predicts a Record $483 Billion Deficit For 2009

The White House estimated Monday that President Bush would leave a record $482 billion budget...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 15:06
Gates, Bloomberg Join Forces For Anti-Smoking Campaign

Gates, Bloomberg Join Forces For Anti-Smoking Campaign

Bill Gates and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Wednesday their decision to spend $500...
» read full story July 25th, 2008 - 15:57
Water Existed All Over Mars Billions of Years Ago

Water Existed All Over Mars Billions of Years Ago

Researchers found out that vast quantities of water were flowing on the Martian surface more than...
» read full story July 20th, 2008 - 11:34
NPD: NintendoTakes Over US Console Market

NPD: NintendoTakes Over US Console Market

The latest sales figures released by NPD for the month of June have shown that it doesn’t always...
» read full story July 18th, 2008 - 19:16
Venezuela’s Dayana Mendoza Is Miss Universe 2008

Venezuela’s Dayana Mendoza Is Miss Universe 2008

Dayana Mendoza, a 22-year-old Venezuelan native, was crowned Miss Universe 2008 Monday, July 14,...
» read full story July 14th, 2008 - 11:35
Researchers Find Evidence Of Moon Water

Researchers Find Evidence Of Moon Water

The common belief that the Moon is a completely dry place seems to be shattered by recent studies...
» read full story July 10th, 2008 - 16:48
Moon Reveals Mystery: Water Molecules Found In Apollo Samples

Moon Reveals Mystery: Water Molecules Found In Apollo Samples

The Moon, Earth’s only natural satellite, has always been surrounded by an aura of mystery....
» read full story July 10th, 2008 - 13:17
Mars’s Two Face Appearance Explained by Giant Collision

Mars’s Two Face Appearance Explained by Giant Collision

Ever since the ‘70s when it was observed that Mars’s surface shows great differences between its...
» read full story June 26th, 2008 - 20:33
Guitar Hero This! Beatles Game in the Works

Guitar Hero This! Beatles Game in the Works

It seems so natural yet who could have seen this coming? Activision and MTV Games are reportedly in...
» read full story June 24th, 2008 - 17:33
U.S. Music Market Dominated By Apple’s iTunes

U.S. Music Market Dominated By Apple’s iTunes

Another year, another record: Apple is king of the online music market these days, as it managed...
» read full story June 23rd, 2008 - 16:29
iTunes Sales Go Beyond 5 Billion

iTunes Sales Go Beyond 5 Billion

On Thursday, Apple announced the company’s latest achievement: the sales of its iTunes online...
» read full story June 22nd, 2008 - 15:26

Immunotherapy Proved Efficient in Melanoma Patient

An article in the New England Journal of Medicine describes how immunotherapy helped a 52-year-old...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 13:05
Discovery Is On Its Way Home

Discovery Is On Its Way Home

Although a metal object was seen floating away from the spacecraft, Discovery’s team received the...
» read full story June 14th, 2008 - 10:05
Fortunate Sergey Brin to See Stars Up-Close

Fortunate Sergey Brin to See Stars Up-Close

How many of those just learning of Google co- founder Sergey Brin’s deposit of $5 million...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 22:48
Americans Choose Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products over Cigarettes

Americans Choose Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products over Cigarettes

People appear to choose non-cigarette tobacco products over cigarettes, according to a report...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 16:13
Aren’t Menthol Cigarettes Flavored Cigarettes?

Aren’t Menthol Cigarettes Flavored Cigarettes?

A highly debated tobacco bill is currently pending in the United States Congress which might...
» read full story June 05th, 2008 - 16:36
SIA: Chip Sales Up 5.9 Percent Due To Growing Demand

SIA: Chip Sales Up 5.9 Percent Due To Growing Demand

The Semiconductor Industry Association’s April report on semiconductor sales reflected a 5.9...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 15:58
Hurricane Season Kicks Off Over The Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Season Kicks Off Over The Yucatan Peninsula

As the hurricane season sets in, news of the first tropical storm already came out: Tropical...
» read full story June 01st, 2008 - 08:38
YouTube Defends Its Activity In Front Of Copyright Accusations

YouTube Defends Its Activity In Front Of Copyright Accusations

Viacom sued Google last year for 1$ billion, on the count that its video sharing service YouTube...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 11:00
Indy Naturally Whips His Way to Box Office Supremacy

Indy Naturally Whips His Way to Box Office Supremacy

A wacky wily pirate made cinematic Memorial Day weekend history last year with the highest-grossing...
» read full story May 26th, 2008 - 14:16
New Guitar Hero Game Sounds Good

New Guitar Hero Game Sounds Good

Activision has announced its plans to upgrade its Guitar Hero franchise, using some of the...
» read full story May 23rd, 2008 - 16:14
Politicians Share Personal Alzheimer’s Woes

Politicians Share Personal Alzheimer’s Woes

In an attempt to make the Congress more aware of the catastrophic consequences of Alzheimer’s...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 10:53
Abstinence-Only Programs 'Simply Do Not Work'

Abstinence-Only Programs 'Simply Do Not Work'

It appears that the everlasting debate over the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs is...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 15:27
German Wikipedia to Be Published in Print

German Wikipedia to Be Published in Print

A version of the German section of Wikipedia will be published in print. Media conglomerate...
» read full story April 24th, 2008 - 13:25
Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Report Warns on Deadly Effects of Ozone Pollution

Short-term exposure to current levels of ozone pollution is directly linked to poor health in...
» read full story April 23rd, 2008 - 12:26
Pope Benedict On His First Official U.S. Visit

Pope Benedict On His First Official U.S. Visit

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in the U.S. yesterday for his first overseas papal visit. During the...
» read full story April 16th, 2008 - 13:04
Sir Arthur C. Clarke Dies Aged 90

Sir Arthur C. Clarke Dies Aged 90

The famous UK science-fiction writer, Sir Arthur C. Clarke has died today in Sri Lanka,...
» read full story March 19th, 2008 - 01:29
Leona Helmsley’s Couture Wardrobe for Sale

Leona Helmsley’s Couture Wardrobe for Sale

Real estate magnate Leona Helmsley’s designer clothing will go on the auction block in mid-May, a...
» read full story March 10th, 2008 - 16:28
Planet Earth Loved Going to the Pictures in 2007

Planet Earth Loved Going to the Pictures in 2007

Moviegoers around the world spent a total of $26.7 billion in 2007, the highest box office revenues...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 12:00
WGA Strike Estimated to Have Sponged Up $2.5 Billion

WGA Strike Estimated to Have Sponged Up $2.5 Billion

This Wednesday, Jack Kyser, chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.,...
» read full story February 21st, 2008 - 15:56
Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line over "Rings" Profits

Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line over "Rings" Profits

Author J. R. R. Tolkien’s estate has sued New Line Cinema claiming the company used...
» read full story February 12th, 2008 - 10:45
Maharishi Yogi, Guru to The Beatles, Dies in His Nineties

Maharishi Yogi, Guru to The Beatles, Dies in His Nineties

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Hindu spiritual leader that introduced the Beatles and along with them,...
» read full story February 06th, 2008 - 14:33
Google Celebrates Lego’s 50th Anniversary

Google Celebrates Lego’s 50th Anniversary

Today, January 28,  Lego is celebrating its 50th anniversary and on this occasion Google has...
» read full story January 28th, 2008 - 20:08
MPAA Has Grossly Overstated College Piracy

MPAA Has Grossly Overstated College Piracy

The Motion Picture Association of America has finally admitted that it overinflated the figures...
» read full story January 24th, 2008 - 14:36
Sony BMG To Go DRM Free Way

Sony BMG To Go DRM Free Way

According to a report from Business Week, the music giant Sony BMG will sell DRM free music some...
» read full story January 04th, 2008 - 20:36
Cartoons for Holiday Ads

Cartoons for Holiday Ads

Marketers are using animated characters to light up the holiday TV ads. We can see polar bears,...
» read full story December 17th, 2007 - 15:07
Human Evolution: Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens…?

Human Evolution: Homo Sapiens Sapiens Sapiens…?

How much wisdom (sapientia) would humans be able to accumulate? Homo sapiens sapiens is on the...
» read full story December 11th, 2007 - 16:12
Writer Strike Talks Finally Optimistic

Writer Strike Talks Finally Optimistic

Hollywood striking writers said December 5 that the negotiations with producers started to sound...
» read full story December 07th, 2007 - 11:04
MIT Sues Architect Frank Gehry

MIT Sues Architect Frank Gehry

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is suing architect Frank Gehry over alleged design flaws...
» read full story November 08th, 2007 - 10:13
Writers Are Determined to Strike

Writers Are Determined to Strike

Hollywood screen writers said on late Thursday night that they will go on strike. This comes after...
» read full story November 02nd, 2007 - 12:20
Disneyland to Renovate California Adventure

Disneyland to Renovate California Adventure

Disney announced this week that theme park California Adventure will benefit from a five-year...
» read full story October 19th, 2007 - 13:43
Apple Considers Wireless Spectrum Bid- Report

Apple Considers Wireless Spectrum Bid- Report

Apple might enter the competition for the wireless spectrum bid to be held on January 16 next year,...
» read full story September 10th, 2007 - 16:17
The Whole World Mourns Pavarotti’s Death (Update)

The Whole World Mourns Pavarotti’s Death (Update)

Today, the Italian media ran special sections about Pavarotti and his life. The newspaper La...
» read full story September 07th, 2007 - 02:00
Leona Helmsley’s Dog is Rich

Leona Helmsley’s Dog is Rich

New York hotel magnate Leona Helmsley, dubbed the "Queen of Mean," who died last week,...
» read full story August 29th, 2007 - 21:23
Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail

Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail

A dying star situated 400 light years away from us exhibits an unusual and massive tail of heated...
» read full story August 16th, 2007 - 13:19
Live Earth Concerts Rock The Planet

Live Earth Concerts Rock The Planet

The global chain of concerts designed to raise awareness on the global warming phenomenon kicked...
» read full story July 07th, 2007 - 16:40

Dow Jones Union Seeks Alternative To Murdoch’s Offer

It’s not sure if the media mogul Rupert Murdoch will add Wall Street Journal to his media empire,...
» read full story June 06th, 2007 - 22:04
After All, Murdoch Maybe Will Buy Wall Street Journal

After All, Murdoch Maybe Will Buy Wall Street Journal

The owners of Wall Street Journal, the Bancroft family may consider selling one of the...
» read full story June 01st, 2007 - 23:27
Russian S7 15 B787 Dreamliner Jets

Russian S7 15 B787 Dreamliner Jets

S7, Russia's second-largest airline in terms of passengers, signed a 2.4 billion dollar...
» read full story May 29th, 2007 - 14:40
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Obama: Rescue US from "failed" Bush presidency

Denver, Colorado - Barack Obama laid out a plan to rescue the United States from "failed...
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 08:22

Taiwan confirms purchase of 60 Harpoon missiles from US

Taipei - Taiwan confirmed on Wednesday that the United States has decided to sell 60 Harpoon Air...
» read full story August 27th, 2008 - 21:16
Medicare Payment Error Rate Higher Than Said

Medicare Payment Error Rate Higher Than Said

The inspector general at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services denounced Medicare for...
» read full story August 26th, 2008 - 15:16

US Candidates Lack Clout on Top Election Issue: Economy

Washington - Sixteen years after "it's the economy, stupid" became a slogan of Bill...
» read full story August 21st, 2008 - 09:52

Pakistan Faces Serious Challenges after Musharraf

Islamabad - Crowds gathered in the streets, dancing to the frenzy of drum beats, distributing...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 18:58
Schwarzenegger Ordered to Testify,Kelso Seeks $8 Billion for Calif. Prisons

Schwarzenegger Ordered to Testify,Kelso Seeks $8 Billion for Calif. Prisons

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and two of his aides were ordered to take part in a...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 16:34
Federal Receiver Demands $8 Billion For California Medical Facilities

Federal Receiver Demands $8 Billion For California Medical Facilities

J. Clark Kelso, the federal receiver responsible of bringing California’s prison health system in...
» read full story August 14th, 2008 - 15:29

Spectacular ceremony marks Beijing Olympic opening

China launched the 29th summer Olympics Friday with a glittering opening ceremony combining 5,000...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 19:44
US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

The number of people being infected with HIV virus in the US is about 40 percent higher than...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 18:21
5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern California

5.4-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Southern California

A 5.4 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Southern California since 1999, struck 35 miles east of...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 13:33
Lufthansa Faces New Employee Strike

Lufthansa Faces New Employee Strike

Ranking as one of the latest strikes to affect Europe’s largest economy, around 5,000