Militants planning mass casualty attacks against West: UK
London (AFP) - The head of Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 warned on Thursday that militant Islamists in Syria were planning "mass casualty attacks" in the West and that intelligence services may be...
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The Number That Makes China Look Like Europe Is Out
Slowing consumer demand has been hurting Chinese companies already suffering from thinning margins, and it looks like the pain isn't ending any time soon.Thursday night at 8:30 PM EST, China released...
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This Beautiful 'Tesla Of Scooters' Has No Charging Cord
Everyone's been buzzing about the Gogoro, the so-called "Tesla of scooters," so I decided to check it out at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.The Gogoro is a futuristic smart scooter...
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JPMorgan's Ultimate Guide To The Markets And The Economy
The US economy is entering 2015 with a nice tailwind: last quarter saw growth in the gross domestic product rocket to an 11-year high as the US dollar strengthened and the S&P 500 surged to an...
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How Apple Could Ditch The Magnetic Charging Port Without Ruining Its Laptops...
Apple's next MacBook Air is rumored to be ditching nearly every port you've ever known, except a headphone jack and a new type of USB port, called USB Type-C.That includes MagSafe, Apple's magnetic...
View ArticleSri Lanka's Rajapakse concedes election defeat
Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse has conceded defeat in his re-election bid and promised to clear the way for a smooth transition, his press secretary Vijayananda Herath told AFP...
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Microsoft's New Web Browser Will Include Cortana, Its Siri-Like Digital...
Although news of Microsoft's upcoming new browser, codenamed "Spartan," was first leaked last month, we didn't hear much about its new features back then.Now we're starting to get a better idea of what...
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2015 Could Be The Year We See The 'Weaponization Of Finance'
Forget nukes and battleships.Washington may increasingly flex its geopolitical muscle in 2015 using an unconventional weapon: finance."Access to the US marketplace and US banks, and Washington's...
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Here’s When You Can Finally See The New Season Of ‘Game Of Thrones’
Winter is coming … in April.HBO has announced that season 5 of “Game of Thrones” will premiere Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 9 p.m. The new season will consist of 10 episodes.Favorites including Emilia...
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China December inflation rises to 1.5%: govt
Beijing (AFP) - China's consumer inflation rebounded marginally to 1.5 percent year-on-year in December, the government said Friday, as slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy keeps a lid...
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NFL club owners back Goodell after probe supports Rice story
New York (AFP) - National Football League club owners restated their support for commissioner Roger Goodell after an independent probe backed his version of events in the Ray Rice domestic violence...
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Aussies rue dropped catches as India chug on
Sydney (AFP) - Australia again missed their chances as India crept to within 120 runs of their first innings total on the fourth day of the final Sydney Test on Friday.The tourists lost the wickets of...
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French Special Forces Are Still Hunting The Paris Terrorist Suspects
CORCY, France (Reuters) - Armed and masked anti-terrorism police swooped on woodland villages northeast of Paris on Thursday in a manhunt for two brothers suspected of being the Islamist gunmen who...
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These Creepy Massage Chair Nap Zones Are Everywhere At CES
My first day walking the show floor at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was going just fine until I past something that made me stop short.Dozens of people were sprawled on their...
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Sony's Computer Network Is Still Down
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than six weeks after hackers attacked Sony Pictures Entertainment, its computer network is still down but the studio has not lost a single day of production on any of its films...
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Known jihadists slip through hands of overstretched French police
Paris (AFP) - Having known ties to jihadist groups is no guarantee a person will be under constant surveillance, experts say, a clue as to how brothers suspected of carrying out the Charlie Hebdo...
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Google Is Losing Its Grip On Search
New York (AFP) - Google saw its share of the US Internet search market slip to its lowest ever mark, while Yahoo notched its highest share in five years, an independent analytics firm said.In December,...
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Jackie Chan's son on trial for drugs in China: court
Beijing (AFP) - The son of kung fu star Jackie Chan went on trial on drugs charges in Beijing on Friday, a court said, accused of providing a venue for others to use drugs.Jaycee Chan, who like his...
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This Is How We'll Really Know If The Jobs Report Is Good
Friday morning is the December jobs report.Expectations are for the report to show nonfarm payrolls in the US grew by 240,000 in December while the unemployment rate fell to 5.7%. In a note ahead of...
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These Are The Drugs Doctors Get Paid The Most To Promote
Companies pay doctors millions of dollars to promote not their most innovative or effective drugs, but some of their most unremarkable.In the last five months of 2013, drug makers spent almost $20...
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