Argentina asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear bonds case
By Lawrence Hurley and Kevin GrayWASHINGTON/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday seeking to reverse lower court decisions ordering the country to pay...
View ArticleLook Inside Box, The Hot Storage Startup Set To IPO This Year [Photos]
Box, the cloud storage provider that just snagged a $1 billion sales hotshot from SAP, is about to make the leap to becoming a public company.As Business Insider reported several weeks ago, the company...
View ArticleHow To Send Really Big Files With Gmail
There's nothing more annoying than when you attach a file to an email only to be notified that it exceeds Gmail's 25 MB limit. But Gmail actually lets you send really big files– up to 10 GB– using...
View ArticleU.S. conservative 'Joe the Plumber' a union man? 'You betcha,' he says
By Brendan O'Brien(Reuters) - An Ohio man who rose to fame as "Joe the Plumber" by challenging then-presidential candidate Barack Obama on tax policy in 2008 has taken a unionized job with one of the...
View ArticleApple Has Been Working On Wearable Health Sensors Since 2007 — The Year The...
While recent rumors and hiring on Apple's part suggest that the company's long-rumored iWatch may have a greater emphasis on health than expected, a newly uncovered patent shows that Apple has been...
View ArticleU.S. soldier convicted of Iraq rape, murders found hanged in prison
(Reuters) - A former U.S. Army soldier sentenced to life in prison for the 2006 rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing of her parents and sister, was found hanged in his cell, The Los...
View ArticleDarker U.S. homebuilder mood not just due to bad weather
By Tim Reid(Reuters) - A plunge in U.S. homebuilder confidence reported on Tuesday reflects a range of problems facing the construction industry seven years after the housing crash, challenges that go...
View Article17 Photos From Ukraine That Are Absolutely Unbelievable
Anti-government protests in Ukraine reached their most violent point on Tuesday, with at least 18 people killed and hundreds injured following violent clashes between police and opposition...
View ArticleEverything We Know About The iPhone 6 (AAPL)
In the past few weeks, we've gotten a seriously healthy dose of new iPhone gossip. We're going to dig into all of it here. The iPhone 6 is still many months away from release, but that doesn't mean...
View ArticleArizona lawmaker proposes $30 million U.S.-Mexico border 'virtual fence'
By David SchwartzPHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona could spend $30 million to construct a "virtual fence" to ensure the federal government is securing the U.S.-Mexico border from drug smugglers and illegal...
View ArticleA US Navy Ship Providing Olympics Security Ran Aground In Turkey
A U.S. Navy frigate supporting the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi ran aground last week in Turkey while attempting to refuel, ABC News reports.“The extent of the damage is still being assessed,” Capt....
View ArticleMinimum wage hike urged for Los Angeles hotel workers
By Steve GormanLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Three Los Angeles City Council members have launched a bid to nearly double the minimum wage for hotel workers in the U.S.'s second-largest metropolis to $15.37...
View ArticleChina probes another ally of retired domestic security chief
BEIJING (Reuters) - A former aide to retired Chinese security tsar Zhou Yongkang is being investigated for corruption, the government said, the latest move targeting associates of Zhou, himself the...
View ArticleU.S. border agent shoots, kills person in California scuffle
By Marty GrahamSAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - A U.S. border agent on patrol in Southern California shot and killed a suspected illegal immigrant during a confrontation not far from the border with...
View Article84-Year-Old Nun Jailed For Breaking Into High-Security Nuclear Facility
An elderly nun who broke into what was supposed to be one of the most carefully guarded nuclear facilities in the United States was sentenced to nearly three years in prison, local media...
View ArticleAustralia aims for global growth agreement at G20 meeting
By Ian ChuaSYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will use its presidency of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies to push for agreements on strengthening global growth and to generate ideas on funding...
View ArticleJapan posts record trade deficit, sluggish exports dim outlook
By Tetsushi KajimotoTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan suffered a record trade deficit in January as a weak yen pushed up the cost of imports and failed to substantially raise exports, suggesting that the...
View ArticleHedge fund manager Griffin gives $150 million to Harvard
By Svea Herbst-BaylissBOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin, who started his hedge fund in his dormitory room at Harvard University, is donating $150 million to his alma mater in what...
View ArticleFed's Williams outlines his conditions for rate hike
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top Federal Reserve official on Wednesday said he would only back an interest rate hike if inflation was closer to 2 percent, unemployment was dropping, and gross domestic...
View ArticleGeorgia Teen Allegedly Shot By Police Officer For Having Nintendo Wii...
The attorney for the family of a 17-year-old who was shot and killed by a police officer at his front door claims the teen had nothing more than a Nintendo Wii controller in his hand, WSB-TV...
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