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Dutch state nationalizes SNS Reaal bank
The Netherlands nationalized its fourth-largest bank on Friday, injecting €2.2 billion ($3 billion) to recapitalize SNS Reaal NV and head off any ...
Germany aims to acquire armed drones
Germany plans to join the ranks of countries that deploy armed drones on the battlefield — a move critics say would lower the threshold for foreign ...
CEO of scandal-hit Barclays gives up 2012 bonus
The chief executive of Britain's Barclays bank said Friday he is giving up his 2012 bonus amid a string of high-profile scandals over market-fixing, ...
If space shuttle is doomed, do you tell the crew?
A NASA top official wrestled with what he thought was a hypothetical question: What should you tell the astronauts of a doomed space shuttle Columbia? ...
Few surprises in Super Bowl ads
So much for surprises. The majority of the 30-plus Super Bowl advertisers have been releasing their spots in the days leading up to the game. So it's ...
China poised to control strategic Pakistani port
China is poised to take over operational control of a strategic deep-water Pakistani seaport that could serve as a vital economic hub for Beijing and ...
TeliaSonera boss quits over Uzbekistan allegations
The chief executive of TeliaSonera resigned Friday after an independent review on alleged bribery by the telecoms company found it had failed to ...
Panasonic, Sharp expect red ink despite yen help
Japanese electronics makers Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. both stuck to full year forecasts for massive losses even as results for the latest ...
NKorean uranium nuclear test would raise stakes
As North Korea warns that it plans its third nuclear test since 2006, outside governments and analysts are trying to determine a crucial question: ...
China manufacturing growth in January weak
China's manufacturing activity expanded in January in a new sign of recovery for the world's second-largest economy but growth was weak, two surveys ...
Japan industrial production up 2.5 percent in Dec.
Japan's industrial production picked up pace in December from the month before, in a sign the world's third-largest economy may be stabilizing thanks ...
SUPER BOWL WATCH: Beyonce, avocados, practice
Around Super Bowl XLVII and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the ...
CES gadget show host drops CNET as awards picker
The industry group that hosts the annual gadget show known as International CES is dropping reviews website CNET as the picker of its "Best of CES" ...
Menendez says he reimbursed donor for 2 jaunts
Sen. Robert Menendez's office says he reimbursed a prominent Florida political donor $58,500 on Jan. 4 of this year for the full cost of two of three ...
Syria threatens retaliation for Israeli airstrike
Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack. Syria sent a letter ...
Feds: $13.6M in phony sports goods confiscated
Investigators have confiscated more than $13.6 million worth of phony sports merchandise over the past five months and expect to seize more in New ...
Decimated Ga. plant a symbol of storm's power
For Darleen Evans, it was sheer terror as the manufacturing plant where she worked collapsed around her and her colleagues. She and two other women ...
Israel may feel need to strike Syria again
An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks ...
Ready to rumble: Super Bowl fans get in the game
You don't have to be a football player to be a part of the action on Super Bowl Sunday. Coca-Cola is asking people to vote for an online match between ...
Global growth boosts MasterCard 4Q net income
MasterCard's net income rebounded strongly in the fourth quarter as its overseas business continued to expand, the company said Thursday. The results ...
Gasoline prices get early start on spring surge
Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher. The average U.S. retail price rose 13 cents over the past two weeks ...
Furor over proposed shift in Scouts no-gays policy
The Boy Scouts of America faces intensifying criticism from the left and right over a proposal to move away from a mandatory no-gays membership policy ...
Pfizer disputes suit claiming Zoloft doesn't work
The maker of Zoloft is being sued in an unusual case alleging the popular antidepressant has no more benefit than a dummy pill and that patients who ...
Apple blocks Java on Macs due to vulnerabilities
Some Mac users were taken by surprise Thursday as their computers stopped running programs written using the Java programming language after Apple ...
Brazil nightclub fire prompts regional reaction
Brazilian authorities inspected and shuttered night spots around the country on Thursday as part of a crackdown on unsafe public spaces after a deadly ...