Microsoft continued to increase its position in the U.S. Internet search market during the second week after its new search engine Bing was launched, Internet marketing research firm comScore said on Wednesday. A new co...
British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said on Wednesday that big changes were needed in the banking boardrooms, blaming their poor judgment for the financial crisis that dragged the world into an economic downturn. &...
U.S. Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, NATO commander of Allied Joint Force Command Naples, said Wednesday in Pristina that the alliance would gradually reduce the peacekeeping troops in Kosovo (KFOR) in months to come. "It's...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday called for more robust measures to protect civilians caught in the middle of armed conflict, noting the "appalling levels of human suffering" endured due to the failure of combatants to fully respect in...
Crude prices wrapped up its three-day losses on Wednesday as U.S. crude inventory dropped more than expected. According to the U.S. Energy Department's Energy Information Administration (EIA), crude stockpiles dropped by 3.9...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and leader of the biggest opposition group on Wednesday reached an agreement to avert a possible summer election. The two sides agreed to form a panel to examine employment insuran...
U.S. stocks ended largely flat after fluctuating most of the time on Wednesday. Market struggled to find direction as declining financial and energy shares offset the upbeat performance in the technology sector. S&P...
Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas leaders held a meeting in Gaza on Wednesday night and exchanged lists of political prisoners, a senior Fatah official said. Ibrahim Abu al-Najja told reporters that the two movements' leade...
