Euro zone finance ministers are likely to back a bailout for Portugal on Monday and tell Greece it must deliver on agreed fiscal and privatization targets if it wants new emergency financing next year.
Greece denied reports on Tuesday it was discussing a new 60 billion euro ($84 billion) bailout with international lenders and its borrowing costs rose amid fears it may have to restructure its debt without further EU help.
The world's biggest oil companies on Wednesday launched broadsides against Democratic plans to pare back some of their cherished tax breaks, saying the measure was "un-American" and would only push up already high gasoline prices.
A day before the top executives of the five biggest firms were to appear before the Senate Finance Committee, the companies and lawmakers traded barbs over the Democratic effort to kill the tax breaks that senators say could cut the deficit by about $21 billion over a decade.
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Apple Inc and magazine publisher Conde Nast reached a deal to offer the New Yorker on the iPad device in the latest sign that relationships are improving between the technology company and content owners.
Conde Nast said iPad editions of other magazines will also be available by subscription through Apple's In-App Purchase system on the popular App Store. Titles including Vanity Fair, Glamour, Golf Digest, Allure, Wired, Self and GQ will be available in coming weeks.
The United States sharply criticized China's human rights record, saying its clampdown on dissent was a "fool's errand" and accusing it of trying to stop history, but the two sides made headway in easing economic frictions in high-level talks this week.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in an interview released amid the two-day talks that closed Tuesday, offered some of the harshest criticism yet of China as it mounts one of its biggest clampdowns on dissent in years.
The CIA may have focused its war on Al-Qaeda in Pakistan's tribal badlands but Osama bin Laden's killing exposes the limits of drone strikes and the need for Islamabad to broaden intelligence in cities.
Abbottabad, the garrison town tucked in hills where bin Laden may have lived in secret for years, is just the latest Pakistani city with a strong military presence that some of Al-Qaeda's most-wanted have called home.
Golf shoes in the Oval Office could have been a clue.
President Barack Obama usually goes to the residence quarters of the White House after putting in a few weekend hours on the links. But he made an unusual beeline for his West Wing office last Sunday that raised eyebrows only in retrospect.
Under pressure from fellow U.N. member states, Syria dropped plans to run for a seat on the top U.N. human rights body and allowed Kuwait to replace it as a candidate, U.N. diplomats said on Tuesday.
Several U.N. diplomats told Reuters on condition of anonymity that Kuwait had confirmed to Western officials that it would enter the race for a spot on the 47-nation Human Rights Council in the Asian category.
The impact of AT&T Inc's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile on competition, pricing and consumer choice will be examined at a congressional hearing on Wednesday where top executives are due to appear.
AT&T has touted fewer dropped calls and faster data speeds to entice consumer and policymaker support for its $39-billion bid to take over Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile USA.
Malta, and Madrid - all cities in nations that allow gambling online. "Ultimately, it doesn't really matter where I end up," said the 25-year-old Haxton, who currently lives in Las Vegas. "So long as I can get myself to a country with good Internet connections, a country that allows me to earn a living again, I'm there."
Life has changed drastically for professional online poker players in the wake of what many are calling "Black Friday." One day, it was business as usual for regular players: Ten to 15 tables at a time, roughly 500 hands per hour, tens of thousands of dollars (or more) in play. The next day: Nothing, not even a single virtual chip.
Despite age restrictions on some social media sites, the number of U.S. parents who would allow children 10-12 years old to have a Facebook or MySpace account has doubled in a year, a new survey showed.
Seventeen percent of U.S. parents questioned in the poll said they had no problem with a pre-teen child using a social media site, compared to just eight percent a year ago.
The death of Osama bin Laden could encourage Afghan insurgents to lay down their weapons and spur a possible peace settlement to end the war, a top US general said Tuesday.
"There's a great potential for many of the insurgents to say, 'hey, I want to reintegrate'" back into Afghan society, Major General John Campbell, who commands NATO-led forces in the east, told reporters via video link.
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Britain's Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton are to get married on Friday.
Following is a timeline of Britain's Royal family in the last 100 years.
Ailing car maker Saab has lined up almost 60 million euros ($88.9 million) in funds to restart production after a month of stoppages and has reached a deal with a Chinese partner, Dutch owner Spyker (SPYKR.AS) said on Monday.
Spyker's chief executive, Victor Muller, told Reuters he would announce details of a strategic partnership with China's Hawtai Motor Group on Tuesday, and that the deal involved "investing in Spyker." Muller, who is currently in Beijing, declined to give more details.
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Kelsey Glen is exclusively a Jones Company community being developed by CPS Land, LLC, and will ultimately include 532 total homes.The homes range in size from 2035-3555 square feet and start in the low $200,000s.The three home styles to choose from in Kelsey Glen will be the Heritage Series which was brand new to this community, the Hometown Village which includes a 3-car garage, and the detached Villas.
Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a psychiatric patient charged with murder in the death of a nurse at a California mental hospital.
Napa County District Attorney Gary Lieberstein told the Napa Valley Register on Friday that his office decided not to pursue a death sentence against Jess Willard Massey after receiving input from parties including the victims' family.
Haiti's president-elect announced Tuesday that he intends to impose taxes on money transfers and international cellphone calls to help finance schools across the chronically impoverished country.
Michel "Sweet Micky" Martelly, who last week was declared the official winner of a March 20 presidential runoff but will not take office until May 14, said Haiti's three telecommunication companies have agreed to charge an additional 5 cents a minute to help bankroll schools.
The profane musical "The Book of Mormon" and the zany revival of "Anything Goes" received the most nominations Friday from the Drama Desk, which honors both Broadway and off-Broadway productions.
"The Book of Mormon," by the creators of "South Park and "Avenue Q," nabbed 12 nominations, including ones for best musical, lyrics, music, direction and choreography. Acting nominations from the show went to Andrew Rannells, Rory O'Malley and Nikki M. James.
