Insider traders in U.S. face longer prison terms, Reuters analysis shows
U.S. judges are imposing increasingly long prison terms for insider trading, a Reuters analysis shows. The rise is at least partly driven by the bigger profits being earned through the illegal schemes, defense lawyers said.
Sep 02, 2014 11:22 AM EDT
Drama of mother starving baby grips Venice fest
A film portraying New York City mother who starves her baby because she thinks he is saint-like and food contains impurities has caused a stir at the Venice Film Festival for its switch from light romance to painful psychosis.
Williams, Djokovic cruise, Nishikori works late
Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic kept their time in blazing conditions to a bare minimum on Monday as they breezed into the U.S. Open quarter-finals but Eugenie Bouchard's hopes of a maiden grand slam title melted away in the heat.
New Apple iPhone to have 'mobile wallet' function: Bloomberg
Apple Inc plans to enable its next iPhone to become a mobile wallet by allowing owners to securely make mobile payments in a store with the touch of a finger, Bloomberg said on Sunday, citing a person familiar with the situation.
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Somali officials say U.S. struck where al Shabaab were meeting
An air strike by U.S. military forces struck an area where leaders of Somalia's al Qaeda-linked militants were meeting, intelligence sources said on Tuesday, but it was unclear whether any insurgent commanders were killed.
Sep 02, 2014 11:02 AM EDT
Dollar General sweetens Family Dollar bid, may go hostile
Dollar General Corp (DG.N) raised its bid for Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO.N) to $9.1 billion, and warned it may turn hostile and appeal directly to shareholders if the new offer was rejected.
Sep 02, 2014 10:57 AM EDT
Wall Street edges down but on track for 4th week of gains
U.S. stocks were slightly lower on Friday, with investors finding few reasons to extend a long-running rally, even as the latest economic data joined the trend of better-than-expected reports on the economy.
Aug 29, 2014 11:34 AM EDT
Scientists solve mystery of moving Death Valley rocks
A solution to the longstanding mystery of why rocks move erratically across an isolated patch of California's Death Valley finally emerged on Thursday, when researchers published a study showing the driving force was sheets of wind-driven ice.
Aug 29, 2014 11:27 AM EDT
Florida man caught killing, and eating, threatened tortoises
Wildlife authorities in Florida caught a man who killed and ate 15 gopher tortoises and planned to slaughter 11 more of the threatened reptiles, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Aug 29, 2014 11:19 AM EDT
Comedian Joan Rivers 'resting comfortably' at hospital
Acerbic comedian and fashion critic Joan Rivers is "resting comfortably" and with her family, her daughter said on Thursday, after Rivers reportedly stopped breathing during surgery on her vocal chords and was rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.
Aug 29, 2014 10:58 AM EDT
SoftBank's first Sony smartphone deal takes aim at U.S. market
Japan's SoftBank Corp and its U.S. mobile carrier Sprint Corp will offer a Sony smartphone for the first time, sources with knowledge of the matter said, as the two technology titans confront daunting challenges in the U.S. market.
Aug 29, 2014 10:49 AM EDT
Federer, Sharapova take center stage but eyes on Venus
Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova will take center stage at the U.S. Open on Friday but Flushing Meadows is slowly turning into a Williams family affair with the sisters eager to add to their grand slam collections.
Aug 29, 2014 10:26 AM EDT
Obama says does not yet have military strategy for Islamic State
President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States has not yet developed a strategy for confronting Islamic State in Syria, an acknowledgement that a decision had not been made on whether to launch air strikes against the militant group.
Aug 29, 2014 10:21 AM EDT
Syrian refugees top 3 million, half of all Syrians displaced: U.N.
Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighboring countries as of Friday, but many remain trapped by the advance of Islamist militants or are having difficulty in reaching open border crossings, the United Nations said.
Aug 29, 2014 10:18 AM EDT
Cautious U.S. consumers cut spending, boost savings
U.S. consumer spending unexpectedly fell in July as savings rose to their highest level in more than 1-1/2 years, indicating that households remain cautious despite an acceleration in economic growth.
Aug 29, 2014 10:05 AM EDT
Wall Street dips on Ukraine concerns despite strong data
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after Ukraine's president said Russian forces had been brought into his country, bringing concerns over the volatile region back into focus and overshadowing some positive economic data.
Aug 28, 2014 11:14 AM EDT
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