A six day hearing will start Thursday between four major tobacco companies and the UK government over the legality of the plain packaging law to be put in effect next year.

Dec 09, 2015 08:19 PM EST

South Africa's inflation rate was 4.8 percent in November from 4.7 percent in October. The inflation rate indicated its highest since July. The currency Rand continuous fall against the US dollar is further adding to inflation. South African economy narrowly missed the second recession in six years.

Dec 10, 2015 01:31 AM EST

The world's largest long-haul airline Emirates Airlines is deploying A380 jumbo jets to Guangzhou. Emirates will be flying the world's largest jumbo jet with a seating capacity of 615 passengers. Guangzhou has strong business relations with African nations and the city is offering growing business potential. However, the expansion plans of several Chinese airlines will post tough competition to Emirates.

Dec 10, 2015 03:17 AM EST

The After School app allows teenagers in high school to posts anonymously about anything. This has caused an immense amount of cyberbullying and in some cases, threats to the students themselves.

Dec 09, 2015 08:32 PM EST

With the number of ageing Americans increasing, the employment growth rate will be under pressure in the 2014-2024 decade, according to the US Labor Department. The US economy may generate 9.8 million jobs during the decade, but the work-age population growth is slowing down.

Dec 09, 2015 10:37 PM EST

Mozilla decided to stop its Firefox OS, after it is unable to compete in the market dominated by Android,

Dec 10, 2015 10:29 AM EST

Three aircraft were left abandoned in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). When nobody came forward, operators were forced to advertise that if nobody claims it, they can sell the property. The three aircraft include two passenger aircraft and one cargo plane.

Dec 12, 2015 03:07 AM EST

Hundreds of civil lawsuits against Volkswagen will be heard by a federal judge in California. The decision was made by a judicial panel despite a push from the automaker and the federal government to send the cases to different states.

Dec 09, 2015 09:23 PM EST

According to a study done by PwC, 1 out of 5 US consumers will likely end their pay-TV services.

Dec 10, 2015 11:50 PM EST

A 38-year-old Frederick Haden, belonging to Florida will be imprisoned for defrauding people by selling $18M worth of fake Detroit homes. He played an initial role as 'fronter' by placing calls and trapping the victims. He pocketed $100,000 from hundreds of people nationwide.

Dec 10, 2015 07:54 PM EST

Wired and Gizmodo have independently found evidence that links the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto to an Australian named Craig Steven Wright.

Dec 10, 2015 11:39 PM EST