Google asked the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on Tuesday to ease long-standing gag orders over data requests the court makes, arguing that the company has a constitutional right to speak about information it is forced to give the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Asian markets were mostly lower Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S. economy from the U.S.

Flight 139 landed normally on Tuesday afternoon and an airline maintenance team was inspecting it, United spokeswoman Mary Ryan said in an email statement.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is considering requiring some defendants to admit wrongdoing when they have engaged in �egregious misconduct�, abandoning a decades long policy.

Consumer Prices Index inflation climbed to 2.7 per cent in May, from 2.4 per cent in April, the Office for National Statistics said today.

The Houston Astrodome and a New York airport terminal are included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2013 list of the Most Endangered Historic Places.

By Andy Bruce. LONDON | Wed Jun 19, 2013 8:09am IST. LONDON (Reuters) - Asia will spearhead the rise in global stock markets from now until the end of the year, according to a worldwide Reuters poll that showed only modest gains ahead for North ...

MEXICO CITY--Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said Tuesday that it evacuated its headquarters in Mexico City after receiving a threat.

Carl Icahn called for Dell to launch a tender offer for up to $16 billion of its shares, and he also bought about 72 million shares, making him the second-largest holder in the company.

A new study finds that 260 million people a day cross bridges in the USA that are structurally deficient. Skagit. A collapsed section of the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River is seen in an aerial view on May 24 in Mount Vernon, Wash.