Atlanta - I had the opportunity to be a part of a corporate giving program this week that touched my heart. As an IT executive I was very excited when Microsoft Dynamics chose Atlanta to hold their annual conference of users and partners,

Washington - Newsweek said Thursday it had found the enigmatic creator of the online currency bitcoin, a reclusive Japanese-American physicist and model train fan whose name is actually Satoshi Nakamoto.After years of speculation that the name was a pseudonym for a...

Staples Inc <SPLS.O> said it would close up to 225 stores in the United States and Canada - 12 percent of its North America outlets - and forecast another quarter of sales decline as it loses customer...

Aerospace and defence company Rolls-Royce <RR.L>, facing an investigation by Britain's anti-fraud watchdog, said it had cut the number of middlemen it uses as it steps up efforts to prevent bribery and corruption.

The battle between gun rights advocates and gun control advocates continues to rage on with new petitions now emerging to counter a petition that asks Facebook to ban gun related content from their website.

Sydney - US tech giant Apple was on Thursday accused of shifting nearly Aus$9 billion (US$8.1 billion) in untaxed profits from its Australian operations to Ireland over the past decade.An investigation by the Australian Financial Review obtained 10 years worth ...

Brussels - European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso on Wednesday announced a massive aid package to Ukraine of "at least 11 billion euros over the next couple of years.""It is a package designed to assist a committed, inclusive and reforms-oriented Ukrai...

U.S. stocks rose in early trading on Thursday, with the S&P 500 at a fresh record intraday high following upbeat labor market data, while traders kept an eye on developments in Ukraine.

While Gucci and Louis Vuitton blame slumping sales on their upmarket drive they argue will help them regain some of their lost glory, there is growing evidence they are losing out...

London - The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) announced on Wednesday that it is switching its headquarters from Washington to London."The decision further reinforces IFSWF's position as a significant global institution," said the group, whi...

Tesla Motors Inc <TSLA.O> will open more than 30 sales outlets and service centers this year in Europe and will expand its network of battery-charging stations there, the U.S. luxury electric-car maker said Tuesday.

MtGox, one of the largest Bitcoin exchanges, has filed for bankruptcy. Bitcoins provide a bank account to anyone with a mobile phone, no ID required. However, the freedom to trade seems to have led to a weakness in the systems of major bitcoin exchanges.

Beijing - China is targeting growth of about 7.5 percent in 2014, Premier Li Keqiang said Wednesday, unchanged from last year as the government tempers expectations for an economy transitioning to a more sustainable model.The announcement came in Li's speech to ...

Geneva - Massive or small, affordable or off-the scale pricey: urban sports utility vehicles abound at the Geneva Motor Show, with luxury carmakers speeding into the lucrative market.One of the stars of the show, which opened its doors to the media on Tuesday, ...

A federal court in the U.S. has rejected BP requests to halt payments over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The oil company said many claims filed were fictitious.

Five former aides of infamous swindler Bernard Madoff used an "avalanche of lies" to help him carry out his decades-long Ponzi scheme, each with a specific role to ensure that investors, auditors and regul...

Washington - An alleged theft by hackers forced another online business serving bitcoin traders and investors to shut down Tuesday.Flexcoin, which billed itself as a bank for the virtual, crypto-currency, said someone attacked its systems and stole nearly $60

Two of Bank of Ireland's <BKIR.I> largest shareholders, who helped keep it out of state hands at the height of the euro zone debt crisis in 2011, stand to more than triple ...

Singapore - The soaring cost of cars and utilities as well as a strong currency have made Singapore the world's most expensive city, toppling Tokyo from the top spot, according to a survey Tuesday.