With an asterisk, World Trade Center is back on top in NYC
One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday.
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Apple avoiding billions in global taxes: Report
Gadget giant Apple is avoiding billions of dollars in taxes by setting up small offices around the world to collect and invest the company's profits, The New York Times reported on Saturday.
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US-Pak talks fail as America angry over attacks in Kabul
High level US-Pak talks to break a diplomatic deadlock have ended in failure after Washington refused to tender an apology to Pakistan over a recent cross-border raid as it was angered by new Taliba
US vice president uses bin Laden to hammer Romney
US Vice President Joe Biden saluted his boss on Thursday as a man of steel who neutralised Osama bin Laden, as he reduced Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney to a foreign policy neophyte "mired
Osama planned for shoe bombers to follow up on 9/11
A British man who trained to be a shoe bomber a decade ago says Osama bin Laden told him shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks that he believed a follow-up terrorist attack could doom the Amer
India-Pak nuclear clash may trigger global starvation: Study
More than a billion people around the world could face starvation if a nuclear war breaks out between India and Pakistan, according to a new report, which said the ‘nuclear famine’ will be an ‘unprece
Magical swap turns Archie to Archina
Archie, the iconic comic book character, will be getting a sex change and metamorphosise into Archina, in a new spin-off to the popular series.
Boeing earnings jump 58% in first quarter
Earnings at US aircraft giant Boeing surged a strong 58 percent in the first quarter, the company reported Wednesday, as it boosted its outlook for the whole year.
Net income rose to $923 million, up
Wall Street fall on European concerns
US stocks slipped on Monday as investors were concerned about new developments in Europe's debt crisis and political turmoil.
The European PMI data declined to 47.4 in March, suggesting a shrinking e
NYC trial: Osama bin Laden wanted 9/11 follow-up
A British man who trained to be a shoe bomber a decade ago says Osama bin Laden told him shortly after the September 11, 2001, attacks that he believed a follow-up terrorist attack could doom the Amer