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Oracle miss sparks Wall Street fears of spending cuts

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Oracle Corp's dismal quarterly results sent shock waves across the technology sector as investors feared they may have overestimated the resilience of corporate tech spending in a deteriorating global

Yahoo to weigh deals for Asian assets: Sources

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Yahoo Inc is considering a plan to unload most of its prized Asian assets in a complex deal valued at roughly $17 billion, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, winning nods of approval

Zuckerberg, Gaga on top

Lady Gaga (right) arrives at the Narita International Airport east of Tokyo on Tuesday. 	— AP

Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, human rights activist Ronan Farrow and pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are people to watch, according to Forbes magazine’s list of top-achieving people under age 30.

US man convicted in plot to help al-Qaeda

A 29-year old Massachusetts resident has been convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to provide material support to al-Qaeda and plotting to kill US forces in Iraq.

Tarek Mehanna could end up spe

Cash-strapped mums turning to phone-sex work to support family

An increasing number of mothers are taking up jobs as phone sex operators to support their families and increase their income during the economic crisis, a new study has revealed.

According to ABC’s

Police questioning man in death of NYC woman set ablaze, burned to death in elevator

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A man smelling of petrol walked into a police station overnight and implicated himself in the death of a woman set on fire in the elevator of her apartment building, police said Sunday.

The 47-year-o

Liz Taylor auction raises over $153m

A week-long auction in New York of the late Elizabeth Taylor’s vast collection of luxury dresses, jewels and art works wound down Friday with total sales topping $153 million. The final round of live sales at Christie’s saw movie memorabilia snapped up at prices many times higher than pre-sale estimates.

Man sets 64-yr-old woman on fire in elevator of her building

A 64-year-old woman was burned alive when a man ambushed her in her building's elevator, doused her with a flammable liquid and then set her on fire with a Molotov cocktail in New York.

Delores Gille

‘Whatever’ deemed most annoying word: poll

Do you want to kill a conversation? Try saying ‘whatever.’

Words like ‘you know’ and ‘like’ might be irritating to hear, but for the third year in a row, it's ‘whatever’ that holds the most power to

NY Times CEO exiting, without explanation

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Janet Robinson will step down as chief executive of the New York Times Co at the end of the month, as the company continues to struggle with advertising declines and a years-long slump in its share pr

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.