Shares of Hewlett-Packard slumped by more than 20 per cent to a six-year low on Friday as investors wiped about $16 billion off the market value of the world's biggest PC maker in a resounding rejecti

The United States and European Union called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down on Thursday and President Barack Obama accused him of 'torturing and slaughtering' his people in what U.N.

Are you familiar with the brabble of cockyolly birds in the growlery?
Probably not, but now this forgotten terminology has been revived in a limited edition facsimile of the 1911 Concise Oxford Dictionary, published to mark the centenary of the linguistic treasure trove.

Hewlett-Packard Co is considering a dramatic turn away from the struggling PC business by spinning it off into a separate company and is buying British software maker Autonomy Corp for $11.7 billion,

Shares in leading software services companies including Infosys slumped to their lowest level in 21 months on Friday as investors retreated from the exporters on heightened fears of a recession in the

Five Taliban attackers laid siege to a British cultural centre in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the 92nd anniversary of Afghanistan's indep

News Corp's senior management is starting to think about what the company might do if James Murdoch stepped aside, sources inside and close to the global media empire said.

With Rupert Murdoch's youn

Labrador Retrievers are known for their hunting skills and friendly dispositions, but Beau, a black Lab who lives in Montana, is winning acclaim for his math abilities.

Owner David Madsen says if he

An executive of Rovio, developer of the mobile game Angry Birds, said the company was worth several billion dollars, according to Finnish magazine Kauppalehti Optio.

Rovio Chief Marketing Officer Pet

U.S. stocks dropped sharply on Thursday as data fuelled worries the economy was weakening and bank shares tumbled on fears the European financial crisis could spread havoc to other parts of the world.