Tony Curtis, whose good looks made him a Hollywood star well before he became an accomplished actor in movies such as The Sweet Smell of Success and Some Like It Hot, died at his home in Nevada, ABC News reported Thursday. He was 85.

Hong Kong, Sept. 28: Hong Kong stocks are set to open lower after a weak session on Wall Street is expected to prompt investors to take profits after the Hang Seng index moved well into overbought ter

Ramallah, Sept. 28: Palestinians held fast on Tuesday to their threat to quit peace talks with Israel if settlement building does not cease, giving a US West Asia envoy a final chance to try to save t

Sept. 29: Gold hit a lifetime high on Wednesday, its 10th record in 12 sessions, as the dollar dropped against a basket of currencies on expectations that the Federal Reserve would take new measures t

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27: The US treasury secretary, Mr Timothy Geithner, faces a lonely campaign to make China’s currency a major issue at the next Group of 20 summit as would-be allies shrink from confr

Mumbai, Sept. 27: Silver continued its uninterrupted record-breaking rally at the bullion market here on Monday, hitting yet another peak on hectic speculative buying on the back higher global advices

Mumbai, Sept. 27: Will Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications now turn to plan E? India’s No. 2 cellular carrier, which has tried at least four different ways to raise capital over the past year or so,

Beijing, Sept. 26: China marked the 30th anniversary of its controversial one-child policy with the talk of relaxing rules, at least in some provinces, that have reined in population growth but caused

Seoul, Sept. 26: Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s top automaker, will recall some 139,500 Sonata sedans sold in the United States, due to problems with the steering wheel that could cause a loss or reduct

Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit and Disney's Pixar reached a settlement with the US Justice Department that bars the companies from agreeing to not poach each other's engineers and other h