Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi began his community service for tax fraud yesterday. The billionaire tycoon, who was convicted last year and has been expelled from parliament, has been ordered to work four hours once a week for up to a year ...

If Microsoft is going to become a services and devices company, it needs to get serious -- and that means buying Spotify to compete against Apple buying Beats music. The New York Times and others report that Apple is negotiating buying Beats for $3.2 ...

Amanda Brown was recently recognized by the School for Advanced Studies President Jeanne Jacobs and Vice President Joe Biden as the 2014 Miami-Dade County Board of Trustees' $5,000 scholarship winner. Amanda was selected because of her ...

Amanda Brown was recently recognized by the School for Advanced Studies President Jeanne Jacobs and Vice President Joe Biden as the 2014 Miami-Dade County Board of Trustees' $5,000 scholarship winner. Amanda was selected because of her ...

Beats Electronics co-founders Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, center, and Jimmy Iovine, right, could see their popular headphones company become Apple's biggest-ever acquisition. By Tom Risen May 9, 2014 Comments SHARE. Apple is not known for large-dollar ...

Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympian on trial for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, agreed to sell his house where the shooting occurred, his real estate agent said. “We have accepted one of the bids and the transfer process is now under way,” agent Ansie ...

Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympian on trial for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, agreed to sell his house where the shooting occurred, his real estate agent said. “We have accepted one of the bids and the transfer process is now under way,” agent Ansie ...

SEOUL, South Korea — The head of the company that owns a South Korean ferry that sank and left more than 300 people dead or missing was formally arrested Friday as authorities worried he may destroy evidence, officials said. Kim Han-sik, president of ...

LONDON/NEW YORK/PARIS - The $35 billion merger of U.S.-based Omnicom and France's Publicis collapsed on Friday after a battle for control destroyed plans to create the world's largest advertising agency. The deal, heralded in July as a merger of equals ...

SEVASTOPOL (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin flew in to Crimea on Friday, marking the Soviet victory in World War Two and proclaiming the success of the peninsula's seizure from a Ukraine that Russia says has been taken over by fascists. In east ...

SEVASTOPOL (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin flew in to Crimea on Friday, marking the Soviet victory in World War Two and proclaiming the success of the peninsula's seizure from a Ukraine that Russia says has been taken over by fascists. In east ...

The online movie-streaming service Netflix has announced a series of price rises and new limitations on how subscribers can use the service. Also in this section. Apple in talks with headphone maker Beats over €2.3bn takeover · Broadband key to 85pc of ...

BANGKOK Thailand kicked off rice planting season with an auspicious ritual on Friday but a bountiful crop is the last thing farmers need as they sell into a depressed global market, without the support of a state subsidy for the first time in three decades.

Ruling ANC is set to win this year's election by a significant majority, with almost 98 percent of vote counted. Azad Essa Last updated: 09 May 2014 14:46. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Vote counting for the general election, ...

The Morning Fix: 'Neighbors' will try to stomp 'Spider-Man.' CBS has holes to fill. Netflix raises prices. The Morning Fix: Dish says OTT service will launch later this year. Netflix to raise prices for new customers. After the coffee. Before figuring out why I wasn't a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Millions of Netflix subscribers woke up Friday to find an e-mail from the company saying it will raise the monthly price of its video-streaming service by $1 a month, but that current subscribers will get a break on that price ...

Enraged pro-government red shirts, in their strongholds in Thailand's north and north-east, burned coffins symbolising Constitutional Court judges on Friday, after the court disqualified Ms Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister on Wednesday. The Thai ...

Enraged pro-government red shirts, in their strongholds in Thailand's north and north-east, burned coffins symbolising Constitutional Court judges on Friday, after the court disqualified Ms Yingluck Shinawatra as Prime Minister on Wednesday. The Thai ...

Live text and television coverage of second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton is fastest. To get live updates & watch our video coverage you must enable Javascript. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton sets the pace in practice one for the ...

Suthep Thaugsuban swept through Bangkok's business district protected by a phalanx of toughs while gathering fistfuls of banknotes thrust his way by supporters at the roadside. He bowed his head and clasped his hands as he took 10,000 baht ($307 ) from ...