Microsoft has announced the biggest layoffs in its history, saying it will cut up to 18,000 jobs or 14 percent of its staff as it works to cut down on management layers and integrate the Nokia cellphone business it bought in April.

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The second round of the British Open begins Friday with Rory McIlroy leading the field by one stroke over Matteo Manassero. Spain's Sergio Garcia is two strokes off the lead. Tiger Woods is three strokes back.

About a third of Microsoft Corp.'s (Nasdaq: MSFT) Nokia division's workforce in Rancho Bernardo is being laid off as part of a cutback that will include 18,000 Microsoft employees, including 13,000 from the Nokia unit alone. While KPBS is reporting that 378 ...

An extremist group believed linked to Al Qaeda’s North Africa arm claimed responsibility for the attack that killed at least 14 soldiers, the authorities said Thursday.

After the parliamentarians finally head off for the winter break, the government desperately needs the major win it had this week to flow through to the opinion polls – because it is struggling with head winds on so much else. The Coalition at last ticked off the ...

LONDON - England's James Anderson and India's Ravindra Jadeja will face a preliminary hearing regarding their International Cricket Council disciplinary charges on Tuesday, the global governing body has announced. Both players were charged by the ...

Ukraine is a country divided by political and civil unrest which has become a pawn of a power game begin played by Russian president Vladimir Putin. Its citizens comprise those loyal to Russia and those who want Ukraine to remain an independent country ...

SEOUL, July 18 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures rose in early Asian trade on Friday towards $104 a barrel, after jumping $2 in the previous session on news that a Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine. FUNDAMENTALS. * U.S. crude added ...