WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation has cleared a for-profit adviser of any blame for tripping up U.S. government plans to create a wireless network that could be shared with emergency workers.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Whole Foods Market said on Friday that Securities and Exchange Commission staffers have concluded a probe into its chief executive’s anonymous Web chat room messages about then-rival Wild Oats Markets and recommended no action be taken.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc believes regulators would not bar a potential business deal with Yahoo Inc because it would be “non-exclusive” and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google’s thinking said on Friday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - “Hannah Montana” star Miley Cyrus took a drubbing on Monday in the media and from some parents of her young fans who were angry over sexually provocative pictures of the 15-year-old superstar despite her apology one day earlier.
RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi blogger detained without charge for more than four months after expressing pro-reform opinions has been released, a colleague said on Saturday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - CollegeHumor.com’s founders want to help their audience members fulfill “their stupidest wish ever” — maybe a machine to dress them in the morning or a chute from their bedroom to the front door.
LONDON (Reuters) - The transcript from Oscar Wilde’s trial for gross indecency at London’s Old Bailey Court went online for the first time on Monday alongside a raft of murder, robbery and abduction cases.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The digital divide that separates rich and poor nations by their unequal access to information technology also exists within Europe’s biggest economy, German industry association Bitkom said on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine major record labels filed suit against an online music provider on Monday, accusing Project Playlist Inc of a “massive infringement” of their copyrights to the songs of artists such as U2 and Gwen Stefani.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Before humans began burning fossil fuels, there was an eons-long balance between carbon dioxide emissions and Earth’s ability to absorb them, but now the planet can’t keep up, scientists said on Sunday.