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American fashion designer Oscar de la Renta dies at 82
Legendary fashion designer Oscar de la Rent died Monday. He was 82.
21 October 2014
Amazon, Simon & Schuster sign book retail deal
Amazon has reached a deal with American book publisher Simon & Schuster, the companies said.
21 October 2014
Monica Lewinsky says she was cyber-bullying Patient Zero
Monica Lewinsky said she was one of the first victims of cyber-bullying, becoming "Patient Zero" after falling in love with Bill Clinton.
21 October 2014
Antibiotics may help animals spread salmonella: study
Giving animals antibiotics may make them sicker and could lead some to spread even more salmonella than they would have otherwise.
21 October 2014
Hungary FM to meet a top US diplomat amid visa ban row
Hungarian Foreign Ministe will meet a top American top diplomat , only days after visa bans were slapped on several Hungarian officials accused of corruption.
21 October 2014
Facebook sues lawyers over 'scam' lawsuit for stake
Facebook sued lawyers who represented a man claiming he was entitled to a stake in the huge social network, saying they should have known he was a scam artist.
21 October 2014
Microsoft chief Nadella earned $84 million in 2014
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, whose gaffe advising women to trust "karma" for pay raises sparked a firestorm, earned $84.3 million this year.
21 October 2014
New iPhones deliver big profits for Apple
New big-screen iPhones helped propel Apple's profit and revenue in the last quarter, as the California tech giant smashed earnings expectations.
21 October 2014
'Fury' movie examines trauma of soldiers: Brad Pitt
Hollywood star Brad Pitt said that his new movie "Fury", a brutal depiction of World War II, sought to recognise the psychological trauma endured by soldiers.
20 October 2014
Obama and Erdogan promise to intensify IS fight in Syria
US President Barack Obama called his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and they pledged to step up the fight against the Islamic State group in Syria.
20 October 2014
Fastest KO: Golovkin KOs Rubio in 2nd round
Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan has knocked out Marco Antonio Rubio in the second round of the middleweight title unifying fight in Carson, California.
20 October 2014
Iconic 'Easy Rider' chopper sells for $1.35 million
The iconic Harley-Davidson chopper-style motorbike ridden by Peter Fonda in the 1969 classic "Easy Rider" film sold for $1.35 million at auction.
20 October 2014
Kerry in 'frank' talks with top Chinese official
US Secretary of State John Kerry wined and dined a top Chinese official as Washington and Beijing grapple with a number of bilateral differences and global issues.
18 October 2014
Dollar gains as eurozone concerns linger
The dollar Friday climbed against other currencies following dovish comments from US and British central bankers and continued concern about the eurozone
18 October 2014
It can happen to anyone: Obama's credit card declined
Apparently, even the president of the United States can have trouble with his credit card.
18 October 2014
DiCaprio teams with Netflix on gorilla documentary
Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio has teamed up with online streaming service Netflix for a documentary about endangered mountain gorillas in east Africa.
18 October 2014
Twitpic to shutter service after all
Twitpic put out word that the service is shutting down after all, apologizing for a "false alarm" that a merger would be its salvation.
18 October 2014
Travel ban may not help prevent Ebola spread: Obama
US President Barack Obama said that closing US borders to citizens of three West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola epidemic would be counter-productive.
17 October 2014
Twitter tweets start to sing
Twitter began letting people instantly listen to music and other audio by clicking on tweets from the popular messaging service.
17 October 2014
Apple starts iPhone 6 sales in key China market
Apple began selling its latest iPhone in China Friday, nearly a month after other major territories due to a licence delay by regulators.
17 October 2014