LAS VEGAS, the United States, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- NVIDIA, the computer chip manufacturer best known for its high performance graphics processors, is looking to make further inroads with the automobile industry by integrating its new Tegra 3 mobile pr...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft on Thursday announced a patent licensing agreement with LG Electronics covering the South Korean manufacturer's tablets, smartphones and other consumer devices running Google's Android or Chrome operating...
Spanish forces have captured six alleged pirates in the Indian Ocean, after the suspects attacked a Spanish navy ship. The Spanish defense ministry says pirates aboard a skiff (small boat) opened fire on the combat support ship Pati?o early Thursday....
A new report says that most of the world's major economies are likely to slow further, but that U.S., Japanese and Russian economic fortunes are showing signs of improving. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Th...
BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 4.1 percent year-on-year in December, down 0.1 percentage point from November on falling non-food prices, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Th...
The European Union is heightening its pressure on Hungary for reforms, saying that it has failed to effectively control its budget deficit and that its new constitution may be unlawful. EU economy minister Olli Rehn said Wednesday that the Budapest g...
The end of 2011 helped give the world's largest economy a boost although not enough to make a large dent in unemployment. The U.S. central bank issued its so-called Beige Book report Wednesday - an anecdotal look at the overall health of the country'...
HOUSTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is expected to be about 100 U.S. dollars per barrel in 2012, five dollars per barrel higher than the average price in 2011, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (...
MADRID, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Barcelona captain Carles Puyol sounded a battle cry Tuesday that his side have in no way given up on their chances of retaining the La Liga title. Barcelona may have only lost one game this season, but their 1- 1 draw away...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- As planned by Corinthians' head coach Tite, polemic striker Adriano was singled out in order to participate in extra physical conditioning exercises on Monday. The move comes in order to get the player into proper...
TAIYUAN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province. The satellite, a high-resolution remote-sensing satellite for civilian use, was launched at...
BEIJING Jan. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists have found a plant in Brazil using leaves to capture the tiny worms in the soil, according to Monday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the U.S. The plant, named Philcoxia, was found in the...
BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Conflicts among hundreds of scalpers raring to stock up on the new iPhone 4S are casting a shadow over the gadget's launch on the Chinese mainland on Friday. Over the weekend, scalpers from two groups bickered and shov...
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney took a major step Tuesday toward winning the Republican Partys presidential nomination with a convincing victory in the New Hampshire presidential primary. Romney easily defeated five Republican rivals one we...
Britain has set out conditions under which Scotland can decide whether to sever centuries-old constitutional ties with Britain. The British government said Tuesday it will remove legal hurdles so Scots can hold a referendum on gaining independence fr...
