Yahoo loses search share

Once the world’s online search leader, Yahoo’s share has sharply declined, putting it in danger of losing its relevance in a market increasingly dominated by Google.

Since the financial crisis struck, accounting scams — like the multi-billion dollar Bernard Madoff scheme — have made regular headlines. White-collar criminals use tactics that are equal parts accounting, equal parts psychology, to perpetrate their crimes.

One of two U.S. officials who made a rare trip to Myanmar says that the United States is willing to improve relations if that nation’s ruling military junta takes tangible steps towards democracy.

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Authorities are asking residents in some some parts of south Australia to evacuate their homes as an impending heat wave prompted the nation to issue its first “catastrophic” brush fire warning.

New Zealand is bracing itself for some very rare spring visitors.

Who would open one of the world’s biggest casinos in the depths of a global recession?

Exxon Mobil reported a 68% decline in third-quarter earnings Thursday as oil and natural gas prices tumbled from last year’s highs.

Toyota, the largest car manufacturer in the world, has announced it is pulling out of Formula One.

U.S. President Barack Obama calls on Congress to tax the largest banks to ensure that U.S. taxpayers don’t lose a penny from the federal bailout of the financial, auto and insurance industries over the past year.

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Many bosses like to run their businesses in a way that suggests they’ve missed their vocation in life, such is their fondness for barking orders at their staff. All they seem to lack are some epaulettes, a peaked cap and a one-way ticket to a military academy.

You may best know her as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on “The X-Files,” but the series transformed Gillian Anderson into something else: a Vancouverite. Here are her favorite spots.

European Union leaders have agreed to pledge 7.2 billion euros ($10.6 billion) to help developing countries deal with the effects of climate change over the next three years.

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One person was killed and two people were wounded Wednesday when a suicide attacker blew himself up outside the entrance of the local naval headquarters in Pakistan’s capital, a senior government official said.