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SAN FRANCISCO, September 23, (THEWILL) –   Students in secondary schools across the country have been invited to submit entries in the 2013 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition.  The essay competition for secondary students is organized by UBA Foundation; the...

Struggling BlackBerry (BBRY) unveiled a $4.7 billion preliminary deal on Monday afternoon to be acquired by a consortium led by billionaire Prem Watsa's Fairfax Financial. The proposed transaction, which is subject to a six-week period of due diligence, values the...

BlackBerry Ltd's plan to retreat from the consumer market in favor of its traditional strength serving businesses and governments is widely seen as a desperate move that industry watchers warn will only accelerate its downward spiral. The strategic shift and...

Shares and core euro zone bonds carved out minor gains on Monday as fresh concerns about the Federal Reserve's policy stance took the shine off an election triumph for Angela Merkel and some upbeat euro zone data. Merkel's resounding win...

The euphoria with which investors in the U.S. stock market greeted the Federal Reserve's decision to stick with its easy-money policy has begun to evaporate, as the message the Fed was sending about a less-than-stellar economy sinks in. An economy...

Business activity in the euro zone has grown faster than expected this month as new orders flood in at their fastest pace in over two years, surveys showed on Monday, adding to signs that the economy is healing. The surveys...

Despite the rapid pace of technology that has overhauled many consumer goods, the front door lock and key is little changed since the 1800s. That is about to change - to virtual keys in data clouds, if the world's...

Almost 13 years after pulling the plug on its last attempt to enter the Indian market, Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIAL.SI) is taking another stab at the country by again teaming up with the Tata Group as part of a...

BlackBerry Ltd warned on Friday it expects to report a huge quarterly operating loss next week and that it will cut more than a third of its global workforce, rekindling fears of the company's demise and sending its shares...

Facebook Inc is expanding a service that lets a group of major marketers measure the effectiveness of their ads, in the company's latest move to prove that advertising on the world's largest social network leads to real world sales. The...