(Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday asked digital toymaker VTech Holdings Ltd why it collects data on children, and how it secures that information, following a cyber attack that exposed records on 6.4 million youngsters in company databases.
LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - British grocer Morrison, engineering firm Meggitt and security company G4S are to leave the blue-chip FTSE 100 index, global index provider FTSE Russell said on Wednesday.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A video released online by Islamic State on Wednesday purportedly showed the beheading of a man the group said was a Russian spy its fighters had captured and who had been in Syria and Iraq since last year, the SITE monitoring group reported.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A video released online by Islamic State on Wednesday purportedly showed the beheading of a man the group said was a Russian spy its fighters had captured and who had been in Syria and Iraq since last year, the SITE monitoring group reported.
Witnesses say two police officers and a bystander have died in the latest protests over renewed demands for a Biafran state to secede from Nigeria's southeast.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi supports the U.S. effort to send 'about 200' special operations forces to Iraq, White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters on Wednesday.
Robert Taylor is the director of choral activities at the College of Charleston, the founding artistic director and president of the Taylor Festival Choir and Taylor Music Group, and the director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Singers. Among the many holiday concerts he will lead this month, Taylor will conduct the College...
When galleries in downtown Charleston put together the first Art Walk event nearly 25 years ago, the overall goal was to synchronize exhibit openings and invite the community to see what was going on in the local arts scene.
For the second time this year, CSX railroad has cut its annual outlook as the nation's appetite for coal deteriorates further.
A Santa Claus rally is in store if the ECB makes the right policy moves Thursday, says RiverFront's Michael Jones. He says that would also bolster the outlook for European and Japanese shares.
A Santa Claus rally is in store if the ECB makes the right policy moves Thursday, says RiverFront's Michael Jones. He says that would also bolster the outlook for European and Japanese shares.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank is embarking on a major computer systems upgrade that will help it to make greater use of so-called "big data" to provide a detailed picture of how, when and where customers interact with it, the bank's chief data officer said in an interview.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday it had proof that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his family were benefiting from the illegal smuggling of oil from Islamic State-held territory in Syria and Iraq.
Big containerships are making their way to the Port of Charleston more frequently than in the past, even months before the Panama Canal’s expansion next spring is expected to kick off a big-vessel boom along the East Coast.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran made a coordinated, if limited, effort before the end of 2003 relevant to the making of nuclear weapons, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran made a coordinated, if limited, effort before the end of 2003 relevant to the making of nuclear weapons, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
FRANKFURT, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank (ECB) will cut its 2017 inflation forecast to 1.6 percent from 1.7 percent, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, a projection that would support more policy easing but argue against radical action.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that Vermont and 17 other states could be prevented from collecting healthcare information from certain employee health plan administrators.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Members of the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated that Vermont and 17 other states could be prevented from collecting healthcare information from certain employee health plan administrators.
Stephen Curry knows it would be nearly impossible for the Golden State Warriors to pull off an unbeaten season. He's optimistic that his favorite NFL team can accomplish the feat.
A set of drums owned by former Beatle Ringo Starr is expected to sell for at least two million at auction. Angela Moore reports.
A set of drums owned by former Beatle Ringo Starr is expected to sell for at least two million at auction. Angela Moore reports.
A set of drums owned by former Beatle Ringo Starr is expected to sell for at least two million at auction. Angela Moore reports.
OTTAWA, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Canada's finance minister on Wednesday left the door open to running budget deficits larger than the C$10 billion ($7.5 billion) the Liberals had campaigned on, saying that slow growth points to the need for government investments.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Wednesday called on Congress to quickly pass legislation to fund the federal government, saying proposed riders would undermine Wall Street reform, carbon curbs for power plants, and Obamacare health insurance law.
