PNoy's SONA gave a boost to the Philippine stock market. The fourth State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) was recently given by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.

With the Beijing Restaurant accepting a lease buy out, building of CVS Pharmacy in Duluth site has been moved next year.

Bruno Wu and Thomas Middelhoff stated that they have combined assets with revenues of around US$2 billion to create a media and alternative investment firm.

German opposition leader slammed Chancellor Merkel for not telling taxpayers that they will not be "excluded in any way" if the writeoffs continue.

Police started the investigation against Kanye West's alleged battery of a camera man. "You're trying to get me in trouble, so I'll have to pay you, like, $250,000," said rapper Kanye West to a camera man before lunging at him outside the Los Angeles Airport last July 12.

SEC's persistence to pursue the case against Fabrice Tourre, Goldman Sachs' junior salesman, may backfire.

In a radio interview, actress Rae Dawn Chong called the self-made multimillionaire Oprah Winfrey "a total b----."

Greek workers took to the streets their opposition over the proposed plan to retrench state workers.

Police said that a woman died while riding the Texas Giant roller coaster at Six Flags over Texas. A woman died yesterday after falling from the Texas Giant roller coaster at the Six Flags Over Texas in the city of Arlington, the theme park officials said in a statement.

Visco of ECB stressed the importance of communication in an exit strategy. Ignazio Visco, a member of the European Central Bank Governing Council, stated that central banks needed to work on improving communication when it comes to exiting from an unprecedented monetary policy.