It said in a report on its website Google had drawn up detailed plans for closing its Chinese search engine. The newspaper cited a person familiar with the company's thinking as saying that, while a decision could be made very soon, Google was likely to take some time to follow through with its ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government protesters headed for Bangkok from rural Thailand on Saturday for what they call a "million-man march," aiming to paralyze the city and topple a government they say is a front for unelected elites. The red-shirted supporters of ex-premier ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Accused Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his main co-defendant want separate trials on charges they were involved in what prosecutors describe as the biggest hedge fund insider-trading case ever in the United States. Lawyers for Rajaratnam, 52, and former New Castle ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness. The special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ...

Lewis's latest book "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine," to be published next week, tells the story of the 2008 financial meltdown through the prism of a few Wall Street players who spotted the weaknesses of the U.S. sub-prime mortgage market and made a fortune betting against ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday delayed an overseas trip to focus on the final drive for healthcare reform as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the sweeping overhaul next week. Obama pushed back a scheduled March 18 departure on his first overseas trip of the ...

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp rejected on Friday Carl Icahn's bid to increase his stake in the studio as too low, setting the stage for a battle with the billionaire investor. Analysts say Icahn wants to block the independent studio behind the "Saw" ...

Plumbing provider Roto-Rooter, online florists 1-800-Flowers, e-commerce giant GSI Commerce, and theme park group Herschend Family Entertainment, whose attractions include the Dolly Parton-themed park Dollywood in Tennessee, are the four remaining companies participating in the first season of the ...

SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Southern California prosecutors filed the first U.S. consumer protection lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp on Friday, claiming it had engaged in "fraud" by hiding evidence of dangerous vehicle defects. Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas said ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after U.S. Senate bipartisan talks on financial reform collapsed, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner sought to revive hope that Congress can still complete a bill to overhaul financial rules. It is in the U.S. domestic interest to make the financial system more stable ...