Analysts expect Apple Inc to have sold close to a million iPad 2 tablet computers on its debut weekend -- significantly more than the first iPad, which went on sale last April.
"We would not be surprised to see Apple sell closer to 1 million iPad2s in the opening weekend," said Wedbush Securities analyst Scott Sutherland...Best Buy on Friday said some of its outlets ran
In these dark hours, Japan would do well to heed former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's memorable maxim that you never want a serious crisis to go to waste.
As the nation struggles to avert a nuclear catastrophe on the heels of a deadly earthquake and tsunami, it takes a huge leap of faith to foresee any positives emerging from the triple disaster for a stagnant, rapidly
The death toll in Japan's earthquake and tsunami will likely exceed 10,000 in one state alone, an official said Sunday, as millions of survivors were left without drinking water, electricity and proper food along the pulverized northeastern coast. Although the government doubled the number of soldiers deployed in the aid effort to 100,000, it seemed overwhelmed by what's turning out to be a t
Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the vice president said on Tuesday, as protesters called more demonstrations to show their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak remains potent.
With signs growing that the government may be gaining the upper hand in the struggle for power, Vice President Omar Suleiman promised no reprisals agains
[Update 8:38 p.m. Cairo, 1:38 p.m. ET] Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will address the nation Tuesday night, Reuters reports.
[Update 8:11 p.m. Cairo, 1:11 p.m. ET] President Obama is calling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and his other top national security advisers to the White House this afternoon for a meeting on Egypt, a senio
President Barak Obama’s decision to stop short, at least for now, of calling for Hosni Mubarak’s resignation was driven by the administration’s concern that it could lose all leverage over the Egyptian president, and because it feared creating a power vacuum inside the country, according to administration officials involved in the debate.
In recounting Saturday&
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei made his way through swarming crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square Sunday, an appearance that signaled a defiant gesture against the current military curfew.
The move could also signal a possible attempt to position himself as President Hosni Mubarak's leading opponent.
Earlier Sunday, ElBaradei called for Mubarak to "leave today and sa
As the threat of further unrest loomed in Egypt, the United States planned to begin charter flights to help Americans leave the country Monday.
Other governments and businesses have also said they plan to evacuate citizens amid escalating protests across the country.
Canada's government has said it will begin charter flights bound for Europe evacuating as many as 6,000 of
Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei says Egypt must change and he is ready to lead the transition if asked.
Mr ElBaradei spoke at Vienna airport as he prepared to return to Cairo to join street protests there.
Meanwhile, security forces have shot dead an anti-government protester in the Sinai region, witnesses say.
The government says the protests are illegal.
It wasn’t exactly a “you lie” moment, though on a night designed to showcase bipartisan civility Representative Michele Bachmann had a few choice words for President Barack Obama.
“He’s absolutely shameless,” the Minnesota Republican could be seen saying to her seatmate, Representative Jean Schmidt, an Ohio Republican, according to a video taken i
Eric Grubman’s style of football won’t be on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
On a November day at the National Football League’s Manhattan offices, Grubman -- a former Goldman Sachs Group investment banker who is the NFL’s executive vice president of business operations -- shuttles between meetings about foreign television deals, overseas games and stadium improve
Thousands of Yemenis are demonstrating in the capital Sanaa, calling on Ali Abdullah Saleh, president for more than 30 years, to step down.
This comes after mass protests in Egypt and a popular uprising in Tunisia that ousted its long-time leader.
Yemeni opposition members and youth activists gathered in four parts of the city, including Sanaa University, chanting anti-gove
Business leaders in Davos welcomed the fact President Barack Obama was addressing the United States' gaping budget deficit but questioned whether he had gone far enough to give investors real confidence.
In a speech on Tuesday seen as moving toward the political center, Obama offered corporate tax cuts and a five-year partial federal spending freeze that he said would cut $400 billion
