SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc shares, currently worth about $45 billion, into a new philanthropy project focusing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said Tuesday in a letter to their newborn daughter.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc shares, currently worth about $45 billion, into a new philanthropy project focusing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said Tuesday in a letter to their newborn daughter.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - - A new law clears U.S. companies to own what they mine from asteroids and other celestial bodies, ending a legal quandary that had overshadowed technical and financial issues facing the startups, industry officials said on Tuesday.
Mere days after Clay Helton took over as Southern California's interim coach seven weeks ago, his Trojans began lobbying loudly for their beloved assistant to get the permanent job.
Five World Cup sponsors have written to FIFA's executive committee demanding "independent oversight" of the reform process in their latest intervention that highlights concerns about their links to soccer's...
(Reuters) - Online search and advertising company Yahoo Inc's board plans to weigh the potential sale of its Internet business when it meets Wednesday through Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Debate over the use of powerful new gene editing tools in human eggs, sperm and embryos grew heated on Tuesday as scientists and ethicists gathered at an international summit to discuss the technology, which has the power to change the DNA of unborn children.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Debate over the use of powerful new gene editing tools in human eggs, sperm and embryos grew heated on Tuesday as scientists and ethicists gathered at an international summit to discuss the technology, which has the power to change the DNA of unborn children.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Debate over the use of powerful new gene editing tools in human eggs, sperm and embryos grew heated on Tuesday as scientists and ethicists gathered at an international summit to discuss the technology, which has the power to change the DNA of unborn children.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Supporters groups of two A-League clubs will boycott matches this weekend amid a row over fans blacklisted from Australian stadiums.
(Reuters) - Buyout firms KKR & Co LP , Thoma Bravo LLC and Vista Equity Partners Management LLC are competing for $4 billion worth of Dell Inc's assets, people familiar with the matter said, as the computer maker steps up asset sales.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying a new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids against Islamic State there and in neighbouring Syria, a ratcheting up of Washington's campaign against the group that met a cool reaction in Iraq.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it was deploying a new force of special operations troops to Iraq to conduct raids against Islamic State there and in neighbouring Syria, a ratcheting up of Washington's campaign against the group that met a cool reaction in Iraq.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mark Zuckerberg will put 99 percent of his Facebook Inc shares, currently worth about $45 billion (£30 billion), into a new philanthropy project focussing on human potential and equality, he and his wife said in a letter addressed to their newborn daughter.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Stated-backed fund Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) is considering buying a majority stake in Sharp Corp likely to cost about 200 billion yen ($1.63 billion), the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Clemson (12-0) remained at No. 1 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night.
A Charleston pastor who helped console families on the night of the Emanuel AME shooting said it was one of the most difficult nights of service she's ever been involved.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Heads of state and big-name billionaires opened the Paris climate summit with a bang on Monday, promising billions of dollars to develop new green technology to solve a key sticking point of the negotiations: financing a low-carbon future for developing nations like India.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate and House of Representatives negotiators reached agreement on Tuesday on a $305 billion, five-year transportation bill that would fund roads, bridges and mass transit, while also reviving the embattled Export-Import Bank.
Frustrated in past attempts to organize its first foreign automaker in the South, the United Auto Workers union is taking a new approach at Volkswagen's plant in Tennessee.
Puerto Rico narrowly avoided a multimillion-dollar default on Tuesday by announcing a last-minute bond payment while warning that a deepening financial crisis has forced the government to divert money slated for future...
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.
Seth Siegel, author of "Let There Be Water," speaks to Antony Currie about the lessons the semi-arid state has for other countries facing rising populations and increasing droughts.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had authorized the voluntary departure from Mali of eligible family members and non-emergency personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Bamako, following an attack on a hotel in the capital last month.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Five Syrian men caught in Honduras trying to reach the United States last month on fake Greek passports were freed from jail on Tuesday, after they agreed to pay a fine in exchange for the charges against them being dropped, a court spokeswoman said.