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Intel buys McAfee for $7.68b
Intel announced today that it will acquire McAfee, maker of anti-virus and other security software, for $7.68 billion in cash, or $48 per share.
The per share price is 60 percent more than McAfee’s $29.93 closing price on Wednesday. McAfee…
North Korea joins Facebook
North Korea appears to have added Facebook to the social networking sites it recently joined to ramp up its propaganda war against South Korea and the U.S.
The account opened late Thursday under the Korean username "uriminzokkiri," meaning…
Penagon lawyers to bring criminal charges against WikiLeaks
Pentagon lawyers believe that online whistleblower group WikiLeaks acted illegally in disclosing thousands of classified Afghanistan war reports and other material, and federal prosecutors are exploring possible criminal charges, officials…
US says Megrahi should return to prison
The Obama administration has said that the Lockerbie bomber, returned to Libya a year ago, should be sent back to a Scottish jail. Skip related content
The president's office said it had advised Libyan officials of its view that…
Wyclef Jean’s Haiti presidential bid rejected
Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean urged supporters to respond "peacefully and responsibly" to a Haiti provisional electoral council ruling that he is not eligible to run as a presidential candidate in the Nov. 28 election.
Singer-songwriter Jean,…
Cabinet to approve action plan on eliminating child labour
The National Plan of Action (NPA) for the elimination of the worst forms of Child Labour by 2015, is before Cabinet for approval.
Mr Enoch Teye Mensah, Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, who announced this on Thursday, said the NPA…
Benin president accused of involving in ponzi scheme
A group of lawmakers in Benin wants President Boni Yayi impeached over his suspected involvement in a Ponzi scheme that has swindled thousands of people of their savings in the impoverished West African nation.
The scandal threatens to…
Oil price steady below $75 per barrel
Crude was steady near a six-week trough below $75 a barrel, after weak U.S. economic data signaled the world's top oil-consuming nation will struggle to work through the most ample petroleum inventories in two decades.
U.S. crude for…
BP accused of hiding documents on disaster
Transocean, the company that owned the rig behind the Gulf of Mexico disaster, has accused oil giant BP of hiding key data needed for a probe in a recently published strongly worded letter.
Transocean accused BP of trying to stop any other…
Korea Oil makes $2.9b hostile bid for Dana Petroleum
State-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) made a hostile $2.9 billion cash bid for Britain's Dana Petroleum Plc on Friday, reflecting South Korea's growing urgency to boost oil reserves.
Seoul gave KNOC a $6.5 billion warchest this year to…