EMC Corp, the world's biggest maker of corporate storage computing gear, said on Thursday it was hiring former Microsoft Corp executive Paul Maritz to run a division to develop services delivered over the Web. EMC also said it will buy

Microsoft Corp, faced with regulatory concerns in Europe and customers struggling with complex computer systems, said on Thursday it would publish critical information so rival programs can work better with Windows, Office and other major products. The world's largest software

Robert Shiller, Yale finance professor and author of the highly touted "Irrational Exuberance" book on asset bubbles, said gradually falling home prices are nothing to fear. It's the more swift and sharp slide that can undermine housing, and thus consumer

Britney Spears' self-styled manager Sam Lutfi was served with a restraining order on Thursday ordering him to stay at least 250 yards (meters) away from the singer and barring him from communicating with her, according to court documents. Lawyers for

Celebrities Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Madonna are among hundreds of patrons of a New York bar being urged by New York health officials on Thursday to get a Hepatitis A vaccination after a bartender was found to be infected.

A new study suggests that women who eat diets rich in meat and dairy may have a decreased risk of breast cancer, while those who bulk up on fiber, fruits and vegetables show a lower risk of ovarian cancer. The

Every working mother knows what it's like to clear a few obstacles as part of the daily routine. Only a rare few choose to do it at full speed. Australia's Jana Rawlinson, twice the world champion in the 400 meters

Stokes MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Tiger Woods stayed on course for an eighth title in nine starts worldwide in Thursday's second round at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship as second seed Phil Mickelson was knocked out. World number one Woods

A Chinese official said on Thursday he was surprised by Oscar-winning film director Steven Spielberg's withdrawal as artistic adviser to the 2008 Beijing Olympics because he had never formally taken up the job. Liu Guijin, China's special representative on Sudan's

The Cleveland Browns have agreed terms on a three-season contract extension with running back Jamal Lewis, the club announced on Thursday. The deal means that Lewis, 28, who helped the Browns to their first winning season in six years, will

A dissident investor group that is now the largest shareholder in The New York Times Co (NYT.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) said on Thursday it was disappointed in a board slate recommended by the publisher and was preparing

MBIA Inc (MBI.N: Quote , Profile , Research ), struggling to preserve the top-level credit ratings it needs to operate normally, said on Thursday its industry should insure municipal bonds as a separate business from insuring riskier corporate and asset-backed

Britain's parliament passed legislation on Thursday allowing the government to nationalize Northern Rock (NRK.L: Quote , Profile , Research ), five months after the bank became a high-profile casualty of the global credit crunch. The Banking (Special Provisions) Act allows

The Pentagon said on Thursday it was very confident that a spectacular and unprecedented missile strike from a U.S. Navy warship had destroyed the toxic fuel tank of a defunct U.S. spy satellite. The 1,000 pound (450 kg) fuel tank

Serb protesters ransacked and set fire to the U.S. embassy in Belgrade on Thursday, venting anger at U.S. support for Kosovo's declaration of independence. A charred body was later found inside, but all American personnel had been accounted for and

Swimming can significantly ease the debilitating pain of fibromyalgia, an ailment with no known cure, European researchers said on Friday. The condition mainly strikes women and can cause severe pain and tenderness in muscles, ligaments and tendons. Shoulder and neck

Rich countries are poaching so many African health workers that the practice should be viewed as a crime, a team of international disease experts said on Thursday. More than 13,000 doctors trained in sub-Saharan Africa are now practicing in Britain,

Negotiators for Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels walked out of peace talks in southern Sudan after their demands for cash and cabinet jobs were rejected, the government said on Thursday. "We flatly rejected LRA's demands for cabinet posts and