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Google Inc., maker of the Android operating system, is considering buying map-software provider Waze Inc., setting up a possible bidding war with Facebook Inc., people familiar with the matter said.
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Asian currencies had a third weekly loss on concern the Federal Reserve will scale back stimulus that has spurred fund flows to emerging markets.
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Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional has no choice but to continue supporting Prime Minister Najib Razak, even after losing a majority of the popular vote in May 5 elections, said Mahathir Mohamad, the nation’s former leader.
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The Canadian dollar touched the weakest level in a year against its U.S. counterpart amid investor concern that gains in riskier assets have outpaced global economic growth.
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News Corp.’s Fox broadcast unit said its reality-TV chief Mike Darnell has decided to step down after 18 years at the network as audience ratings decline for “American Idol,” its most-watched program.
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Orders for U.S. durable goods increased more than forecast in April, indicating the world’s largest economy will get a lift in the second half of the year as business investment strengthens.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has joined the Detroit Institute of Arts in opposing any plan for the Michigan city to sell billions of dollars of museum masterpieces to plug a deficit.
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Siga Technologies Inc. is liable for breaking its contractual obligations to negotiate in good faith a licensing agreement for a smallpox medicine with PharmAthene Inc., the Delaware Supreme Court ruled.
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Airline industry agreement on a standard measure of aircraft greenhouse-gas emissions may be delayed at least a year for more research, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization.
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Roaches that have been hard to exterminate may be a variety that have decided sugar doesn’t taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, researchers found.
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Say what you will about Microsoft’s Windows 8, it has certainly inspired personal-computer makers to shake up their offerings.
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Buzz Aldrin was the second man to step onto the lunar surface, 19 minutes behind the late Neil Armstrong. That was July 20, 1969, nearly 44 years ago.
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James Neal scored three goals and the Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to the National Hockey League’s Eastern Conference finals with a 6-2 win against the Ottawa Senators, wrapping up their playoff series in five games.
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the largest shareholder in DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., said deputy stock picker Ted Weschler has a personal holding in the dialysis provider valued at almost $150 million.
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