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Carlos Tevez is missing Argentina's friendly against Portugal in Geneva on Wednesday over a question of attitude, according to Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona.
The finished version of a German documentary about jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was reported stolen last week in Berlin.
The International Monetary Fund failed to spot the financial crisis brewing in part because it was "overly influenced" by rich nations, the fund's internal watchdog said on Wednesday.
The first shots have already been fired in what could be an escalating "price war" between major automakers in the US market, according to a Hyundai Motor Co executive.
Hewlett-Packard Co unveiled its entrant in the tablet race, announcing a touchscreen device called the TouchPad to try to steal some momentum from Apple's popular iPad.
Argentina will play Germany in a friendly international in August 2012, it was confirmed by organisers on Wednesday.
France's Sanofi-Aventis said it was still conducting due diligence on takeover target Genzyme and may extend a tender offer for the company a third time, disappointing some investors who thought a deal of more than USD 19 billion could be sealed by Wednesday.
Bundesbank chief Axel Weber will not be a candidate to succeed Jean-Claude Trichet as president of the European Central Bank when the Frenchman's term expires in October, European sources told Reuters on Wednesday.
Germany's Deutsche Boerse is in advanced talks to buy NYSE Euronext to create the world's largest trading powerhouse, marking the second major trans-Atlantic deal in 24 hours in a massive shake-up of an industry under pressure from upstart rivals.
US securities regulators moved to scale back market reliance on credit rating agencies, after the financial crisis laid bare the industry's shortcomings.
Valentine chocolates may become the new blood diamonds.
The bombshell that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said could take down a bank or two may in fact be something of a dud.
Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc's quarterly results beat expectations, despite concerns about increasing competition and budget cuts among its debt-burdened clients in the public sector.
For the first time since becoming chief executive of Coca-Cola Co in 2008, Muhtar Kent looked at the sales scorecard he carries around all the time and saw no red marks.
The on-again, off-again affair of British actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller is off, again.
Actress Lindsay Lohan pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a charge of stealing a USD 2,500 necklace from a Los Angeles jewelry store.
Prisoners in the state of South Carolina caught with banned cell phones, which are often tossed over a prison fence to them, can face solitary confinement and loss of visitation and canteen privileges.
The 2011 Berlin film festival opens on Thursday with Oscars darling "True Grit" kicking off the 10-day cinema showcase, where hundreds of movies vie for the attention of the world's media and industry buyers.
Lionel Messi won his personal dual with his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo lighting up Argentina's 2-1 win over Portugal by making one goal and scoring the winner in a lively friendly international in Geneva on Wednesday.
Cosmetic surgeries in the United States last year rose to their highest level since the start of the financial crisis, providing traders with another measure to gauge the economic recovery.
A group of prominent US business executives and national security figures will visit China next month as part of their drive to reduce US dependence on oil.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday warned against sharp cuts in US spending at a time when the economic recovery is still fragile enough to require extraordinary support from the central bank.
The US government should only back home loans as a last resort in times of economic stress and should explicitly charge for that support, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.
Ford Motor Co sued luxury automaker Ferrari on Wednesday for trademark infringement after Ferrari named its 2011 Formula 1 racing car the F150.
Encana Corp will sell half of a prolific Canadian shale gas project to PetroChina for CAD 5.4 billion (USD 5.4 billion), marking the largest Chinese investment yet in a foreign natural gas asset.
