
Mexicans began voting Sunday to pick a new president, a three-way race widely expected to sweep its former ruling party back into power amid anxieties about drug violence and a limp economy.
The court upheld the individual mandate as a tax, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Read more about recent Supreme Court decisions and see details on the justices.
Google unveiled its first tablet in June 2012, entering a market where customers have a bevy of devices to choose from. See how some of the more popular tablets stack up.
Underwriting banks began publishing their comments on Facebook Wednesday, as firms on Wall Street and elsewhere that were involved in the giant share sale were freed to voice their opinions.
Several companies have announced plans to split themselves apart in recent years. Read about some of them.
See how top players are performing at Wimbledon.
News Corp. is considering splitting into two companies, separating its publishing assets from its entertainment businesses. Read about some of the media company's big moves over the years.
See the percentages of law graduates employed in various full-time, long-term positions, and those who were unemployed nine months after graduating.
Five big U.S. banks have seen their ratings fall since the financial crisis, as investors and rating companies have reassessed the soundness of giant financial companies with big trading arms.
Each year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys Americans on how they spend their day. Enter the amount of time you spend on each activity on a typical day to see how you compare with the 2011 average.
These hedge fund managers shielded the real names of their funds in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Read about the social-media company's top executives, including Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg.
Managers are fighting an epidemic of grammar gaffes in the workplace. Take a quiz to test your skills.
Read the communique released by the Group of 20 industrialized nations after their summit June 18-19 in Los Cabos, Mexico.
From humble beginnings as a dry-goods store to anchoring shopping malls, retailer J.C. Penney is revamping its business model in hopes of boosting sales. See key events in the company's history since it was founded in 1902.
Asia will not be spared the fallout of an intensified euro crisis, but not all economies are built the same. Here is an economy-by-economy assessment of exposure to euro pain.
The financial health of Asian economies in the event of a euro-zone meltdown can be gauged by several indicators.
The company unveiled its first tablet on June 18. Explore some of the features and specifications.
See charts that track China's middle class, spending priorities, credit-card use and more.
The health-care overhaul passed by Congress and signed into law in 2010 is the latest in a series of attempts by the U.S. government to change how Americans receive and pay for their health care.
From the firm and the funders who raised billions to the investors who lost billions, a look at some of the money made and lost on the Facebook IPO
Sunday's Greek vote is being viewed as a de facto referendum on the country's future with the euro zone. Read more about the main contenders.
See events in Egypt's regime change.
R. Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in prison for his role in a massive Ponzi scheme -- the scam of the kind made famous by Charles Ponzi in the 1920s. Read about other famous fraudsters.
Drug scandals have been part of the landscape of cycling for many years. See key events involving doping in cycling.
See key dates in the company's history since it was founded in 1871.
Track Moody's Investors Service long-term debt ratings for the largest European banks.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market has been criticized for its handling of Facebook's initial public offering on May 18. Track events of the day.
Germany's economy has fared better than those of the weaker euro-zone countries.
See estimates of how many years the Earth has to exhaust certain reserves, and read about the minerals.
Getting product names lost in translation is becoming more of a problem for companies like IKEA, which does business in more than 40 countries and has more than 9,000 Scandinavian names in its catalog. Check some names' pronunciations and try to match them with their products.
Read about Jerry Sandusky's career and key dates highlighted in grand-jury reports that have formed the basis of the criminal complaints against him. Mr. Sandusky has pleaded not guilty and has denied any sexual abuse.
A total of 44 states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., now offer filmmakers incentives of some kind to shoot on their turf, according to the Motion Picture Association of America. See if you can match the production with its shooting location.
Read some of the emails surrounding Mitt Romney's efforts to pass his now-controversial Massachusetts health-care law.
Chesapeake Energy—the nation's second-largest producer of natural gas—has been grappling with debt, corporate-governance controversies and low natural-gas prices. See a timeline of Chesapeake's business troubles.
This June, in a vote that is being closely watched around the U.S., the mayor of San Jose California is asking residents to overhaul pensions of police, firefighters and other city workers. Hear their stories.
An Egyptian court sentenced ousted President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison in June 2012 for his responsibility in the 2011 deaths of hundreds of protesters. Take a look back at the career of Mr. Mubarak, who was born in 1928.
North Korea's system of prison camps has turned more brutal in recent years but also more difficult to hide, according to new research based on defector testimonies and satellite imagery. See details of two camps.
How the top players in tennis are performing at Roland Garros.
A list of 12 European Union countries judged to have economic imbalances that need reforms this year to correct the problems.
Read about milestones United Continental Holdings has completed in order to become one company.
Restaurants, grocery stores, and the beef industry are promoting new cuts priced between premium steaks like a ribeye and inexpensive ground beef.
Read more about some of the potential witnesses and prominent names that could surface at the insider-trading trial of Rajat Gupta, a former director at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co.
Read more about the candidates running in Egypt's presidential election.
Several companies, from Google to small firms such as Laster and Vuzix, are developing headgear that can project digital information onto the lens of glasses. See what such a device might look like.
See how countries ranked on topics the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development considers essential in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.
See satellite images from May 2011 and May 2012.
Read about the major stakeholders in Facebook's IPO and how much they own, explore the IPO filing, see the company's history, track the performance of other tech companies and more.
The percentage of Americans who are white (non-Hispanic) continues a steady decrease, especially among the youngest generation. See county-by-county data from across the U.S.
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Watch campaign ads from the 2012 election season, rate the meanest and most effective ones, sort by party and search by keywords.
Learn more about the people involved in the trial of former U.S. senator John Edwards.
Read about the people who have led the company.
Spirit Airlines offers cheap tickets and sells the frills of flying à la carte. Drag the fees to the pictures to guess how much some items cost.
In today's pictures, a rowing team celebrates in England, Hindus pray for monsoon rains, Mexicans vote for president, and more.
Spain opened a fresh debate on its place in world football history after sweeping to a majestic 4-0 victory over Italy in the European Championship final on Sunday.
Once-apathetic Mexican youths are taking a greater role in politics ahead of the country's presidential election Sunday, using hashtags and YouTube videos in a bid to shake up the political landscape.
Islamist Mohammed Morsi promised a 'new Egypt' as he took the oath of office Saturday to become the country's first freely elected president, succeeding Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted 16 months ago.
Utility crews untangled downed power lines and tree limbs, working to get the electricity turned back on for millions of Americans facing another day of scorching temperatures without air conditioning.
Spain and Italy meet Sunday in the finals for the Euro 2012. See highlights from both teams from the tournament so far.
Even at great heights, windows get dirty and need to be washed.
South Africa's Recapitalization and Development program pairs a novice black farmer with a mentor, most of them white. Together they develop a business plan.
Soaring soybean prices are spurring U.S. farmers who just harvested their wheat to turn around and plant soybeans.
People on both sides of the health-care overhaul battle gathered at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., early Thursday to hear the court's decision on the law's legality.
California will ban foie gras sales starting Sunday. Meanwhile, chefs around the state are counting down the days by putting foie gras anywhere they can.
When Egypt's presidential election results became clear Sunday, the people of one Cairo neighborhood celebrated.
Israel began moving settlers out of the Ulpana Hill neighborhood of the Beit El settlement in the West Bank on Tuesday, in compliance with a court order.
Amid high temperatures and low humidity, Colorado is battling several wild fires that are forcing evacuations and engulfing houses.
Last fall, Portland, Ore., decreased trash pickups and increased pickup of compostable waste.
These days, scientists have a better understanding of why teens—girls in particular—become so passionate about some musicians, and the recording industry is far more adept at exploiting the phenomenon.
Abundant crude, combined with a huge refining base and waning demand at home, turned the U.S. into a net exporter of refined products last year. See important dates in the history of oil as an energy source in the U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II and former Irish Republican Army commander Martin McGuinness shook hands in a historic encounter in Northern Ireland.
As Jefferson County, Ala., slogs through the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, its largest city, Birmingham, is eyeing a return to the bond market.
Parts of Cairo erupted into celebrations after an election commission named Mohammed Morsi the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history, and the first elected Islamist head of state in the Arab world.
Tropical Storm Debby parked over the Gulf of Mexico Monday, making its biggest threat flooding rather than winds.
The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community celebrated from San Francisco to New York in the U.S., and over in Europe and beyond over the weekend.
The battle of the euro zone will be waged on a playing field in Poland on Friday, when Germany meets Greece in soccer's European Championship.
Taliban insurgents stormed a popular lakeside resort hotel outside Kabul overnight Thursday night, using assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades to seize a retreat used primarily by Afghan families looking to escape the summer heat.
Ann Curry is in talks to end her role as co-host of the 'Today' show after ABC's 'Good Morning America' broke the morning program's 16-year streak at the top of the ratings. See photos of 'Today' anchors over the years.
Larry Ellison, the billionaire chief executive of Oracle Corp., was identified Wednesday as the buyer of the bulk of the Hawaiian island of Lanai.
A massive fire broke out at the Maharashtra state secretariat in Mumbai Thursday afternoon, gutting the offices of the chief minister and the deputy chief minister. Fourteen people were injured, and thousands were evacuated.
Tourists are flocking to the Japanese dock that washed up on an Oregon beach this month.
India's slow response to years of medical warnings now threatens to turn the country into an incubator for a mutant strain of tuberculosis that is proving resistant to all known treatments, raising alarms of a new global health hazard.
Torrential rains across northeastern Minnesota washed out roads, flooded a local zoo and flooded homes. Residents are left in a state of awe over the recording flooding, and with a big mess to clean up.
Airline flights with security threats, sick passengers and mechanical problems often end up at Bangor International Airport in Maine—the first or last major airport in the U.S. for the hundreds of flights across the Atlantic Ocean every day.
As the Euro 2012 soccer competition begins its quarterfinal rounds Thursday, fans from Spain, Portugal, Greece and other countries struggling in the regional debt crisis are finding reasons to smile.
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Facebook moved into a new headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., in December that the soon-to-be $100 billion company renovated to embody its quirky start-up roots.
The scarcity of jute, which is woven into rough cloth bags to hold grain and other raw commodities, is adding to India's inability to store its harvests.
Since 1977, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett has written nearly 400,000 words in his annual letters to shareholders. See how often Mr. Buffett has mentioned current division bosses, plus see analysis from two research groups on how positively he speaks of each.
The components inside the new iPad are estimated to cost about $30 more than those of its predecessors, largely because of a more expensive screen, camera and a chip for 4G wireless communications. See a breakdown.
The 17-nation euro zone is a collection of countries with vastly different economic profiles. See how the countries stack up on the major measures.
Apple's new iPad, scheduled to be released March 16, has a sharper display and connects to the Internet over 4G. Explore new features and specifications.
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