WASHINGTON- US tech giant Apple revealed on Monday it received between 4,000 and 5,000 data requests in six months from US authorities, days after Facebook and Microsoft released similar information.Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and several other top Internet and technology companies have come under ...

ISLAMABAD - The Foreign Office has said that Pakistan is awaiting the US response over the matter of stealing cellular and Internet data by the National Security Agency as the country took up the matter with the US authorities. During the weekly press briefing on Thursday, Foreign Office ...

London- Commodity prices diverged this week, but oil topped $105 per barrel after an upbeat non-farm payrolls report in theUnited States, which is a top consumer of many raw materials including crude. TheUSeconomy added a modest 175,000 jobs in May, official data showed Friday, scotching worries ...

London - Commodity prices mostly fell this week as traders balanced weak Chinese data against signs that the US Federal Reserve could curtail its quantitative easing stimulus policy sooner rather than later.Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday that the US central bank could scale ...

LONDON : Global oil prices fell on Friday in quiet trading as dealers awaited US economic data, analysts said. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July dipped nine cents to $102.35 a barrel, one day after striking a three-week low at $100.64 on the back of poor Chinese economic data. New York's ...

SINGAPORE : Oil was down in Asian trade Thursday as caution returned to the market following weak US production data, analysts said. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, dropped 33 cents to $93.97 a barrel and Brent North Sea crude for June delivery shed 16 cents ...

SHANGHAI : China’s yuan had its best day of the year on Wednesday after trade data showed export growth beating expectations, highlighting the possibility that firms are manipulating trade invoices in order to skirt China’s capital controls and bet on yuan appreciation. China’s ...

SEATTLE : The website for the Washington State court system has been hacked and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and a million driver's license numbers may have been accessed, officials said on Thursday. The disclosure raises concerns that the information accessed could be used to commit ...

NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar fell to a two-month low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. private-sector jobs growth reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulative monetary policy.The Fed ends its two-day policy meeting later in the ...

LONDON - World oil prices slid Wednesday on weak Chinese and US economic data and ahead of the latest weekly snapshot of energy inventories in the United States. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in June fell 80 cents to stand at $101.57 a barrel in London midday deals. New York's main contract, ...

KARACHI (Hassan Jawwad) – The 3G technology can enable citizens to communicate each other with fast, easy and more clarity, said Intel Pakistan Country Manager Naveed Siraj.In an exclusive interview to The Nation, he said the introduction of 3G will benefit masses with better access to ...

LAHORE - President Asif Ali Zardari and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday visited Darbar Hazrat Usman bin Ali Hajveri (Data Sahib), laid a floral wreath on the grave and prayed for the nation and the country’s stability. The Darbar administration also presented a turban to ...

Former ambassador to US Husain Haqqani, a key respondent in the Memogate scandal, on Wednesday wrote a letter to Research In Motion (RIM) to attain his BlackBerry data.Haqqani's lawyer Zahid Bukhari, talking to a private TV channel, confirmed the news and said that the step was taken in accordance ...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will resign on Sunday in the wake of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's victory in a Kadima party leadership election, Olmert's spokesman said on Saturday. Olmert planned to announce the decision at Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting before formally submitting his ...