FILE - In this June 18, 2014 file photo, General Motors CEO Mary Barra testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Barra makes her second appearance before a Senate subcommittee investigating the company's handling of a defective ignition switch in small cars ...

India were 290 for nine in the first innings at stumps on the first day of the second Test against England at Lord's here Thursday. Mohammed Shami was batting on 14 and Ishant Sharma on 12 when stumps were drawn. Ajinkya Rahane struck a fine 103 to ...

Hoylake, England (CNN) -- You can tell when Tiger Woods is stalking a major championship. The air gets thicker, the galleries larger and the bristle of excitement notably louder. Especially in this part of the world, because Liverpool's love affair with Woods ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United's Michael Carrick will miss the start of season after undergoing surgery on a serious ankle injury, the club confirmed on Thursday. The 32-year-old England midfielder sustained an ankle ligament injury in training ...

Microsoft's massive jobs cuts are a necessary evil for the company's stock, which still has a long way to go before it can regain its former glory. Microsoft shares (NASDAQ:MSFT) rose 0.7% to $44.40 in midday trade Thursday, putting them on course to close at ...

The Ghanaian midfielder was most recently on loan with Partick Thistle following spells with Watford and Carlisle, after leaving Dundee United in 2011. Head coach Robbie Neilson told Hearts News: "It's great that Prince has put pen to paper. He's been at ...

The pilots of a Malaysian Airlines flight that crashed in Ukraine on Thursday would have had no radar confirmation if a ground-to-air missile was about to hit the jet, aviation experts say. An adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry said Flight 17 had been shot ...

Three Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City a few hours after a short humanitarian truce ended Thursday, taking the toll in the coastal enclave to 234. Health ministry official Ashraf al-Qedra told Xinhua that the three children killed ...

Man United's new manager hopes to transform the club following a dismal last season for the former European champions. Last updated: 17 Jul 2014 17:09. Email Article. Print Article. Share article. Send Feedback. Louis van Gaal opted against taking a ...

(CNN) -- Rory McIlroy led an assault by the world's best golfers on a toothless Hoylake Thursday to claim the early lead at the British Open with Tiger Woods also making a promising start to his first major of the season. Northern Ireland's McIlroy carded six ...

Changes to not only the training facilities but also the scenery at Manchester United were apparent in Louis van Gaal's first press conference at Old Trafford on Thursday. The Dutchman wants more 'intimacy' at the 'fantastic' facilities at United's disposal to ...

England's James Anderson celebrates after dismissing India's Stuart Binny during the second cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London July 17, 2014. REUTERS/Philip Brown. LONDON (Reuters) - An initial hearing into ...

Tony Abbott scored a big win Thursday when the Senate repealed Australia's carbon tax, fulfilling the Prime Minister's most prominent promise from last year's election. The global intelligentsia is now making Mr. Abbott public climate enemy number one, but ...

Workers leave software company Microsoft's office, in Oulu, Finland, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Microsoft announced the biggest layoffs in its history Thursday, saying it will cut up to 18,000 jobs or 14 percent of its workforce as it streamlines its Nokia mobile ...

SAINT-ETIENNE, France -- Alexander Kristoff of Norway, in a solo show of opportunistic racing, won the 12th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint as Vincenzo Nibali kept the yellow jersey for a 10th day on Thursday. After hitching a ride behind the back ...

What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, the new Manchester United manager arrived for his first press conference at Old Trafford wearing the perplexed expression of a taxi driver who had been mistakenly invited on to a rolling news channel to ...

General Motors CEO Mary Barra, along with third-party attorneys Kenneth Feinberg, Anton Valukas, Delphi CEO Rodney O'Neal and GM's Senior Vice President and General Counsel Michael Millikin have been giving testimony to a United States Senate ...

Talks between the European Commission and Russia over the supply of gas to Ukraine have been postponed until next week, the Energy Ministry said Thursday, as ties between Moscow and Brussels hit a new low. The ministry said the negotiations on ...

Rupert Murdoch's got the biggest eyes at the table, and 2014 is turning into an M&A feast. Today, TheStreet's Chart of the Day is Time Warner, subject to so much rumor and conjecture over the last 24 hours. When news broke that the company was being.

Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland acknowledges the crowd after making a par putt on the 17th green at Royal Liverpool in Hoylake. Photograph: Toby Melville / Reuters. Topics: Sport · Golf · Majors · Cabrera Angel · Charley Hoffman · Choi Kj · Darren Clarke ...