Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in a $250 million deal announced on Monday, which underscored the economic decline of the newspaper business and a renewed emphasis on the role of modern media in shaping news.
While the announcement of documents from Schindler's List being put on eBay for $3 million raised some eyebrows in recent days, a director of a museum in Krakow Poland, near the Auschwitz death camps said the historical document should not cost as much as the going rate is online.
The city of Detroit has filed the largest-ever municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history on Thursday, setting the stage for a costly court battle with creditors.
The Apple company says it will investigate claims that 23-year-old Chinese woman Ma Ailun, a fomer flight attendant, had been electrocuted when she tried to answer a call on her iPhone, which killed her. The phone was plugged into a wall and had been charging.
