NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- A young black artist who combines Renaissance art references with the garishness of hip-hop culture is getting his first solo museum exhibition at the Brooklyn
The year 2004 has come to an end blighted by a natural disaster of staggering proportions. We are reminded of our fragility before nature. And fragility might b
BEIJING, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- China will levy an export tax on textile products in 2005, the Ministry of Commerce announced Friday, according to the official Xinhua news agency.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Russia plans to build a pipeline that would allow 1.6 million barrels of oil a day to be shipped to the Pacific for export to Japan and other countries.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Instability in Iraq, elections in Afghanistan, a dormant peace process in the Middle East, tense ties with Europe, attempts to stop Iran and North Korea from ac
NEW DELHI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- In 1999, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer thought India was plagued by high levels of piracy and was not the best place to hire new staff.
AMMAN, Jordan, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Jordan hopes it will not have to struggle for survival in the year ahead with Iraqi and Palestinian elections bringing forward new leadership that could restore peace in the region.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. stocks dropped the curtain on another positive year Friday but the final session of 2004 was a weak one and indexes closed on a down note.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Ukraine ends the year a changed country. The election of opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko as president, after three intensely fought ballots sets Ukraine
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The triple handshake among U.S. President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the While House in 1993 sug
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The horrendous tsunami catastrophe in South Asia has led to a rallying of human solidarity and compassion at its very best this week. But after the dead are bur
ARCATA, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- AMG Data Services of Arcata, Calif., said Friday high-yield bond funds reported $87.53 million of withdrawals in the week ended Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Moneyrate.com of New York said Friday rates on short term certificates of deposit inched higher during the week ending Dec. 30.
NEW DELHI, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The death toll from the killer tsunamis shot up Friday to 135,000 killed and rendering as many as 5 million homeless as entire new villages are found devastated
SANTA ROSA, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- TrimTabs.com of Santa Rosa, Calif., said Friday investors added about $3.71 billion to stock-based mutual funds during the week ended Wednesday.
DALLAS, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Wyndham International of Dallas Friday said it will sell 25 hotels for $366 million to Goldman Sachs Group and affiliates of Highgate Holdings.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- VeriSign of Mountain View, Calif., said Friday consumer spending online during the holiday season rose 24 percent from a year earlier to $8.8 billion.
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- At the turn of this year, South Korean policy-makers were confident that the country's economy could emerge from the prolonged slump within this year.
MOSCOW, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- In many ways 2004 has marked Vladimir Putin's first real year in power in Russia. For him and his nation, this year has been fraught with tragedy, change and co
OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- E-agency of Oakland, Calif., said Friday that China, once considered a third-world country, will take over the Internet in 2005 and never look back.
TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- The Russell Investment Group of Tacoma, Wash., said Friday small cap stocks outperformed large cap stocks for the sixth consecutive year in 2004.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 31 (UPI) -- SPX of Charlotte, N.C., said Friday it has sold its municipal water and municipal wastewater valve business to Granite Equity Partners of St. Cloud, Minn.
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Ultralight Aircraft Smuggling Prevention Act of 2012 as former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, her husband Mark Kelly (R) and Vice President Joe Biden look on in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on February 10, 2012. UPI/Pat Benic...
