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Lottery officials say the estimated $1.3 billion prize for Wednesday's Powerball drawing is the largest jackpot ever in the world. No one matched all six Powerball numbers Saturday night, leading to the astronomical prize, which is all but certain to grow before the next drawing ...
Japan's monetary base stood at a record ¥305.88 trillion ($2.56 trillion) at the end of April, up 35.6 percent from a year earlier, as the Bank of Japan continued to provide more liquidity to raise the inflation rate to its targeted 2 percent, BOJ ...
Damage caused by confirmed fraud cases climbed to ¥55.94 billion in 2014 — the most since authorities began taking records, the National Police Agency reports.
An international team is piloting the helium-filled Two Eagles balloon across the Pacific Ocean in an effort to break a pair of major ballooning records. Five things to know about the challenge: THE GOAL. Accomplished balloon pilots Troy Bradley, of Albuquerque, and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia, ...
'American Sniper' hits box office bull's-eye, bags $105.3 million over MLK weekend
Clint Eastwood's R-rated Iraq War drama "American Sniper" opened in January like a superhero movie in July, taking in a record $105.3 million over the Martin Luther King Jr. four-day weekend. The film's unprecedented success obliterated forecasts and set numerous box-office records. It easily surpassed ...
Eastwood's 'American Sniper' wins big in U.S. box office battle
Oscar-nominated war film "American Sniper" led U.S. and Canadian box office charts over the weekend with a record-smashing $90.2 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates. The film, which broke the record for a January weekend as well as for any drama opening ever, ...
Buoyed by a resurgent economy, holiday sales, cheap gasoline and a love affair with pickup trucks, Americans headed to car dealers in droves last month, pushing full-year sales to what's likely to be the highest level since 2006. Fiat Chrysler, Nissan, Honda and General Motors ...
Dow ends above 18,000 for first time after quarterly GDP revised up to 5%
U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, with the Dow closing above 18,000 for the first time ever and the S&P 500 ending at a record after an unexpectedly strong report on economic growth. The Nasdaq ended modestly lower, pressured by the biggest selloff in biotech names ...
The number of people infected with the respiratory syncytial virus reported by 3,000 medical institutions with pediatric wards in Japan reached a record 5,495 in the week of Nov. 24 to 30, a research institute said Tuesday. It was the highest weekly figure since the ...
U.S. stocks rose modestly on Wednesday as energy-related shares rose for a third straight session and data pointed to improving conditions in the U.S. services sector, which makes up a majority of the economy. Market moves were slight, with many traders looking ahead to a ...
Apple reports record 4 million-plus orders for iPhones on first day
Apple had more than 4 million advance orders of its new iPhones in the first 24 hours, exceeding its initial supply, the company said Monday. The company said the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will be delivered to customers starting Friday and throughout September, ...
A rare, nearly flawless copy of Superman's comic-book debut has sold for a super-powered price: $3.2 million. New York comics dealers Stephen Fishler and Vincent Zurzolo said Monday they submitted Sunday's record-setting bid in the eBay auction for Action Comics No. 1, the 1938 book ...
