Nokia Oyj will reenter the U.S. smartphone market in early 2012 with the introduction of devices running Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone for multiple U.S. carriers, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop said. “Our intention is to come back in the United States and grow significant share in this market,” Elop said in an interview Tuesday at Bloomberg’s headquarters in New York. Elop, 47, last week unveiled Nokia’s first Windows Phone models after the Espoo, Finland-based company struggled to sell

BEIJING, (AFP) ― A city in southern China is considering passing a law to protect people who help strangers from being sued, after a case in which an injured toddler was ignored by 18 passers-by, a report said Wednesday.Officials in Shenzhen are drafting rules that would protect well-intentioned rescuers from legal action if their efforts failed “as long as there was no negligence or deliberate sabotage,” the China Daily said.There have been renewed calls for such laws in China after the death l

WARSAW (AP) ― A Boeing airliner from the U.S. carrying 231 people was forced to land on its belly Tuesday in Warsaw after its landing gear failed to open, triggering sparks and small fires. No one was hurt, but some passengers sobbed as they prayed for a safe landing.Capt. Tadeusz Wrona, who handled the descent so smoothly that many on board thought the Boeing 767 landed on its wheels, was instantly hailed a hero in Poland and online, where within hours he was the focus of several Facebook fan p

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden to answer sex crime allegations.   In a judgment Wednesday, Judges John Thomas and Duncan Ousely said that Assange, who was in court to hear the verdict, should be sent to Sweden to be questioned over the al

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Royal Philips Electronics NV says it has renegotiated a deal to shed its television unit, placing it into a joint venture 30 percent owned by Philips and 70 percent owned by China's TPV.The company said in a statement Tuesday it would book a loss on the deal of euro270 million

WASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. manufacturing growth slowed slightly in October, hampered by weaker demand for exports and slower production at factories.But companies ordered more goods and factories slashed their stockpiles, trends that suggest activity could rebound in coming months.The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday that its manufacturing index dropped to 50.8, down from 51.6 in September. Any reading above 50 indicates expansion.Measures of production and new export orders fell. A gaug

NEW YORK (AP) _ The world has make great progress in eliminating inequality between men and women in health and education, but not in economic participation and political empowerment, according to a survey of 135 nations released Tuesday.The annual survey by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum sho

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ Australia's government has introduced legislation to impose a 30 percent tax on the burgeoning profits of iron ore and coal mining companies that are feeding Chinese demand.The legislation introduced to Parliament on Wednesday is not certain to pass since key independent l

ATHENS, Nov 2, 2011 (AFP) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou secured the unanimous backing of his cabinet for a referendum on the eurozone debt rescue plan, government spokesman Elias Mossialos said early Wednesday.The cabinet also approved Papandreou's decision to hold a vote of confidence in