NILIN, West Bank (Reuters) - The Israeli army said on Monday it would limit access to two flashpoint Palestinian villages in a bid to stop outside sympathizers joining weekly demonstrations there against the West Bank barrier. The two villages lost farmland to the barrier and have become international symbols of the fight against an Israeli project condemned internationally for taking in ...

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Dan Black is keeping his fingers crossed. The British born but Paris-based musician has been touring North America all winter and from the response, it looks like this could finally be his big break. Originally in British alternative rock act The Servant, the 34 year-old songwriter, singer, sampler, arranger, and producer struck out last year with ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc <PEP.N> said on Monday it will raise its dividend by 7 percent to $1.92 a share annually, and also announced plans to buy back up to $15 billion of common shares through June 2013. The world's No. 2 soft-drink maker said the increase in dividend will take effect when the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Dell Inc, the world's third-largest PC maker, has filed a lawsuit against Sharp Corp, Hitachi Ltd, Toshiba Corp and two other companies for alleged price fixing of LCD displays. Dell filed the suit at a U.S. district court in San Francisco on Friday against the group of five firms, which also includes Japan's Seiko Epson ...