IBT Staff Reporter

The U.S. government suffered a setback in its investigation of subprime fraud when a judge dismissed a case against two former State Street Corp executives accused of misleading investors in the summer of 2007 about a $2.9 billion fund loaded with exposure to risky mortgages.

HTC Corp warned its sales in the fourth quarter, traditionally a bumper sales season for smartphones, would drop below the previous quarter and analysts' forecasts as the Taiwanese firm struggles to compete against bigger rivals.

Honda Motor Co Ltd will temporarily cut production at its six plants in the United States and Canada due to parts shortages stemming from the flooding in Thailand, the company said on Monday.

Greater currency flexibility from China and other emerging economies will be reviewed by G20 leaders this week as they focus on the need for balanced global economic growth, a top U.S. Treasury official said on Monday.

Over 50 percent of patients turn to the Internet for health information.

Wall Street eyed its best month in almost 25 years despite a pullback on Monday that came as euphoria over European measures to resolve the debt crisis gave way to more cool-headed assessments of how the remedies would be implemented.

Nobody dreams of a white Halloween, but millions of people throughout the Northeast got that and more on Saturday when a northeaster dumped several inches of snow and toppled trees and power lines throughout the region.

The pace of business activity in the U.S. Midwest slowed modestly in October as new orders eased, though the employment gauge rose to its highest level in six months, a report showed on Monday.

A string of courtroom victories by drugmakers in key product-liability trials could be a signal that these and other companies can beat back claims in upcoming cases against them.

Impala Platinum's Zimbabwe unit said on Monday metal production fell 13 percent during the July-September quarter after a maintenance shutdown at its furnace, but the company was on track to submit a revised local ownership plan in November.

Nigeria's Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said on Monday the bank would review its target band for the naira in the next few days, and depending on where the exchange rate settles may move its midpoint to 155/156 to the dollar, compared to its current 150.

NATO ends its military operation in Libya at midnight on Monday, seven months after launching an air and sea campaign that helped bring the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi.

GTL Resources, the owner of an ethanol and bio-refining company, has agreed to a 32 million pound ($52 million) cash offer from marine firm Siem Kapital and fund manager North Atlantic Value , the companies said on Monday.

Ugandan police released opposition leader Kizza Besigye on Monday, hours after detaining him for the second time in a month, but warned they would keep seizing him if he tried again to take part in protests against surging prices.

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi will not escape justice and should be tried in Libya for murder, corruption and many things before an international court questions him, the country's interim justice minister said on Monday.

The International Monetary Fund on Monday trimmed its 2011 growth outlook for Kenya on Monday and backed further funds to boost the country's foreign exchange reserves to help tackle a widening balance of payments gap.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe denied speculation his health is failing and hinted at taking action against Swiss firms in retaliation for his wife and aides being denied visas to visit Geneva, the official Herald newspaper reported on Monday.

The nondescript stretch of asphalt is an unlikely symbol of Brazil's attempt to lift its economy into a new high-tech era.

Real-time disclosure of the credit ratings on debt in the $3.7 trillion U.S. municipal bond market will be available in coming months, the board that collects market data said on Monday.

Rick Perry's new Iowa TV ad focuses on his record

The operator of Canada's largest stock market has thrown its support behind a C$3.8 billion ($3.8 billion) takeover offer from a group of banks and pension funds, embracing the deal four months after a failed attempt to merge with the London Stock Exchange.

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber has been added to the line-up for the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast on Sunday, when he will join his girlfriend and host for the night, actress and singer Selena Gomez.

Short training could help doctors pre-cancerous growths better, study suggests.

While sites such as Monster and CareerBuilder have become very popular for job searchers, two career experts say time will be better spent searching elsewhere.

Stocks fell more than 1 percent on Monday as enthusiasm over the agreement to tackle the Eurozone debt crisis waned and a spike in the U.S. dollar hurt commodity-related shares.

Investors were so concerned that euro zone leaders would not reach agreement on solving the debt crisis in October that they cut equity holdings to the second lowest level in 12 months, Reuters polls showed on Monday.

A day after Politico reported on sexual harassment allegations against Herman Cain, reporters were banned from asking about that topic during an open discussion sponsored by the American Enterprise Institute.

The economy gained momentum for a third straight month in August, growing 0.3 percent from September and putting to rest fears of a recession, but not showing enough strength to trigger interest rate hikes

Netflix and Amazon.com Inc unveiled content deals with Walt Disney Co on Monday, a sign of increased competition between the two companies in the video streaming business.