IBT Staff Reporter

The final qualifiers of the Euro 2012 Group games were played out on Tuesday. Here's a round-up of who has qualified, who hasn't and what they have to do to qualify.

Ben Bernanke, if a Republican wins the White House in 2012: you're fired.

A nervy evening for France ended in delight after Samir Nasri's late penalty earned his team a 1-1 draw against Bosnia & Herzegovina, and a place in the Euro 2012 Finals.

Spain strolled into a 3-1 win over Scotland to end the visitors' hopes of qualifying for the Euro 2012 finals, at the Estadio Jose Rico Perez in Spain.

Asian shares fell on Wednesday on concerns Europe's debt crisis has hurt confidence in the global economy and is weighing on corporate earnings, while the Slovak parliament's rejection of a plan to expand the euro zone rescue fund added to uncertainty.

Germany completed a perfect record in the Euro 2012 Qualifiers with 10 wins from as many games after defeating Belgium in Dusseldorf on Tuesday.

U.S. regulators are not likely to adopt a high-profile plan to protect money market mutual funds with an emergency liquidity facility, top fund company executives said.

Information on Japan's Type 80 ASM-1 missile, which can be used against ships, may have been stolen during the August cyber attack on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, the Yomiuri daily said on Wednesday.

Sony said on Wednesday that a third party had tried to sign in to 93,000 active accounts on its PlayStation and other networks this month.

Millions of BlackBerry customers across four continents are without email, messaging and browsing service on their smartphones after a series of failures in Research In Motion's private network.

Two former executives of a bank that received a $300 million federal bailout before its collapse during the financial crisis are facing criminal and civil fraud charges for their role in trying to conceal loan losses.

The head of the U.S. futures regulator has the support he needs to pass a long-awaited rule that would curb excessive speculation in commodity markets, a source with knowledge of the agency's rule-making told Reuters on Tuesday.

The chief executive of Verizon Wireless denied on Tuesday the No. 1 U.S. mobile service is talking with Clearwire Corp about the possibility of using the smaller operator's wireless airwaves in high-demand areas.

This Tuesday night, the moon will turn full but it will be the smallest we've seen for the year. Last Saturday, we saw a large luminous moon during the International Observe the Moon Night, and now we'll see the opposite tonight.

The thousands of protesters camped out in New York's financial district may not see it this way, but these are not the best of times for Wall Street.

Chipmaker ON Semiconductor Corp said operations at one of its facilities in Thailand has been suspended owing to floods, and it could affect revenues for the fourth quarter and 2012.

A trailer for The Avengers, was released Tuesday, and has already been re-posted and linked to by a number of Marvel Comic fans anticipating the movie's release date in May 2012.

Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, said an economic slowdown hurt demand and knocked prices for the metal lower, denting its third-quarter profit and sending its shares down in after-hours trading.

Rosie O'Donnell beat talk show queen Oprah Winfrey on Winfrey's OWN channel, according to viewership figures on Tuesday, as the fledgling cable network launched its new fall season to mixed reviews.

Women taking multivitamins may not necessarily live longer than those who get their nutrients from food alone, according to a U.S. study that found the group appears to have slightly higher death rates.

It looks like The Lone Ranger will ride after all: TheWrap has confirmed that Disney is close to a deal to revive the Johnny Depp movie.

Workers at a large Ford Motor Co union local near Detroit rejected the proposed Ford-United Auto Workers contract in early voting, indicating it could be a cliff hanger until voting is finished on October 18.

The “Sex and the City” actress Kristin Davis welcomed a baby girl, Gemma Rose Davis, into the world this week by way of an adoption People first reported.

Zynga is betting a new crop of games and a self-run Internet service will help it fend off rivals and reduce its reliance on Facebook as it prepares to mount a hotly anticipated IPO.

The parliament of tiny Slovakia stalled the expansion of a bailout fund to rescue the euro zone from its debt crisis on Tuesday, but international lenders said they were likely to grant a loan to Greece next month, buying time for a broader response.

Rev. Al Sharpton told reporters Friday that no matter how “black” 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain is, his conservative views are fundamentally at odds with the rest of the black community, and suggested that white people only like him because he says what they want to hear.

Government labor inspectors said Freeport-McMoRan must stop relying on volunteer workers to keep its Cerro Verde mine in Peru open during a strike or pay a fine, according to documents obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.

Bank of America Corp, under fire for everything from improper foreclosures to hiking debit card fees, is fighting back with advertising.

Social games company Zynga is releasing 10 new products including a bingo game and a lineup of casino-themed games, its chief executive Mark Pincus said on Tuesday.