IBT Staff Reporter

The Earl of Glasgow hopes to keep outlandish graffiti on the 13th century Kelburn Castle.

Eager to keep its sales momentum growing, Wal-Mart Stores Inc is kicking off the holiday season early, cutting some toy prices in September, offering layaway in October and selling more Christmas decorations.

View photographs of the progress made on the National September 11 Memorial and learn what to expect to see when visiting the site.

Central and eastern Pennsylvania are being hit hard by the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, with the Delaware River expected to crest at a level not seen since Hurricane Ivan in 2004. More than 100,000 residents are evacuating.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday the U.S. central bank would spare no effort to boost disappointingly weak growth and reduce unemployment, while downplaying concerns about inflation.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday said the central bank would spare no effort to boost disappointingly weak growth and lower unemployment but offered no details of steps monetary policymakers might take.

Google Inc has bought Zagat, the popular restaurant recommendations and ratings authority, to expand its local content in the niche marketplace that includes Yelp and Yahoo Inc.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday said the central bank would spare no effort to boost disappointingly weak growth and lower unemployment but offered no details of steps monetary policymakers might take.

The U.S. economy may be stumbling, but it is still standing.

Stocks fell more than 1 percent on Thursday on investor disappointment that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave no new details of steps policy makers might take to mend the economic recovery.

To bring in the holiday season, Ben & Jerry's unveiled their new flavor, Schweddy Balls, on Thursday inspired by a Saturday Night Live (SNL) classic skit.

Australian mall developer Westfield Group is looking at a possible investment in a waterfront site in Toronto, Canada, the company said on Thursday, after recently announcing expansions plans in Europe and South America.

California lawmakers rushed to write a bill to give Amazon.com Inc a one-year reprieve from collecting certain sales taxes in exchange for dropping its ballot measure campaign to undo the tax, aides said on Thursday.

Toronto's main stock market index edged higher in cautious action on Thursday morning following weak U.S. jobs data and ahead of a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama detailing his plan for job creation.

More than 100 million users are active and log onto Twitter daily, or about half its registered members, and a growing number are doing so from a plethora of mobile devices, Chief Executive Dick Costolo told reporters on Thursday.

China should keep tightening monetary policy to fight inflation pressures even as the pace of global growth shows signs of faltering, the International Monetary Fund's China mission chief said on Thursday.

3.9 billion years ago, a meteor shower which lasted for 200 million years brought gold on Earth, scientists revealed in a new research.

In the first randomized controlled study of Weight Watchers participants, family doctors compared the commercial weight-loss program with standard care, and found that Weight Watchers was more than twice as effective.

The European Central Bank signaled on Thursday that it had halted a cycle of interest rate rises begun just five months ago, saying euro zone inflation risks were no longer skewed to the upside and economic growth would be slow at best.

Summit Entertainment is suing the owner/operator of twilight.com, claiming the primitive fan merchandise site violates its copyright.

Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he exposed himself to a string of women who answered his Craigslist employment ads.

Stocks were slightly lower by early afternoon on Thursday as investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and one by U.S. President Barack Obama later in the day.

DreamWorks Studios and Twentieth Century Fox jointly announced Wednesday that they are co-financing Steven Spielberg's epic Robopocalypse.

In the world of animated TV, it's no stretch to say that good-natured Gumby is far down the list of characters that would commit armed robbery.

When politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in France last week, cleared of a New York sex scandal, he returned home smiling despite facing a frosty reception. Maybe he should have gone to Mexico, instead.

The Solar Dynamics Observatory has revealed information on late-phase solar flares.

Recently discovered fossil bones track human ancestry back to a creature with human-like hands and ape-like feet that roamed Africa two million years ago, according to scientists who made the discovery.

Following are comments by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet at a news conference held after the bank's Governing Council left its benchmark interest rate at 1.5 percent on Thursday.

A draft statement from the United Nations on addressing chronic diseases an upcoming summit served as a great disappointment after no mention of how to tackle and treat disease epidemics, an international health group said group Thursday.