IBT Staff Reporter

Twenty-four year old Meagan Toothman of Cincinnati becomes the seventh casualty of the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair, bringing the death toll to seven.

British youngsters are ditching Dickens, Shakespeare and Keats for Facebook and Twitter, with one in six failing to read a single book in a month, according to a survey.

With just eight days to go before the transfer window closes, Arsenal are busy in pursuit of big-name stars across Europe, if reports are to be trusted.

Researchers have discovered what they believe is the oldest fossil on Earth, 3.4 billion years old.

Hurricane Irene may become a Category 4 storm by the time it reaches Florida on Friday. Although the worst of the hurricane is expected to hit off the Florida coast, parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties are still in Irene's projected path.

BYD Co's profit warning and failure to deliver its promised electric car plan sent shares plunging to a more than two-year low, as the Chinese auto and battery maker backed by Warren Buffett struggles with steady sales declines and waning popularity of its top model.

Ditch the gold epaulettes, riding crops and silk sashes -- and go native!

Stock index futures pointed to a rise of more than 1 percent at the open on Tuesday, but investors remained concerned the rally would not be sustained.

A cabinet minister and deputy leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats on Tuesday backed calls to demand collateral for euro zone bailouts, but her comments did not appear to be the German government's official view.

China Telecom Corp Ltd, the smallest of the country's three telecommunications carriers, is still in talks with Apple Inc to carry its iPhone, targeting growth in high-end users.

Kim and Kris are not having another wedding, but we are sure this simpler celebration will be exceptionally planned. Jason Binn and Colin Cowie are famed event planners and certainly know how to make a night memorable. It is reported that the color scheme of the event is olive, black, and white. Guests for the party include Kris Humphries' teammates from the New Jersey Nets.

Marriage can have its ups and downs, although your heart and lifestyle may benefit significantly from those joyful days with your beau, new research shows.

China's factory sector is likely to slow slightly for a second consecutive month in August as sluggish overseas demand saps new orders, HSBC's China Flash PMI showed on Tuesday.

The mystery behind the birth of lager beer has gained a new clue through the discovery of elusive species of wild yeast in the frozen forests of Patagonia in Argentina.

BYD Co's profit warning and failure to deliver its promised electric car plan sent shares plunging to a more than two-year low, as the Chinese auto and battery maker backed by Warren Buffett struggles with steady sales declines and waning popularity of its top model.

While the HP TouchPad is basking in excess demands for it with its new price drop to $99, the developers who made apps for HP tablet and WebOS are being eyed as well.

The Cadillac Converj Concept, a luxury coupe with extended-range electric vehicle technology, is moving forward as a production car that will be called the Cadillac ELR.

Shares of Nintendo Co Ltd surged more than 8 percent on Tuesday amid expectations the Japanese video game maker is taking steps to shore up lackluster sales of its 3DS handheld games player.

Stock index futures rose sharply on Tuesday, tracking global equities that gained after gauges of Chinese and euro zone economic activity came in less gloomy than feared.

With the HP TouchPad getting sold out at $99 like hot cakes customers seem to have deepened their interest in tablet devices. The stores in US have already become empty of the HP tablets. But there is nothing to worry as more stock will be entering these stores by this week.

Our early ancestors, the Homo erectus, learnt how to cook with fire earlier than we thought.

Stock index futures rose sharply on Tuesday, tracking global equities that gained after gauges of Chinese and euro zone economic activity came in less gloomy than feared.

A rival bid for Kinetic Concepts Inc , a U.S. maker of medical devices used in wound care, by medical technology firm Convatec is worth more than 40 billion crowns ($6.3 billion), Swedish daily Dagens Industri reported on Tuesday, citing sources.

Australian brewer Foster's Group put pressure on SABMiller to raise its $10 billion hostile takeover offer on Tuesday, unveiling a A$500 million ($521 million) capital return to shareholders.

Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd is developing an external joystick device for its 3DS handheld gaming device that would sell for about $10, French technology website 01net reported.

Microsoft Corp will develop and market cloud-computing products in China with a Chinese partner, a pattern that the software giant could use as a model in other emerging markets, an executive said on Tuesday.

Google’s purchase of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion aiming at acquiring the hardware company’s trove of patents has put the later in an identity crisis.

The fashion magazine Italian Vogue has apologized for an article referring to hoop earrings as slave earrings.

Memories of the panic that engulfed the world after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 have hardened rich investors who have held their nerve and resisted the impulse to dash for cash during August's market falls, private bankers said.