IBT Staff Reporter

Happily married people are three times more likely than unmarried people to be alive 15 years after coronary bypass surgery.

Economist Kevin Depew lists five important things to look for leading up to this week’s Fed conference.

Italian oil company Eni led the charge back into Libya on Monday as rebels hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's rule warned Russian and Chinese firms that they may lose out on lucrative oil contracts for failing to support the rebellion.

U.S. stocks edged up on Monday after four weeks of losses, but investors were hesitant to take big risks without a catalyst for buying.

President Barack Obama has taken heat for taking a vacation when the U.S. economy is struggling, but aides are striving to make clear he is not neglecting the country's finances during his break.

TouchPad + Android = Touchdroid! What you can do with the heavily-discounted HP TouchPad are limited, now that Hewlett-Packard is killing its WebOS devices and the $99 TouchPad will slowly wear off.

Despite being third to market, a new bloodthinner from Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer may become the biggest seller in an emerging multibillion-dollar class of drugs for preventing strokes in heart patients.

A timeline of the sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Peter E. Greulich documents Thomas J. Watson, Sr.’s founding leadership that enabled IBM to grow for a century in ‘The World’s Greatest Salesman: An IBM Caretaker’s Perspective, Looking Back’

Hurricane Irene may pass off the coast of Florida, according to updated path projections from the National Weather Service. The storm is expected to strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane with winds up to 115 mph.

Hewlett-Packard launched a new desktop on Monday, days after the technology company revealed plans to spin off or sell its personal computer unit.

When a team of geologist unearthed 3.4-billion-year-old fossils, the microfossils preserved in the form of tiny circles and tubes meant much more than mere discovery of the oldest fossils on earth.

She can show the president how to make $17.5 million in one weekend.

George Pataki, who was governor of New York from 1995-2006, is giving serious consideration to running for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the Daily News.

Genna Saucedo supervises cashiers at a Wal-Mart in Pico Rivera, California, but her wages aren't enough to feed herself and her 12-year-old son.

The bubble in mobile phone technology patent values may just have popped.

The Nigerian naira fell to its weakest in almost two months against the U.S. dollar on the interbank market on Monday after the central bank removed restrictions on the amount of dollars lenders could sell to bureaux de change.

The CEO of Harmony Gold, the world's fifth largest gold producer, said reported plans to shift mineral ownership in Papua New Guinea to local communities from the state would complicate negotiations but nationalisation was not being discussed.

Ghana's parliament will begin debating on Monday a $3 billion loan facility awarded by China Development Bank to the west African nation to finance infrastructure projects including in the oil and gas sector, a government statement said.

There is no immediate prospect of removing Libya from a list of areas deemed high risk by London's marine insurance market, and underwriters will seek a stable period in the country before looking at a de-listing, a market official said on Monday.

South Africa's government bonds took a breather on Monday, with yields coming off record lows as some dealers cashed in their holdings after a strong rally last week.

This fall is shaping up to be one to remember for Groupon Chief Executive Andrew Mason.

A bankruptcy court has denied Sprint Nextel Corp's motion for a partial summary judgment in a proceeding against bankrupt mobile satellite network operator TerreStar Networks Inc , U.S. Bancorp and others.

Galaxies are running out of gas, causing the universe to form fewer stars, TG Daily said. The reason behind the star shortage is a shortage of molecular hydrogen, an Australian research team explained.

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was hit with a $60 million libel lawsuit by a former Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc executive over a column posted on Slate.com about an insurance bid-rigging scandal.

Bank of America Corp shares fell as much as 6.6 percent on Monday, reaching their lowest level in two weeks, as investors fretted about the bank facing additional legal liabilities over mortgages.

Bank of America Corp shares fell as much as 6.6 percent on Monday, reaching their lowest level in two weeks, as investors fretted about the bank facing additional legal liabilities over mortgages.

Brent crude fell more than 1 percent on Monday as investors anticipate a resumption of oil exports from the OPEC-member Libya, where rebels moved to control most of Tripoli and an end to the six-month-old civil war seemed close.

Lowe's Companies Inc put aside $5 billion to buyback its shares over the next two to three years, joining a string of companies digging into their cash reserves to shore up their stocks in a weak economy.