IBT Staff Reporter

Canadian manufacturing sales slid more than expected in June, while sales of existing homes were flat in July, data on Tuesday showed, offering new signals that the Canadian economy is slowing.

A New York City education panel should delay voting on a $120 million contract for Verizon Communications Inc until the telecommunications company settles a strike by 45,000 of its workers in a Northeast unit, the city comptroller said on Wednesday.

Some information on a rare disease known as Naegleria fowleri, which has taken the lives of three people this summer.

New York City is one of the most recognized, filmed, visited and loved cities in the world. There are a lot of obvious parks, buildings and areas to visit, but Times Square is not the real New York. Here's a look at some of the (relatively) less congested sites to see in "the Big Apple."

NASA said that 3-5 kilometer-wide comet Elenin will not wreak havoc upon our Earth. The space agency said that it is too small and that its "closest approach" to Earth will bring it 90 times the Earth-moon distance. NASA decided to hold a Q & A session headed by Don Yeomans of NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and David Morrison of the NASA Astrobiology Institute at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Ca...

Phone makers depending on Google Inc's Android software should worry about the Web search leader's deal to buy Motorola Mobility, the head of rival Nokia said on Wednesday.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co and Dell Inc fell on Wednesday as the outlook for U.S. and European corporate government technology spending dimmed.

Tough prison sentences such as four years for trying to organize a riot via Facebook have triggered alarm in Britain that the government's crackdown over last week's unrest may be too harsh.

As Britain's Prince William and Kate celebrated their honeymoon in the archipelago in May, the Seychelles have become one of the most sought tourist attractions and honeymoon locations. The high-end beautiful archipelago popular for honeymooners witnessed a tragedy Wednesday after a shark mauled a British man as his newly-wed wife watched in horror.

U.S. wholesale prices outside of food and fuel rose at the fastest pace in six months in July as costs for tobacco and light trucks jumped, but weak domestic demand was seen keeping inflation pressures in check.

French military barracks will be converted to mosques.

Google rolled out its Photovine app on iTunes Wednesday, spreading its wings in the social networking market through this free photo sharing app.

Nigeria Wednesday launched two satellites, NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X spacecraft, which have a variety of applications, including the monitoring of disaster-prone areas, into orbit from a launch pad based in Russia.

A New York City education panel should delay voting on a $120 million contract for Verizon Communications Inc until the telecommunications company settles a strike by 45,000 of its workers in a Northeast unit, the city comptroller said on Wednesday.

Dell Inc's shares fell 9 percent on Wednesday, a day after weak technology spending forced the world's second-largest PC maker to slash its full-year revenue forecast.

New evidence of hacking at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World points to a four-year cover-up by the company, and intensifies focus on Prime Minister David Cameron's judgment in hiring an ex-editor who may now face criminal prosecution.

An Iraqi man is suing the country's leaders to demand his fair share of the Arab state's oil wealth.

Stocks slipped on Wednesday, reversing gains of more than 1 percent, as weak results from Dell dragged down the largest U.S. personal computer makers and offset recent upbeat earnings and outlooks from retailers, including Target Corp .

The White House on Wednesday said President Barack Obama would unveil fresh ideas to jump-start the economy and cut deficits, but details offered so far appeared to be a compilation of old proposals.

Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch saw its stock price drop nearly 10 percent Wednesday after it asked Michael Sorrentino, "The Situation," of "The Jersey Shore" not to wear its clothes. This was the first trading session after the company publicly offended the young man by offering him and his co-stars "substantial payment" to stop wearing Abercrombie & Fitch clothes.

When the leaders of the world's two biggest economies meet in Hawaii three months from now, U.S. President Barack Obama will still be able to brag to Chinese President Hu Jintao that the United States has more big companies than any other nation on the planet.

According to a new analysis of lunar rocks, the Moon may turn out to be 4.36 billion years old, up to 200 million years younger than previously thought.

A games company is accusing Zynga of infringing its patents and asking that it shut down its most popular games for the Facebook social network, including FarmVille and Mafia Wars.

Two former employees of the celebrity-owned Shin BBQ are suing the Hollywood restaurant, which is backed by several stars of the big and small screen. They are accusing the restaurant of failing to pay overtime, failing to pay for rest periods, failing to pay for meal periods and failing to pay minimum wage, as well as for unfair competition and violating the fair labor standards act.

He made his name on the quirky fast food documentary "Super Size Me," and recently peered inside the wacky world of product placement in movies.

Wholesale gasoline differentials jumped 9 cents on Wednesday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a 1.78-million-barrel draw last week on West Coast gasoline stocks, traders said.

A giant South American rodent weighing at least 100 pounds (45 kgs) was spotted at a waste-water treatment facility in California recently before disappearing in the brush, according to a wildlife official.

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc said on Wednesday that William R. Hambrecht is leaving its board of directors immediately.

The Federal Reserve has no business easing monetary policy further when the real problem facing the economy is fiscal mismanagement in Washington, a top Fed official said on Wednesday.