IBT Staff Reporter

Despite mining minister Susan Shabangu's reluctance to say it, South Africa is not going to nationalise its mines.

South African government bonds rose on Tuesday, boosted by an auction which saw the strongest demand in a year with foreign buying a key feature.

South Africa said it would push Wal-Mart to rejig the conditions of its $2.4 billion Massmart deal, as Pretoria looks to wring bigger concessions from the world's top retailer.

Financial market pressure on Italy intensified on Tuesday, sucking Europe's second biggest debtor nation deeper into the euro area danger zone and prompting emergency consultations in Rome and among European capitals.

A New Hampshire man who was reportedly taken to the hospital after the disappearance of his 11-year-old stepdaughter Wendell Noyes has re-entered his community while investigators dig through the area whether Celina Cass' body was found Monday. Wendell Noyes was taken away by ambulance Monday after he laid down with his face in his arms outside of a Stewartstown, N.H. home.

A U.S. trade panel that hears patent disputes has agreed to investigate Apple Inc's complaint that mobile phones and tablets made by South Korean rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd violate its technology intellectual property.

LivingSocial agreed to buy South Korean online daily deal provider TicketMonster in a stock-swap to expand further into the Asian market, the companies said on Tuesday, without disclosing the value of the deal.

Google faces a total of nine antitrust complaints which EU regulators are now investigating, two sources said on Tuesday, as rivals ramped up the pressure on the world No. 1 search engine.

Stocks dropped on Tuesday as worries about the health of the global economy and a possible downgrade for U.S. debt sent the S&P 500 crashing through key technical levels in an ominous sign for markets.

Stocks dropped on Tuesday as worries about the health of the global economy and a possible downgrade for U.S. debt sent the S&P 500 crashing through key technical levels in an ominous sign for markets.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Most Americans think the U.S. government should authorize cyber attacks if needed, have never been to a psychiatrist or therapist and many named James Bond as their favorite fictional hero.

Apple's iCloud Beta Web site has gone live, but for developers only.

Virgin Galactic, the world's first commercial spaceline, has appointed its first Chief Financial Officer. Kenneth H. Sunshine, former CFO at MDA Information Systems, National Institute of Aerospace and Aurura Flight Sciences, joins the company, bringing with him a wealth of experience in the space business with him.

In an experiment, researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology show how a robot can adapt on the fly.

MetroPCS Communications Inc lost about a third of its market value on Tuesday after it reported quarterly earnings that missed Wall Street expectations and warned that already-weak second-quarter subscriber numbers would worsen in the current quarter.

Pfizer Inc showed further weakness in its main business of prescription medicines, sending shares down more than 3 percent on concern over future growth as the company prepares to divest better-performing non-pharmaceuticals businesses.

More debris from a spacecraft that broke up while re-entering Earth's atmosphere eight years ago has been discovered. On February 1, 2003, space shuttle Columbia scattered debris in the East Texas city of Nacogdoches.

A new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, revealed that asthma, a breathing disorder, is disproportionately commonly found in children whose moms have been exposed to high magnetic fields during pregnancy. Power lines, microwaves, vacuum cleaners, and hair dryers all increase risk.

Congress buried the specter of a U.S. debt default by finally passing a deficit-cutting package on Tuesday, but uncertainties lingered over a possible painful downgrade of the top-notch American credit rating.

The man who holds in his hands the fate of U.S. credit, and with it potentially the global economy, favors small tie knots, sports a bushy mustache and smokes his fair share of cigarettes.

Stocks dropped on Tuesday on worries about a possible downgrade of the United States' top credit rating and signs of economic weakness even as Congress passed a bill to avoid a debt default.

Analysts are expecting big things for the impending iPhone 5 release.

Joey Barton's outspokenness on Twitter has resulted in Newcastle United placing the midfielder on a free transfer with Manchester United one of the clubs reportedly attempting to lure him.

Federal officials said that one person has died from salmonella poisoning that seems to be related to ground turkey. The government has not yet released the name of the responsible party. A recall has not been issued.

Here is a rundown of the final actions in Congress on Tuesday as lawmakers try to rush to the White House a deficit reduction deal that also will raise the $14.3 trillion limit on U.S. government borrowing.

Russia's interior minister called on Tuesday for limits on the Internet to prevent a slide in traditional cultural values among young people, raising fears of controls over the vibrant Russian-language Web.

General Motors Co on Tuesday posted a 7.6 percent sales gain in July on stronger demand for its flagship Chevrolet brand and new cars including the Cruze compact.

Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez break-up rumors are most likely false, but will the couple last?

Latest news on Chelsea's summer pursuits as well as possible departures from Stamford Bridge.