IBT Staff Reporter

Drugs used to slow down multiple sclerosis may help patients but are unreasonably expensive, said a study Wednesday. The medications, disease-modifying drugs (DMDs) have been on the market since the 1990s and include beta interferons, glatiramer, and natalizumab.

Groupon Inc's privacy and data-collection policies came under congressional scrutiny on Thursday, the latest sign of regulatory pressure on the largest online daily deals company.

Over one million users purchased and downloaded Mac OS X in a single day, announced Apple.

Stocks climbed on Thursday as signs of progress on the U.S. debt talks and concrete action from Europe on its own debt crisis heartened investors.

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian may be a Mrs. pretty soon. The 'wedding of the year' is rumored to take place next month between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. The two became engaged back in May, when Kris was said to have presented Kim with at 20.5 carat diamond ring. It was speculated from the beginning that the alleged Kim Kardashian wedding date is set for August 20, 2011.

Stocks advanced on Thursday led by banks after Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected results and as details of a new Greece rescue plan emerged.

A humbled John Paulson told investors on Thursday he was too aggressive with some of the stock bets in his flagship funds and he is trimming back some of his riskiest holdings.

U.S. stocks advanced on Thursday led by banks after Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected results and as details of a new Greece rescue plan emerged.

If the economy does not show signs of sustainable improvement this quarter, the Federal Reserve should dig into its toolbox to find new ways to help it along, a top Fed official said on Thursday.

Trailers for next year's biggest blockbusters have recently been released. Which has you more excited?

Should people like Barbara test for Alzheimer's disease or is this a lose-lose situation? Currently prescribed drugs ease symptoms but only help half of the people who are treated and for less than a year on average.

Stocks advanced on Thursday, powered by financials after Morgan Stanley reported better-than-expected results and on apparent progress on debt deals in Europe and the United States.

A humbled John Paulson told investors on Thursday he was too aggressive with some of the stock bets in his flagship funds and he is trimming back some of his riskiest holdings.

Recent research says the European house mouse has become resistant to rodent poison.

Tall women face an increased risk of cancer, British researchers said. The study focused on British women and found that for every four inches added risk of cancer increases by 16 percent.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc won the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of causing an investor to become insolvent by fraudulently misleading it about risky debt it expected would tumble in value.

Private-sector growth in the euro zone ground to a halt this month and China's factory sector contracted for the first time in a year, surveys showed on Thursday, deepening evidence of a global slowdown.

The economy is lacking in pep heading into the second half of the year. Just ask the head of the company that makes Pepsi.

Morgan Stanley stunned Wall Street with better-than-expected second-quarter results, outperforming Goldman Sachs and other rivals as it gained market share in tough trading conditions.

Stocks rose on Thursday as encouraging results from Morgan Stanley lifted optimism over the battered financial sector, while investors were cheered by the initial details over a rescue plan for Greece.

The New York Times reported 224,000 digital subscribers in the second quarter to its flagship website, smartphone and tablet applications, up from more than 100,000 in April.

Express Scripts Inc will buy rival Medco Health Solutions Inc for $29.1 billion, creating a U.S. powerhouse in managing prescription drug benefits that is sure to draw antitrust scrutiny.

AT&T Inc posted better-than-expected subscriber growth for the second quarter, pushing its profits and sales past Wall Street estimates despite the loss of exclusive U.S. rights to sell the Apple Inc iPhone.

New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley received a waiver allowing him to keep investments in firms the Fed was rescuing at the height of the financial crisis when he was a top staffer, a congressional watchdog agency found.

On July 8, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off for its final mission, a 12-day mission to the International Space Station. The return of the Space shuttle marked the end the 30-year shuttle era.

A big rise in the number of digital subscribers to the New York Times sent shares of the newspaper's parent company up as much as 8.5 percent in morning trading.

Taiwan's Acer Inc will buy U.S.-based cloud computing firm iGware Inc for $320 million, the fifth-largest ever Taiwanese buyout of a U.S. company, as it seeks to move beyond its core hardware manufacturing business.

As the space shuttle Atlantis safely landed at 5:57 Thursday morning at Kennedy Space Center, it marked the end of one era of American space exploration.

While Andy Schleck was dazzling cycling fans with his historic ride up Galibier, Thomas Voeckler showed why he is an inspiring hero on the very same climb on the Tour de France Stage 18.