IBT Staff Reporter

U.S. consumer spending was unchanged in May for the first time in almost a year, likely reflecting a plunge in auto sales, according to a government report on Monday, that also showed a build-up in underlying inflation pressures.

Feeling a slew of emotions, Johnny Knoxville decided to blog on his website about losing his good friend Ryan Dunn.

Researchers from the California Academy of Sciences think they have discovered 300 new species during a biological expedition that focused on the Island of Luzon, Philippines, according to the organization's news release.

How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris announced his engagement via Twitter.

Samsung's soured relationship with Apple received another blow as a new report suggests that the Cupertino-based company will not source its upcoming A6 SoC from its Korean supplier.

Investment fund GSV Capital Corp has taken a small stake in Facebook that values the world's No. 1 social networking site at about $70 billion.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were spotted at Wimbledon.

At last night's BET award there was an awkward mistake when reading the winner of the BET Coca Color Viewers' Choice Award

Swedish Automobile , the parent company of ailing carmaker Saab, was given a glimmer of hope after winning an order for new cars that will enable it to pay wages and suppliers and resume production.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao signaled for the first time that China would struggle to meet its 4 percent inflation target this year, underlining expectations that interest rates will rise further even as economic growth slows down.

Consumer spending was unchanged in May for the first time in almost a year, likely reflecting a plunge in auto sales, according to a government report on Monday, that also showed a build-up in underlying inflation pressures.

Consumer spending was flat in May, breaking a string of 10 straight months of gains, as households struggled with rising prices and automakers failed to deliver the models Americans wanted.

Stocks rebounded from three days of losses on Monday as investors bet there would be a near-term resolution to some of the uncertainty over Greece's fiscal crisis, but the absence of a firm plan could limit the market's upside.

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Who is the third-term representative from Minnesota? Here's a guide to the spare book offerings on her so far.

French banks, among the most exposed to the Greek debt crisis, have reached an outline agreement to roll over holdings of maturing Greek bonds, part of a wider European plan to avoid sovereign default.

Feeling a slew of emotions, Johnny Knoxville decided to blog on his website about he truly feels about losing his good friend Ryan Dunn.

Kate Middleton attended Wimbledon with her husband Prince William on Monday.

Investment fund GSV Capital Corp has taken a small stake in Facebook that values the world's No. 1 social networking site at about $70 billion.

Apple will finally make its products affordable for the middle class crowd by addressing the pre-paid mobile phone market, releasing contract-free iPhone for $350 along with iPhone 5 in September.

Inflation in emerging markets could reach double digits, while economic growth this year will average 6 percent, according to Franklin Templeton's veteran emerging markets investor Mark Mobius.

China is looking into accounting issues involving Chinese companies listed in North America, an official at the country's securities regulator said in the watchdog's first public remarks since a series of accounting scandals.

Investment fund GVS Capital Corp has taken a small stake in Facebook that values the world's No. 1 social networking site at about $70 billion.

The BET Awards took place Saturday night in Los Angeles.

The odds are stacked against the London Stock Exchange in its bid to take over the operator of Canada's biggest stock exchange, amid vocal endorsements for its made-in-Canada rival from investors, a billionaire activist and provincial politicians.

Despite the escalation of long-running tensions over settlements and a flotilla to deliver aid to Gaza, Israel has recently taken measures to woo Paris and other key votes at the UN.

Delta Air Lines Inc expects a solidly profitable second quarter as higher revenues have for the most part offset rising fuel costs.

Kuwait will put on trial two citizens for criticizing Gulf Arab ruling families on social media site Twitter, a security official said on Monday.

Germany and China will discuss the euro and world currency system reforms during a visit by Premier Wen Jiabao, a German government source said, as Berlin said it would welcome more Chinese firms as long-term investors.