IBT Staff Reporter

London Stock Exchange Chief Executive Xavier Rolet was under pressure on Thursday after the Maple consortium of banks bidding against him to buy Canada's TMX Group raised its offer overnight.

Good morning, Harry Potter fans. Check here for live blog coverage of J.K. Rowling's Pottermore announcement.

With the 30 owls on Pottermore's Youtube page, the whole world awaits J.K. Rowling's announcement that will break the silence within the next hour.It's been a long week ever since a mysterious message has appeared from J.K. Rowling on the Pottermore website. With the coming soon, two owls on Pottermore.com redirect the viewers to a Youtube page that counts down the time till the official announcement of J.K. Rowling's new project.

China's growth is slowing under the weight of Beijing's anti-inflation campaign and weaker global demand, but any investors betting on a hard landing would be underestimating the resilience of the world's second-largest economy.

Day four of Wimbledon comes with the promise of some high-quality Tennis, with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Li Na all involved though the highlight for the day is the opening match at centre court between Leyton Hewitt and Robin Soderling.

Reports of an upcoming iPhone 5 continue to keep the netizens busy but how is Apple's year old phone, the iPhone 4, faring against the new breed of Androids?

Chinese e-commerce website ihush.com has raised $43 million in venture capital funding to improve customer service and expand its user base, local media reported on Thursday.

G20 farm ministers were closing in on a deal on Thursday to tackle food price volatility in what was expected to be a watered-down declaration that could still back France's call for better regulation of commodity markets.

Homebuilder Lennar Corp posted a smaller quarterly profit on Thursday as home prices fell, forcing builders to take charges for writing down land inventory.

G20 members were on the verge of inking an agreement on Thursday to curb volatility in food prices that would likely tread carefully on divisive issues like regulation and biofuels.

European leaders will try to convince Greeks and financial markets when they meet on Thursday and Friday that they have a workable plan to help Athens avoid a debt default and return to financial stability.

iCatcher, a $2 app on your iPhone and iPad can make it very easy for you to search for podcasts, which are beyond the popular range.

Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> forecast a better-than-expected 14.4 percent fall in annual operating profit on Thursday, defying a quake-induced setback in the past few months and projecting another year of record sales.

Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> forecast a better-than-expected 14.4 percent fall in annual operating profit on Thursday, defying a quake-induced setback in the past few months and projecting another year of record sales.

Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> forecast a better-than-expected 14.4 percent fall in annual operating profit on Thursday, defying a quake-induced setback in the past few months and projecting another year of record sales.

Apple Inc has removed at Israel's request an Arabic-language application from its iTunes store that called for a Palestinian uprising, an Israeli government statement said on Thursday.

In the wake of the FDA's latest breast implant alarm, the following are the high-profile celebs who should start worrying. The list includes Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra, Heidi Montag and Katie Price.

Jackass star Ryan Dunn is known for his daredevil stunts and for flirting with danger, and though he managed to cheat death once in 2005, he could not do so last Monday.

Stocks dropped on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut its forecasts for U.S. economic growth this year and next, without hinting at further plans for stimulus.

The U.S. dollar rose and Asian stocks fell on Thursday with investors reluctant to buy risky assets ahead of a European leaders meeting, which could be dominated by Greece's debt crisis, and after the Federal Reserve cut its growth forecasts.

Jackass star Ryan Dunn died in a high speed car crash on Monday, and Westboro Baptist Church, a radical church group, said Dunn is in hell, in torment, and his sentence is eternal, but did Dunn really deserve to die?

Hours after news broke on Jackass star Ryan Dunn's fatal car crash in Pennsylvania, the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church, know for its ironically infamous antics such as demonstrating with signs reading God is your enemy and protesting at innocent children's funeral, released a memo slandering Dunn's character and accident which, according to them, was God's wrath unto him.

NASA welcomed a pair of ‘spidernauts’ into space aboard its penultimate shuttle mission in May. How differently will spiders behave in space? This interesting investigation is part of a K-12 curriculum and students will be able to answer to such a question, when school is back in session.

Latin Girls have taken to Twitter screaming for Justin Bieber turning 'LatinGirlsWaiting4Biebs' into a trending topic.

Australia's banking sector is set to be more competitive as Asian and European lenders race to grab market share in a high-margin lending market, helped by new tax relief and a more onerous regulatory regime for domestic banks.

The U.S. dollar rose and Asian stocks fell on Thursday with investors reluctant to buy riskier assets ahead of a European leaders meeting which could be dominated by talk of Greece's debt crisis, and after the Federal Reserve cut its growth forecasts for this year and next.

The Westboro Baptist Church is an independent Baptist church, known for its strong stance against homosexuality. Founded in 1955, it is led by Fred Phelps and his family out of Kansas. It has less than 100 members currently.

Jackass star Ryan Dunn's death was a great shock to his fans, families and friends. Our next question is this: how would Porsche fit into this scene?

Silicon Valley start-up, Lytro, took everyone by surprise today by introducing what many of us would've hardly ever imagined: a shoot now, focus later camera.