IBT Staff Reporter

Internet marketing start-up HubSpot Inc. said it has raised $32 million from Google Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Salesforce.com Inc. (NYSE:CRM) in its fourth round of funding. To date, the five-year old company has raised $65 million.

Stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday as oil prices held steady after an OPEC official said the group saw no need for a meeting to discuss raising output even as turmoil in Libya continued.

Oil rose over $1 on Wednesday as fighting intensified in Libya, and an OPEC delegate said it saw no need to hold an emergency meeting to ease supply fears.

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The biggest Wall Street insider trading criminal case in a generation goes to trial on Wednesday, when prosecutors open their case against Galleon Group founder Raj Rajaratnam whose arrest 16 months ago shook the hedge fund world.

Public spending cuts forced by Congress would be a serious brake on U.S. economic growth, hitting jobs and demand, billionaire investor George Soros said on Wednesday.

Toyota Motor Corp will rely more on emerging markets for sales and launch about 10 new hybrid models under a long-term strategy aimed at nearly doubling profits before 2015, its president said on Wednesday.

U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday as oil prices held steady after an OPEC official said the group saw no need for an emergency meeting to discuss raising its output even as turmoil in Libya continued.

Oil rose over $1 on Wednesday to trade at more than $114 a barrel as fighting intensified in Libya, and an OPEC delegate said it saw no need to hold an emergency meeting to ease supply fears.

Prudential said it would pay a bigger-than-expected dividend from forecast-beating 2010 profits, hoping to finally dispel lingering investor resentment over its bungled and costly bid for Asian rival AIA last year.

With Hollywood turning to social media giant Facebook to nullify the Netflix-effect following 'The Dark Knight' deal with Warner Bros., the electronic audience emerges as king.

Oil rose over $1 on Wednesday to trade at over $114 a barrel as fighting intensified in Libya, and OPEC said it saw no need to hold an emergency meeting to ease supply fears.

The oldest known wild bird in the United States - a Laysan albatross estimated to be at least 60 years old - is a new mother, officials said.

Prudential , Britain's biggest insurer, beat forecasts with a 24 percent increase in its 2010 profit, helped by continued strong growth in Asia, and hiked its dividend by a fifth.

Wall Street was set to edge higher on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq flat to 0.2 percent higher at 1020 GMT.

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion will release its long-awaited PlayBook tablet computer with Britain's 7digital music store, the companies said on Wednesday.

European aerospace group EADS forecast higher revenue and stable core operating profit as it boosts development spending this year, after bouncing back to profit with a record cash pile in 2010.

Insurer Prudential will pay out a bigger-than-expected dividend on forecast-beating 2010 results, as it seeks to dispel lingering shareholder resentment over the group's bungled and costly bid for rival AIA last year.

Concerns about the euro zone debt crisis weighed on world stocks and lifted Portugal's yields to a new euro-era peak on Wednesday, while crude oil held steady off highs following reassurances on supply from OPEC states.

Schools in these states will receive $9 million in federal funds that will help them provide students with wireless broadband connection for laptops, phones and mobile devices even after regular campus hours.

The U.S. Department of Energy forecasts oil prices to average $105 a barrel in 2011, and said there is a 25 percent chance that gasoline prices will exceed $4 a gallon this summer.

European aerospace group EADS forecast higher revenue and stable core operating profit as it boosts development spending this year, after bouncing back to profit with a record cash pile in 2010.

Beverage vending machines across Japan plan to install electric vehicle chargers to charge cars, the AFP reported today.

John Leahy, chief operating officer for customers at Airbus claims that the U.S. administration had a significant influence on the award of the deal.

Brent crude dropped for a third day, dipping below $113 on Wednesday after reassurances from OPEC members of ample spare capacity eased anxiety about production losses from Libya, the world's 12th-largest oil exporter.

Mike Starr, popular as the bassist of the grunge band Alice in Chains, was 44 when he was found dead in a Salt Lake City house on March 8, 2011.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> on Wednesday will forecast a near doubling of operating profit to at least 1 trillion yen ($12 billion) in two to three years, said a source with direct knowledge of the situation.

Toyota Motor Corp will aim to nearly double operating profit to at least 1 trillion yen ($12 billion) in two to three years under plans to be unveiled on Wednesday, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said.

Identity theft has topped the list of consumer complaints last year, followed by debt collection, according to a report from the Federal Trade Commission.