IBT Staff Reporter

State-run Oil & Natural Gas Corp may file the draft prospectus for its share sale this week, its chairman A.K. Hazarika said on Wednesday.

The Federal Trade Commission will probe into Apple's marketing of in-app purchases in games for children such as Smurfs' Village, after it received a complaint from a U.S. legislator, according to the Washington Post.

Florida houses 12 of the best 50 hospitals in the country, followed by Ohio with seven, a new survey has found.

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Ford Motors India will launch a new version of the Fiesta Sedan 2011 in Indian markets this year.

Test-prep major Princeton Review, in collaboration with USA Today, has released its annual list of 50 private and 50 public colleges in the nation that are considered to offer best value in terms of academic strength, affordability and financial aid availability.

West Australian Newspaper Holdings (WAN.AX) (WAN) shares fell more than 11 percent when the stock resumed trading after announcing a $2 billion tie-up with Seven Media Group and completing share sales to institutions to help fund the deal.

Australia's Port Hedland, one of the world's largest export terminals for iron ore, reopened on Wednesday following a two-day suspension as a cyclone passed down the western coast, the port's harbourmaster said.

Tens of thousands of trade unionists, including those from a group linked to India's ruling party, marched through the streets of the capital on Wednesday to protest food prices, piling pressure on a government already under fire over graft.

Increased and continuous use of computers is causing musculosketal disorders in a growing number of youth and children, according to a study by researchers at the Boston University.

Technology giant Apple is in discussions with record labels to improve the quality of the song files they sell, CNN reported quoting executives involved in the talk.

VOANews.com was hacked by a pro-Iran cyber activist group that changed the domain name settings of the site, leading visitors to a different site controlled by the group.

The Academy did not like his cover version of the Burlesque song.

Chelsea began their revival with a comfortable 2-0 victory at FC Copenhagen in their Champions League last-16 first-leg clash at the Parken Stadium.

An ex-aide to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has revealed e-mail messages from his former employer which he says show Palin closely tracking public opinion, expressing disgust with some broadcasters and explaining why she chose to grant interviews only to Fox news.

First a movie was made about Mark Zuckerberg's rise to the top and now a comic book is next up.

Gold fell back slightly toward $1,400 an ounce on Tuesday, breaking a six-session rally, as turmoil in Libya prompted bullion investors to take profits and as sharp losses in equities and other commodities markets prompted margin selling.

The golden-voiced homeless man who became a YouTube sensation is getting his own reality TV show.

Here is a look at actors, actresses, directors and movies that should have received a 2011 Oscar nomination.

Conflicting reports about the rollout of the iPad 2 stress Apple's need for the device's swift release.

Indiana Democrats are imitating their Wisconsin peers and have reportedly refused to show up for a vote. Members of the state of Indiana's House of Representatives are headed to neighboring Illinois to avoid a vote anti-union legislation, according to a report.

The CEO of AIM Truancy Solutions, the company which makes GPS devices to track misbehaving students, defends his company against the notion that it is Big Brother.

The following are prepared remarks of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie to a joint session of the state's assembly in Trenton regarding the fiscal year 2012 budget on Feburary 22, 2012.

A recent expedition to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico found that last summer's oil spill will likely affect the region for several more years.

South African resource-heavy stocks slipped on Tuesday as Libyan unrest prompted an equities sell-off while the rand firmed against the dollar, recovering from earlier losses as better-than-expected GDP data boosted the currency.

Pfizer Inc said it has settled all outstanding lawsuits involving accusations that it tested the experimental antibiotic Trovan on children in Nigeria during a 1996 meningitis outbreak without receiving adequate prior consent.

The Formula One season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, scheduled to be staged on 13 March, has been called off because of internal troubles in the nation.

New Zealand rescue teams worked under search lights early Wednesday to find scores of people trapped under collapsed buildings after an earthquake struck the country's second-biggest city of Christchurch, killing at least 65 people.

Iranian security forces have arrested a son of opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi, his website reported Tuesday, one week after his supporters took to the streets in their first demonstrations in more than a year.