IBT Staff Reporter

S&P 500 Index edged up 0.68 points, or 0.06 percent, to trade at 1,179.73 at 09:53 a.m. EDT. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 8.47 points, or 0.08 percent, to trade at 11,015.03. The Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.24 percent.

Victoria Kolakowski became the first elected transgender judge in United States by defeating deputy district attorney John Creighton in a fiercely contested race for Alameda County Superior Court.

Rain intervened play after West Indies bowling attack took two early Sri Lankan wickets on the third day of the first test at Galle

Construction of new homes touched an 18-month low in October, falling much more than expected, according to a report by the U.S. Commerce Department.

A former executive of Japanese Airlines and two former executives of Nippon Cargo Airlines have been indicted for conspiring to fix rates on air cargo shipments to and from the United States, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.

Futures on the S&P 500 gained 3.50 points, futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up 23 points and Nasdaq100 futures are up 7 points.

More than 400 Fashion Bug stores will be open Nov. 25, 2010 on Thanksgiving Day between 8 am and 3 pm. Fashion Bug will open all of its stores at 6 am on Black Friday, November 26, 2010 for the first time ever with doorbuster deals and storewide sales on every item.

Commercial and recreational fishing may resume as close as 10 miles from the wellhead of the former Deepwater Horizon oil rig, federal officials said on Monday.

The ATP World Finals at the O2 Arena, London is all set to sparkle with some of the best in World Tennis locking horns.

Research In Motion (RIM), maker of BlackBerry smartphones, took potshots at Apple on Tuesday, saying the content on the iPad is 'mundane' and 'boring-looking' and that its PlayBook is superior to the Apple tablet on all counts.

Registration of European passenger cars slumped by 16.6 percent in October against the numbers recorded in the corresponding period a year ago

A bankruptcy court approved a financing package for TerreStar Networks over objections from several other classes of creditors.

Specifications of Sony Ericsson's Anzu smartphone are out in the wild and the reports confirm it's not running on Gingerbread juice.

Google just doesn't seem to be satisfied with tech walk but also loves to sashay down the high end fashion street with a catwalk. Well, if you are wondering what it is?

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is planning an official visit to Israel in January next year, the Haaretz reported on Wednesday. This will be the first Russian presidential visit to Israel in almost five years. It was in 2005 that Vladimir Putin met Ariel Sharon, which improved the bilateral ties between the countries.

Red Bull team-mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, who saw their relationship deteriorate over the season, has patched up in a show of mutual respect after Vettel's title triumph at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Yahoo, the once-mighty torch bearer for the Internet age, is shaking up it business strategies even as the company is bedeviled by job cuts, takeover speculation and a fall in share prices.

The next tranche of aid for Greece will be delayed until January, after the data from the country is released, according to Austrian finance minister.

Apple has relented after 16 months of dogged resistance to keep Google Voice app out of its Apps Store. Now the exiled app is here and available for iPhone users.

Tensions are mounting on the rough waters of the East China Sea as both China and Japan refuse to withdraw claims over the disputed isles. There is no end in sight to the crisis with China setting off to embattle the waters, while the Japanese are solidifying their stance. Suffering both domestic and International setbacks in the recent months, Prime Minister Naoto Kan is mired in severe public discontent. With his approval ratings plunging to a new low, Kan, missing no opportunity, reiterated h...

An estimated 42.2 million travelers are hitting the roadways during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, according to American Automobile Association (AAA), the nation's largest automobile club. Here are some tips for car travel.

More Americans will be traveling to celebrate Thanksgiving this year, all thanks to improving economic scenario in the country.

Japan’s Sony Corp unveiled the world's first tilting screen that could be set up either vertically or slotted to a six-degree backwards lean.

Members of Bank of England's (BoE) policy panel continue to be split three ways over new policies to contain inflation and spur growth, according to the minutes released by the Monetary Policy Committee on Wednesday.

The influential nonprofit organization, the Consumer Reports, which publishes guides on everything from cars to TVs, said in a report released on Tuesday, that the electrification of the car is grabbing the attention of more consumers.

Automaker Nissan Motor will sell 500,000 electric vehicles annually by the end of 2013, Renault Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn told reporters on the eve of Nissan Leaf's market debut.

British credit information group Experian Plc said its benchmark pretax profit grew 12 percent in the first half as it reported its best organic revenue growth in four years. The company lifted its first interim dividend by 29 percent to 9 cents.

ICAP Plc, the world’s largest broker of transactions between banks, reported good revenue and earnings growth for the first half despite quieter markets, mainly driven by its strong electronic broking franchise.

At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Yahoo! introduces a local deals service.