IBT Staff Reporter

In Australia, the diagnosis of Alzheimer's - that affects the lives of 150,000 Australians - is made only after the symptoms have appeared.

Stocks fell on Tuesday but closed off their lows after the Federal Reserve said it would take new steps to counter a weak recovery.

Stocks ended lower on Tuesday, but well off their lows, after the Federal Reserve said it would take new steps to counter a weak recovery. The Dow, which was down about 100 points before the Fed's announcement, briefly turned positive before buying waned on the Fed's more pessimistic assessment of the economy.

Elderly residents of nursing homes in SA are at risk of contracting the highly deadly rotavirus.

The United States faces a rising risk of deflation that could bolster prices of safe-haven U.S. government bonds, while hurting the prices of real estate and stocks, the world's biggest bond fund management company said on Tuesday.

Buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co said on Tuesday it expects to start fundraising for its next private equity fund sometime in the next few quarters.

South Korean police raided Google Inc's Seoul office on Tuesday, the latest in a series of legal challenges the company is facing because of data collected by its controversial fleet of Street View cars.

Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said on Tuesday he is suing the world's biggest makers of liquid crystal display screens for engaging in a conspiracy at the highest level to fix prices.

Stocks cut losses on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve announced measures designed to boost the sluggish economic recovery.

Illegal drug use in Australia cost the nation $3.8 billion every year, says Professor Paul Wilson, an Australian criminologist.

Researchers have identified a specific biomarker signature that can predict the onset of Alzheimer's disease with 100 percent accuracy.

The Federal Reserve on Tuesday said it would begin funneling proceeds from its maturing mortgage bonds into longer-term government debt in an effort to support a sputtering economic recovery.

According to Australian scientists, there's a way to check the health state of a person brain and that is by looking into the eyes.

Stocks declined on Tuesday due to investors' uncertainty whether the Federal Reserve will announce action to boost the U.S. economy as the recovery appears to be losing steam.

Boeing Co is assessing new issues related to manufacturing the long-delayed 787 Dreamliner, but the company still aims to make first delivery of the plane by the end of this year, the chief executive of Boeing Commercial Airplanes said on Tuesday.

The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) reported on Tuesday that more than three and a half million Australians will become alcohol abusers and dependents during their lifetime but only one in five of them will seek treatment.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has agreed to hand over coveted codes to users' phones to try to avert a ban on its Messenger service in Saudi Arabia, an industry source familiar with the talks told Reuters on Tuesday.

U.S. stocks declined on Tuesday due to investors' uncertainty whether the Federal Reserve will announce action to boost the U.S. economy as the recovery appear to be losing steam.

U.S. business productivity fell for the first time in 1-1/2 years in the second quarter and labor costs hardly rose, according to government data that underlined the halting pace of economic recovery.

Netflix Inc reached an exclusive deal that allows members of the online video rental site to watch new films from the three studios that own the pay TV channel, Epix.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, aiming to avert a ban on its Messenger service in Saudi Arabia, has agreed to hand over coveted codes to users' phones, an industry source familiar with the talks told Reuters on Tuesday.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Tuesday won a reprieve from a threatened ban on its Messenger texting service as Saudi Arabia said progress was being made on addressing its concerns.

Gold prices fell for a second day in Europe on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened, but prices did not stray far from $1,190 an ounce as traders awaited the outcome of a U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.

U.S. business productivity fell for the first time in 1-1/2 years in the second quarter and labor costs hardly rose, according to government data that underlined the halting pace of economic recovery.

Stocks dropped sharply on Tuesday as commodity shares were hit by indications China's economic growth may be slowing and by mounting uncertainty over the Federal Reserve's assessment of the U.S. economy, due later in the session.

Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc plans to open 180 dual-branded Wendy's and Arby's restaurants in Russia over the next 10 years, becoming the latest U.S. fast food chain to look to that market for growth.

U.S. non-farm productivity declined for the first time in 1-1/2 years during the second quarter this year and labor costs barely edged up, according to a Labor Department report on Tuesday that underlined a slowing pace of economic recovery.

JA Solar Holdings Co posted a second-quarter profit, meeting Wall Street estimates, and it raised its full-year sales forecast as demand topped its expectations..

Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc said on Tuesday it plans to open 180 dual-branded Wendy's and Arby's restaurants in Russia over the next ten years.