IBT Staff Reporter

Family Dollar Stores Inc forecast a quarterly profit below analysts' estimates, sending its shares down 8 percent, as it faces an uncertain economy and increased discounting by rival Wal-Mart Stores Inc .

BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward met representatives of Abu Dhabi government investment body Mubadala Wednesday after discussions with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority .

Borders Group Inc's electronic bookstore went live on Wednesday, and the company set an ambitious target to secure 17 percent of the digital book market in one year, sending its shares up more than 9percent.

Borders electronic bookstore went live on Wednesday, and the head of the company's bookselling business predicted that it would quickly win a sizable piece of the fast-growing sector.

The S&P 500 index briefly rose 2 percent on Wednesday, rebounding from recent losses as a bullish earnings forecast from State Street Corp encouraged investors ahead of the earnings season.

A woman, whose face was severely burned during the bombing of trains and buses in London five years ago, showed her new, healed face to the public on Tuesday.

U.S. stocks advanced more than 1 percent on Wednesday, rebounding from recent losses as a bullish earnings forecast from State Street Corp encouraged investors going into the earnings season.

The U.S. economic recovery is slowing, but the Federal Reserve does not need to do more to help it along, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said on Wednesday.

European regulators haggled over how much detail to reveal about health checks on the region's lenders in a fight that may undermine the exercise's aim of restoring confidence.

Toyota Motor Corp will extend the time it takes to develop its vehicles by an average of four weeks in a bid to ensure quality following a string of high-profile recalls

Millions of gallons/liters of oil have spewed into the Gulf of Mexico since an April 20 explosion on a drilling rig triggered the worst spill in U.S. history.

Jennifer Lopez has entered a diplomatic minefield on ethnically split Cyprus after agreeing to perform in its Turkish-held north, stirring anger among thousands of Greek Cypriots.

Toyota Motor Corp said on Tuesday it had received reports more than three years ago of faulty engine valve springs at the center of a U.S. recall of nearly 139,000 luxury Lexus vehicles it announced last week.

Volkswagen Group sold more than 3.5 million cars to customers world wide in the first half of 2010, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Sirius XM Radio Inc added about 583,000 net subscribers in the second quarter, bringing its total base to 19.5 million as healthier car sales lifted demand for satellite radio.

The euro fell from seven-week highs against the dollar on Wednesday on concerns about the growth outlook for the global economy and plans to test the financial health of European banks.

Stocks advanced more than 1 percent on Wednesday as a bullish earnings forecast by institutional investor State Street Corp lifted bank shares and higher crude oil prices boosted the energy sector.

Oil prices rose on Wednesday after six straight sessions of losses, lifted by hopes of a strong earnings season and expectations data will show a drop in U.S. crude inventories.

Gold edged higher on Wednesday, rising back above $1,190 an ounce, as fresh demand emerged for the precious metal after its correction from recent record highs, which helped offset pressure from a firmer dollar.

Emails stolen from one of the world's leading climate change research centers contained no evidence to undermine the case for manmade global warming, a report found on Wednesday.

European regulators were debating how much detail to reveal about health checks of the region's banks on Wednesday, in a fight that may threaten to undermine the purpose of the exercise.

CPM, a New York-based commodities analysis firm, has predicted that platinum group metals are set to make a roaring investment option in the coming years.

Wall Street rose on Wednesday as a higher profit outlook from bank State Street Corp reinforced hopes of a better-than-expected earnings season and trumped fears of slower global economic growth.

The stress tests for European banks will not include a haircut on German sovereign bonds, two banking sources in Germany told Reuters on Wednesday.

BP's boss met officials from Abu Dhabi state funds on Wednesday as prospects for fresh investment and progress toward closing a leaking U.S. oil well lifted the company's battered shares.

CME Group Inc (CME.O), which runs the world's biggest clearinghouse for futures contracts, plans to start clearing over-the-counter interest-rate contracts in 2010, an executive said on Wednesday. A sweeping financial regulatory reform bill that won passage this month in the U.S. House of Representatives will require trading and clearing of a swath of derivatives currently traded away from regulated exchanges. CME is among several clearinghouses that aim to take advantage of the new requirement...

Emails stolen from one of the world's leading climate change research centers contained no evidence to undermine the case for manmade global warming, a report found on Wednesday.

Gold recovered in afternoon trade on Wednesday, but a firmer dollar and a report that China would not make gold a major part of its reserves undermined sentiment. Physical interest in the metal at lower prices and strong chart support after its recent correction helped limit early losses, analysts said.

Zimbabwe has once again urged the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme to allow the country to export its diamonds to world market. Zimbabwe finance minister tendai Biti said the KP should allow Zimbabwe to immediately start selling diamonds from Chiadzwa as the delay is affecting ordinary Zimbabweans.