IBT Staff Reporter

Recent report released by Go Grains, studying the health effects of diet packed with wholegrains and legumes found that they carry extensive health benefits - reducing risks of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Recalling the last time you had the tetanus shot, will soon be an easy click of the computer mouse button, starting middle of 2012, says Rudd government.

Americans are as charitable as ever, but they are changing the way they give money.

A pattern of genes - that may predict 20 per cent of children with leukaemia who would require the most invasive cancer treatments - has been discovered by Australian scientists.

The percentage of people from ages 16 and over who smoke everyday or occasionally has taken a dip to 17 per cent in 2009 compared to 24 per cent in 1997, according to the latest findings od the NSW Health Survey.

HTC Corp said on Wednesday it filed a patent infringement case against Apple Inc and asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban U.S. sales of iPhones, iPads and iPods.

The growth of video distributors on the Web and new video-enabled devices like Apple Inc's iPad will create opportunities for both networks and distributors, top cable executives said at an industry event on Wednesday.

U.S. stocks capped their best three-day run in 10 months on Wednesday, lifted by technology and industrial shares after Spain unveiled an austerity plan that reassured investors Europe was addressing its fiscal ills.

As much-hyped electric cars arrive in European dealerships, carmakers face an uphill struggle to change drivers' mindsets and convince them that running cost and emission advantages will compensate for a reduction in autonomy.

Gold climbed to a second successive record high on Wednesday as investors bet that a proposed $1 trillion European rescue will either fail to prevent a worsening euro zone crisis or will stoke inflation.

IBM forecast roughly doubling its profit by 2015 as it pushes further into emerging markets and lucrative services and software businesses, sending its shares up over 4 percent and boosting investor confidence in the tech sector.

AIG is reviewing its dealings with all its counterparties during the financial crisis, including Goldman Sachs Group Inc , to see if it was harmed, Chief Executive Robert Benmosche said on Wednesday.

The United States posted an $82.69 billion deficit in April, nearly four times the $20.91 billion shortfall registered in April 2009 and the largest on record for that month, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday.

Stocks rallied on Wednesday, lifted by technology and industrial shares after Spain unveiled an austerity plan that further eased investor concerns about the fiscal health of some European countries.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Implantable lenses could be a safer alternative to laser surgery for moderately nearsighted people, a British review of earlier research suggests.

The trade deficit hit its widest point in 15 months in March as a broadening economic recovery boosted demand for foreign goods, with a rise in exports and imports seen as a sign of growing global demand.

U.S. stocks rallied on Wednesday, lifted by multinational technology and industrial shares after Spain unveiled an austerity plan that further eased jitters over euro-zone debt woes.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc agreed to pay as much as $86 million to settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of failing to pay vacation, overtime and other wages to thousands of former workers in California.

Macy's Inc posted improved quarterly results on Wednesday as the department store operator benefited from a strong recovery in consumer spending and efforts to cater merchandise to local tastes.

The Federal Reserve scored a victory and mortgage bankers suffered a defeat on Wednesday as the U.S. Senate took aim at bank supervision and housing finance in its sprawling Wall Street reform effort.

Technology and industrial shares boosted Wall Street on Wednesday as Spain unveiled an austerity plan that further eased jitters over euro-zone debt woes.

IBM said it expects its profit to roughly double to more than $20 a share by 2015, helped by growth in emerging markets as well as the company's push into high-margin technology services and software businesses.

Macy's Inc returned to profit in the first quarter as the department store operator benefited from a strong recovery in consumer spending and efforts to cater merchandise to local tastes.

ROME (Reuters Life!) - Falling chunks of mortar from Rome's Colosseum has rekindled the debate about the state of the Italian capital's archaeological treasures -- some of which are literally falling apart.

(Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a 70-point plan for reducing childhood obesity within a generation, including a call for marketing healthier food, but stopping short of recommending regulatory action or a federal tax on sugary sodas.

CHICAGO (Reuters.com) - Some 80 years ago John Ruocco's then16-year-old uncle was struck and killed by a drunk driver in the Bronx. Although it happened years before he was born, Ruocco grew up hearing about the tragedy from his parents, who witnessed it, and vowed to do something about drunk driving. A couple of years ago Ruocco finally made good on the promise, developing a test that sends real...

(Reuters) - More than two thirds of the estimated 8.8 million deaths in children under five worldwide in 2008 were caused by infectious diseases like pneumonia, diarrhea and malaria, according to a study on behalf of the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

The International Energy Agency revised its global oil demand forecast for 2010 down by 220,000 barrels a day, mostly due to changes to non-OECD historical data though also because of February data and preliminary estimates for March and April.

If US inflation concerns, Euro Zone debt crisis helped gold to surge to a recent high of Rs 1230 on Tuesday, subsequent news events don't paint a further bullish picture for the yellow metal. The negative factors for gold come from the vary zone that created the bull rally in gold the other day.