IBT Staff Reporter

The head of JPMorgan Chase & Co in a German newspaper interview on Sunday turned against the possibility of stricter bank regulation and asked for better access for bankers to politicians.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday he was confident there was enough political unity on Capitol Hill for the Senate to forge a strong financial regulatory bill despite differences over some parts of it.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he wanted Britain's financial watchdog to investigate U.S. bank Goldman Sachs after it was charged with fraud by U.S. regulators.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Sunday he was confident there was enough political unity on Capitol Hill for the Senate to forge a strong financial regulatory bill despite differences over some parts of it.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday he wanted Britain's financial regulator to conduct a special investigation into U.S. bank Goldman Sachs .

A recent study reveals that a playful and friendly environment can help children with autism to cope up and develop social skills

Zero blood alcohol content for young Australian drivers who will apply for a driver's license,

After hours clinics reduces the load of patients that emergency departments in an hospital accepts in a day.

Parents are sending their girls as young as the age of nine to have their legs waxed and undergo painful beauty treatments

Opposition health spokesperson said that the government has failed to meet the four hour rule target for emergency department of hospitals.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday that China was providing his nation with a long-term, $20 billion financing plan for major projects in the South American oil-exporter.

Intake of multivitamins on a daily basis causes higher risk to the development of breast cancer.

The board of New York City's bankrupt Off-Track Betting Corporation voted on Saturday to continue operations for another year, just one day before a scheduled shutdown of the horse racing gambling parlors.

Iceland's government expects the economy to turn a corner in the second half of 2010 but said risks remained significant and the flow of aid from the International Monetary Fund would be crucial.

European Union finance ministers failed to agree on Saturday how to impose a bank levy, possibly delaying a global accord on taxing the financiers many accuse of causing recession.

Necessary reform of the international financial system will mean banks make smaller profits in future, Financial Stability Board President Mario Draghi said on Saturday.

Greece will decide within weeks on whether to activate a euro zone aid package, Prime Minister George Papandreou said, as a poll showed austerity measures had begun hitting Athenians' pocket books.

Too much television and being driven to school have seen links to cause obesity to young children.

China should let its yuan currency appreciate to help ease imbalances in the global economy, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Saturday.

Germany will not need a supplementary budget to pay for an aid package to Greece, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted as saying on Saturday, adding he did not expect German taxpayers to suffer.

Australian Red Cross are now reviewing their policy of banning homosexual men from donating blood.

China's cabinet on Saturday laid out further detailed measures for keeping the property sector in check, empowering and ordering local governments to take steps to control speculative buying.

Most people are not aware of the seriousness of a minor stroke

Rosebery residents will sue health officials as well as the management of MMG Australia for exposing them to high levels of health risk.

Oil prices plunged on Friday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman Sachs with fraud in its marketing of certain subprime mortgage securities, amid a general sell-off in financial and commodity markets. The allegations against one of the biggest market makers in virtually every markets dampened speculation heading into the weekend. Much like the volcanic eruption in Iceland spewed a cloud of dust over northern Europe that grounded all air travel, the SEC charge cast a ...

Leprosy disease has entered New South Wales

U.S. regulators on Friday seized eight banks with assets totaling more than $6 billion, raising the tally this year to 51 failed banks and adding to the carnage of small institutions that is expected to peak this year.

With some of Wall Street's most volatile names on the earnings calendar next week, investors may want to keep the antacids handy.

World stock markets dropped on Friday after U.S. regulators charged Goldman Sachs Group Inc. with fraud related to subprime mortgages, while the euro dropped on worries about Greece's debt crisis.