IBT Staff Reporter

General Electric Co expects profit to be flat at its big industrial units next year as the world economy begins to recover from a brutal economic downturn.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians Star, Kim Kardashian, spoke with Jimmy Kimmel and revealed her sixth sense for detecting cavities.

Delta Air Lines Inc forecast a $1.1 billion net loss for 2009 due to losses in its fuel hedges but said revenue trends in the fourth quarter suggested a better 2010.

Boeing Co's new lightweight carbon and titanium Dreamliner lifted off a runway for the first time into cloudy skies on Tuesday after more than two years of delays.

Wells Fargo & Co sold $10.65 billion in stock on Tuesday to help repay a $25 billion bailout received from the U.S. government last year.

U.S. bank regulators on Tuesday approved a watered-down version of a proposal to jump-start the securitization market while boosting standards to avoid abuses that contributed to the economic crisis.

Iberian spot power prices rebounded on Tuesday after falling supplies of wind power forced utilities to use more expensive gas- and coal-fired generators.

Asia's aggressive emission targets and legislation around carbon and power use are expected to drive demand for energy efficiency products and services, creating lucrative opportunities for investors in the sector.

Coal stockpiles at U.S. power plants this week fell 2.3 percent from last week as much colder temperatures covered much of the nation, increasing power demand for heat, Genscape said Tuesday.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged U.S. lawmakers to create incentives for American households to weatherize their homes and said the program would essentially pay for itself.

The head of Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom said on Tuesday he did not expect a new gas war with Ukraine to erupt over the New Year, echoing an earlier statement from the Russian Energy Ministry.

The head of Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom said on Tuesday he didn't expect a new gas war with Ukraine to erupt over the New Year, echoing an earlier statement from the Russian Energy Ministry.

President Barack Obama visited a Home Depot on Tuesday in Alexandria, Northern Virginia and delivered a speech intending to stimulate the economy by creating more jobs.

Bankrupt oil and gas producer Edge Petroleum Corp said Mariner Energy Inc had emerged as the successful bidder for all its assets with an offer of $260 million at a court-supervised auction.

The Dow and S&P 500 fell on Tuesday, slipping from 14-month highs, as a jump in producer prices ignited fears of inflationary pressures.

Most U.S. credit card companies reported charge-offs rose in November after two months of declines in a sign that consumers remain under stress, sending shares down industrywide.

Delta Air Lines Inc projected a $1.1 billion net loss for 2009 due to losses in its fuel hedges, but said revenue trends in the fourth quarter suggested a better 2010.

A report says that 38 percent of all U.S. stock trading is now done by firms that have naked sponsored access to markets, the controversial trading practice said to imperil the marketplace, and which faces a regulatory crackdown.

Israel is using its civilian technological advances to enhance cyberwarfare capabilities, the senior Israeli spymaster said on Tuesday in a rare public disclosure about the secret program.

General Motors Co plans to repay roughly $8 billion in debt to the United States and Canada by June, a faster payback of the first portion of its bailout than the automaker previously committed to make.

Company officers were named in 81 percent of the enforcement cases brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2008, according to a study released Tuesday.

Most U.S. credit card companies reported charge-offs rose in November after two months of declines in a sign that consumers remain under stress, sending shares down industrywide.

Corrects spelling of Penson Financial in 12th paragraph of December 14 story

U.S. home buyers are less willing to buy foreclosed properties than six months ago, citing risks like hidden costs, but demand could grow because of the government's expanded tax credit, a new survey showed on Tuesday.

A new vaccine against polio, being used for the first time on children in Afghanistan this week, will be critical in the drive to eradicate the crippling virus, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.

Boeing's revolutionary lightweight 787 Dreamliner took to the skies for the first time on Tuesday, marking a new era in air transport as it became the largest passenger jet to fly made mostly of composite materials.

Refrigerated warehouse company Americold Realty Trust filed for an initial public offering worth $690 million on Monday.

Global talks on climate change still lack clarity and could even break down over serious outstanding issues with only three days to go before the world has to agree an outcome, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urged countries on Tuesday to compromise to salvage agreement on a new U.N. pact aimed at averting dangerous climate change.