IBT Staff Reporter

Clearwire Corp said on Tuesday that it would raise $1.564 billion from its current investors to help fund a high-speed wireless network it is building.

After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama's push for healthcare reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.

German Chancellor Merkel urged General Motors to quickly present a restructuring plan for its European unit Opel and said the U.S. automaker should not count on governments to shoulder most of the overhaul costs.

As we roll on into the festive season, Google has decided to get festive. The tech giant announced Tuesday it will be offering travelers free WiFi at 47 airports across the nation, starting from today, Nov. 10 until Jan. 15, 2010.

Overuse of antibiotics in Europe is building widespread resistance and threatening to halt vital medical treatments such as hip replacements, intensive care for premature babies and cancer therapies, health experts say.

Wall Street edged higher and the Dow touched a fresh 13-month high on Tuesday as several positive corporate announcements helped stocks extend gains.

The state parent of Chongqing Changan Automobile Co has agreed to take over major auto assets from aircraft maker Aviation Industry Corp of China, heeding Beijing's calls to speed up restructuring in the fragmented auto industry.

Apple released a Mac OS X 10.6.2 update on Tuesday which fixes 58 bugs, including a bug which deletes user data from their Macs. Along with fixes, Apple's update also disables support for Intel Atom processors, in a move to stop users from hacking their netbooks and creating hackintosh systems.

The moment my plane landed in Bucharest I fell in love. It didn't only feel like arriving in another city, but also like I somehow discovered another sense of time. The airport looked old, but not how I'm used to experience old. It's a different kind of old.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have reportedly purchased a $15 million house in New York City's Greenwich Village, according to several blogs.

Renault, Nissan Motor Co and their Indian partner will launch an ultra low-cost car in India in 2012 that will cost less than Tata Motor's Nano, the world's cheapest car.

The weather is cooling down and many North Americans are grudgingly trading in their teeny two-piece for a wool coat and gloves-but just because the seasons are changing doesn't mean there is

Oil prices rose on Tuesday to above $80 a barrel after a late-season hurricane disrupted oil and gas output in the Gulf of Mexico and the dollar stayed close to a 15-month low.

Japanese manga artist Hoshino Yukinobu has brought his popular character Professor Munakata to London's British Museum, featuring some of the collection's most famous treasures in his drawings

Industrial conglomerate Tyco International Ltd posted a 53 percent drop in quarterly net profit as soft economic conditions sapped demand for its construction and control products.

France fears that Israel no longer desires a Middle East peace deal, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Tuesday, adding that Paris remained deeply opposed to Jewish settlement building in the West Bank.

Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz premium auto division expects year-on-year U.S. sales growth in the next few months and the potential to increase its U.S. market share next year, U.S. Chief Executive Ernst Lieb said on Monday.

Suppose they lifted the curtain on Family Guy and showed Seth MacFarlane and Alex Borstein pulling the levers behind the scenes. The results might look a lot like Family Guy: Seth & Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show, which aired on Fox Sunday night, made up of equal parts humor, variety and promotion.

The United States hopes to reach agreement with China during President Barack Obama's visit on how to record and monitor countries' efforts to fight global warming, a top State Department official said on Tuesday.

ABC has opted not to order additional episodes of Eastwick, its rookie supernatural comedy-drama starring Rebecca Romijn.

A judge on Monday granted SexyBack singer Justin Timberlake a restraining order against a woman the pop star said he has come to fear, after she snuck into his home.

The world faces a surge in energy costs, as well as an increase in planet-warming carbon emissions, unless it agrees a climate change deal soon, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.

U.S. consumer confidence edged only slightly lower in November after a sharp drop in October, indicating that the upcoming holiday shopping season could see better consumer spending, a research group said on Tuesday.

Madonna, who has promoted school building in the African country Malawi, is now turning her star power onto projects to improve the notorious slums of Rio de Janeiro.

China said on Tuesday it was dissatisfied that India had allowed the Dalai Lama to visit a disputed border region also claimed by Beijing, while also directing its ire at the exiled Tibetan leader.

Sgt. Rock, a long-gestating movie project based on the DC Comics World War II hero, is moving forward -- by going into the future.

Fox Searchlight is going to the ballet.

Pakistani Taliban militants vowed to fight a tough, protracted guerrilla war against the army on Tuesday as a suicide car-bomber killed up to 20 people in a northwestern town, police said.

Fox is feeling apocalyptic. The studio has bought an untitled pitch about the end of the world, with Live Free or Die Hard director Len Wiseman in talks to direct and produce.