IBT Staff Reporter

The HTC Droid Eris will be available alongside the Motorola Droid this Friday, November 6 in Verizon stores and its proving to be a solid competitor to the Motorola Droid for several reasons.

The enormous, stately Citadel, the former palace of several emperors of the Nguyen

A U.S. diplomat said on Thursday that Washington was fully committed to its alliance with Japan, as the two governments prepared for a visit by President Barack Obama that has been clouded by a feud over a U.S. Marine base.

U.S. stocks jumped on Thursday after a rise in business productivity and a drop in jobless claims lifted investor confidence in the economy, while strong results from Cisco bolstered tech stocks.

More than half of U.S. retail chains posted October sales that fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations, raising doubts about a widespread recovery for the holiday season.

Saudi Arabia has launched heavy air strikes on rebels in northern Yemen and is moving troops nearer the border after a raid into its territory by the Shi'ite insurgents, a Saudi government adviser said on Thursday.

President Barack Obama told Native American leaders on Thursday, You will not be forgotten and promised to end U.S. government neglect and broken promises toward Indian tribes.

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company's search engine partnership with Yahoo would not be limited to the U.S. but would be introduced around the world, once it gets regulatory approval.

Private equity firm TPG and the Canada Pension Plan struck on Thursday the biggest leveraged buyout deal of this year, worth $4 billion, to buy prescription drug sales data provider IMS Health Inc.

Hyatt Hotels Corp shares jumped 8 percent in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, spurred by the hotel company's strong balance sheet and low valuation.

The enormous, stately Citadel, the former palace of several emperors of the Nguyen Dynasty (1802-1945), dramatically sprouts from the north bank of the Perfume River in the old capital of Hue, in

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives hustled on Thursday to count votes and round up support for a sweeping healthcare overhaul that was headed to a close floor vote on Saturday.

U.S. mortgage rates fell below 5 percent for the first time in three weeks, a key level that may boost home loan demand and help the hard-hit housing market recover, a closely watched mortgage survey showed Thursday.

More than half of U.S. retail chains posted October sales that fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations, raising doubts about a widespread recovery for the holiday season.

For many, many people, travel has a special lure, attraction, enchantment that calls to them, beckoning from far off lands. It's idealized by the image of a lone backpacker traversing Europe, Asia or South America, sleeping in hostels and hitchhiking if necessary.

U.S. stocks gained sharply on Thursday after an expansion in business productivity and a fall in jobless claims boosted investor confidence about the economy, while Cisco led gains in tech shares.

Hurricane Ida slammed into Nicaragua's Caribbean coast on Thursday after dumping heavy rain on little-developed offshore islands where hundreds of people were evacuated from flimsy homes.

The New York City will give 500 tickets for the ceremony on Thursday from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST.

Internet users are not as isolated as has been previously reported, but new research shows that it does affect how much married couples or partners rely on each other as confidants.

Yugoslavia tribunal judges ordered legal counsel for former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and adjourned his trial until March 2010 to give the new defense lawyers time to prepare

Hyatt Hotels Corp shares jumped 8 percent in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, spurred by the hotel company's strong balance sheet and low valuation.

U.S. stocks gained sharply on Thursday after an expansion in business productivity and a fall in jobless claims boosted investor confidence about the economy, while Cisco led gains in tech shares.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd announced a share buyback worth up to $1.2 billion on Thursday, but analysts said competitive concerns will continue to exert pressure on the company's stock.

U.N. inspectors found nothing to be worried about in a first look at a previously secret uranium enrichment site in Iran last month, the International Atomic Energy chief said in remarks published Thursday.

Pakistani soldiers secured a fort captured from militants in the northwest of the country on Thursday and consolidated their positions on peaks around another insurgent base, the military said.

A controversial climate change bill cleared its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, allowing President Barack Obama to tout progress in the run-up to next month's global warming talks in Copenhagen.

Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organisation as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says.

Lenovo, the world's No.4 PC brand, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit that more than doubled on an improving global PC market outlook, its first profit after three straight quarters of losses.

Yankee fans will get to celebrate their 2009 World Series champion team on Friday November 6 at the parade hosted by New York City, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced.