IBT Staff Reporter

Las Vegas Sands Corp may struggle to secure up to $2 billion in financing for mothballed projects and dent already-lowered valuations for the planned Hong Kong initial public offering of its Macau operations, bankers and analysts said.

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes jumped to a two-year high last month, according to data on Friday, though the looming expiry of a tax incentive for first-time home buyers was a major factor spurring sales.

AT&T may lose its exclusive deal with Apple for iPhone, which lifted its third-quarter profit with 3.2 million activations over the period, AT&T Mobility CEO intimated on Thursday during a conference call with analysts.

New York gold futures ended lower in choppy trade on Friday, reversing gains from earlier in the session as the dollar rebounded against a basket of major currencies after an optimistic U.S. housing report and bleak U.K. economic data.

A female teen that does not know her identity was found in New York City two weeks ago and a search for her family in underway.

Benchmark sterling interbank lending rates paused at 5-week highs on Friday after news that Britain's economy unexpectedly contracted again, while abundant amounts of liquidity kept euro and dollar rates pinned at record lows.

Ivanka Trump is getting ready to say I do to her beau Jared Kushner on Sunday.

Currency speculators increased bets against the U.S. dollar in the latest week, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the dollar's net short position rose to $18.65 billion in the week ending Oct 20 from a $17.99 billion net short the prior week.

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs do not reduce the risk of diabetes and might modestly elevate the chances of developing the condition, researchers found in a pooled analysis of trial data.

People with difficult-to-control asthma are often not taking their anti-asthma medication as prescribed by their doctor, new study findings indicate.

Veterans who suffered physical injuries or developed post-traumatic stress disorder after combat in Iraq or Afghanistan may suffer recurrent headaches, a new study suggests.

Regular exercise may help reduce the misery of the flu by boosting the immune system's response to the virus, a study in mice hints.

Tickets to four of country singer Taylor Swift's 2010 tour dates sold out in two minutes after going on sale on Friday, her publicists said.

Tickets for 15 U.S. shows of Taylor Swift's upcoming 2010 Fearless tour sold out within minutes, her publicist said Friday.

Obese adults may shed more weight with the diabetes drug liraglutide than with the weight-loss drug orlistat (Xenical, Alli), suggests a study in The Lancet this week.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow slipping below the 10,000 mark, as weak results from industrial companies overshadowed robust earnings from tech heavy-weights.

Film director Roman Polanski could face two years in prison if extradited to the United States after fleeing sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1978, the Swiss justice ministry said on Friday.

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives struggled on Friday to agree on which version of a government-run health insurance plan to include in a reform bill, but said one was certain to be in the final legislation.

Southeast Asia is gearing up to become a global hub for the production and sale of environmentally friendly cars, a Thai deputy cabinet minister said on Thursday.

Independent German contract carmaker and convertible roof-top specialist Karmann is nearing liquidation as new orders remain out of sight and customers remain unwilling to pay their bills.

The U.S. futures regulator urged Congress to require thousands of non-major financial firms and funds to use clearinghouses to reduce the risk of another market collapse as part of its reform of the $450 trillion swaps market.

General Motors will decide in early November whether to proceed with a deal to sell its European arm Opel to a group led by Canada's Magna or to seize a new opportunity to keep the unit after seven months of grinding negotiations.

A U.S. lawmaker said on Friday he will issue a subpoena to Countrywide Financial, now part of Bank of America Corp, as part of a probe into whether the lender gave favored terms to lawmakers and other VIPs.

U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow slipping below the 10,000 mark as industrial companies' weak results overshadowed robust earnings from tech heavy-weights.

Institutions sold a net 90.8 billion won worth of stocks and foreign investors bought a net 213.1 billion won worth.

October U.S. auto sales should be down about 6 percent from a year ago, marking the first single-digit monthly decline since May 2008, influential industry forecasting firm J.D. Power and Associates predicted on Friday.

Verizon and Motorola launched their Droid Does campaign recently which caused a stir, and they are expected to announce details of the new Motorola Droid on October 28.

Officials should take their time with regulatory reforms to make sure that they get it right and find a lasting solution, Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said on Friday.

News Corp., one of the co-owners of the site, has confirmed Thursday the rumor that it intends to start charging fees at some point.