IBT Staff Reporter

A common antidepressant combined with an intensive treadmill training program helped people with partial spinal cord injuries walk better and faster, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.

Sweden's Spotify, the European digital music service, will be available to customers of British mobile operator 3 through a new HTC Hero phone, the three companies said on Monday.

U.S. regulators have asked for more information on dosing proposed for a drug from Novartis AG for smoker's lung, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the Swiss group said on Monday.

Specialty glass maker Corning Inc said on Monday a weekend power disruption at its plant in Taichung, Taiwan, will hurt glass production in the fourth quarter.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned on Monday that Asian policies promoting exports could lead to a reemergence of imbalances in trade and capital flows, which some believe helped fuel the U.S. housing bubble.

The government-funded Carbon Trust said on Monday it will commit up to 18 million pounds ($29.34 million) in funding for the UK's clean energy sector.

New U.S. housing construction data to be released tomorrow is expected to show more new work in September compared to the previous month, despite lower levels compared to the same period last year.

Carbon emissions from next year's soccer FIFA World Cup are expected to soar from the 2006 benchmark set by Germany, host nation South Africa said on Monday.

Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, reported a lower quarterly profit that beat market forecasts on Monday because of cost cuts, while revenue fell because of a 28 percent drop in publishing advertising sales.

U.S. stocks rose on Monday, buoyed by investor optimism over the strength of earnings season at the beginning of a busy week for corporate results.

Daimler boosted its cash cushion in the third quarter, it said on Monday as it unexpectedly published key quarterly earnings figures.

BB&T Corp said on Monday third-quarter profit fell 56 percent as continuing credit issues weighed on results.

Hu shuli, the chief editor of Caijing, Chinese most influential magazine, may resign to launch a new venture after journal's Daphne Wu Chuanhui and nearly 70 employees, or more than two-thirds of the business department, had resigned.

Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's condition is good and he no longer has fever, the palace said on Monday, 30 days after he was admitted to hospital suffering from fever and fatigue.

Afghanistan's U.N.-backed election watchdog on Monday sent its long-awaited ruling over fraud investigations into the August 20 presidential poll to the country's election commission.

UK Internet advertising firm Media Corp said Google Inc had lifted a penalty that hurt its rankings in Internet search results, adding the move could boost its 2010 pretax profit by 1 million pounds ($1.6 million).

Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, reported a lower quarterly profit on Monday and revenue fell because of a 28 percent drop in publishing advertising sales.

Two Darfur aid workers held captive on a harsh mountaintop on the remote Sudan-Chad border for 107 days said they felt anger at mock assassinations by their captors but clung to the hope they would be released.

Why is that tomato so cheap?Campaigners are telling shoppers to find out where the food and goods they buy come from to avoid unwittingly supporting a modern form of slave labor with their purchases.

Chinese property developer Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited plans to raise up to $769 million in a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to a term sheet obtained by Reuters on Monday, 63 percent below its attempted goal last year.

Minzhong, a leading Chinese food processing company backed by Singapore's GIC and buyout fund Olympus Capital, has hired JPMorgan to help it go public, sources said on Monday.

British insurer Aviva said it expected to pocket 1.2 billion euros ($1.79 billion) from the partial stock market flotation of Dutch subsidiary Delta Lloyd, financing growth opportunities including possible acquisitions.

Educational services provider Princeton Review Inc said it agreed to buy online career education company Penn Foster Education Group Inc for about $170 million in cash.

Famed corporate raider Carl Icahn said he offered to underwrite a $6 billion loan to CIT Group Inc and complained that horse-trading between the troubled lender and its largest creditors was harming other bondholders.

The board of French media conglomerate Vivendi has given the green light to proceed with an offer for GVT, the Brazilian telecommunications company said on Monday.

China plans to move 15,000 residents in its biggest lead smelting area away from the plants in order to allow them to keep operating, after tests showed over 1,000 children had excessive lead in their blood.

Sprint Nextel Corp plans to buy wireless affiliate iPCS Inc for about $426 million excluding debt, and the two companies have agreed suspend all litigation between them.

Pakistani forces backed by artillery attacked Taliban insurgents on Monday as the army moved to wrest control of militant strongholds in a lawless region on the Afghan border.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled a new strategy toward Sudan, offering incentives if the Khartoum government worked toward peace, but said it faced tougher steps if it failed to act.