IBT Staff Reporter

Italy's Fiat (FIA.MI) car sales in Western Europe in September will increase 14.8 percent from the same month last year, to 106,100 units, the director of research group IHS Global Insight, Pierluigi Bellini, said on Monday.

United States Natural Gas Fund, an exchange-traded fund in the natural gas market, reiterated on Tuesday that it could invest in interests other than futures contacts to comply with accountability levels and position limits.

Turning a classic children's book into a Hollywood movie takes courage.

British artist Damien Hirst has made a reputation, and sizeable fortune, from suspending animals in formaldehyde and filling medicine cabinets with pills.

A post mortem carried out on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately on the Spanish island of Majorca revealed on Tuesday that he died of fluid on the lungs, a court official said on Tuesday.

Stocks fell on Tuesday, threatening to break a six-day winning streak, as Johnson & Johnson's third-quarter sales figures disappointed investors.

Oil rose for the fourth straight session on Tuesday, edging higher above $73 a barrel after OPEC raised its 2010 demand forecast and the dollar slumped.

Even if the obvious signs of domestic violence can be hidden, women who are abused may be at risk of other conditions not usually associated with such abuse, according to a new study.

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc (DTG.N) said on Monday it would slash its 2010 car rental purchases from Chrysler and that its average fleet costs had stabilized at levels it hoped to maintain next year.

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Scientists in Japan said they have uncovered evidence that shows it may be possible to delay or prevent heart failure in humans.

The market for companies choosing to offset their carbon footprints is not achieving meaningful emissions cuts yet, market players said at a carbon industry conference in London on Tuesday.

Extending the trade in sovereign emissions rights into a new global climate pact could deter investment in clean energy projects post-2012, Barclays Capital said on Tuesday, siding with the U.S. view on the matter.

Car sales in India rose an annual 21 percent in September for their eighth straight rise, with industry officials expecting continued robust growth as the economy improves and consumer confidence grows.

Bank of America Corp agreed to give federal authorities more information about why it refrained from disclosing details about Merrill Lynch's performance before it bought the investment bank, U.S. regulators said on Tuesday.

Investors are betting on Google Inc's third-quarter results this week to show a recovery in revenue growth, pushing shares of the leading Web search engine to a 12-month high on Monday.

Capmark Financial Group Inc., the commercial real estate company created through a 2006 leveraged buyout of certain GMAC assets, is preparing to file for bankruptcy possibly by the end of next week, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.

Spanish labour unions said on Tuesday no agreement had been reached with Canadian car parts manufacturer Magna over jobs in Spain at the Opel car factory in Zaragoza.

Johnson & Johnson posted weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue on Tuesday as sales of prescription drugs and cardiac stents disappointed, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.

Johnson & Johnson posted weaker-than-expected quarterly revenue on Tuesday as sales of prescription drugs and cardiac stents disappointed, sending its shares down more than 2 percent.

Chinese car sales soared to a record in recent months on government incentives, but the same money tap that turbocharged sales could easily be turned off in 2010 if Beijing frets about an overheating economy.

Brazil's Cetip, Latin America's largest clearing house, anticipates fetching up to 1 billion reais ($576 million) in an offering of stock, underscoring the growing appetite for the nation's booming securities industry among local and foreign investors.

French company Viadeo, which runs a social networking website aimed at professionals, has acquired Canadian peer Unyk, to become the second-largest firm globally after LinkedIn.

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, a real estate investment trust, plans to raise up to $402.5 million in an initial public offering to buy high end hotels in major U.S. cities, according to a regulatory filing.

RioCan, the largest real estate investment trust in Canada, is getting closer to a major move into the United States -- even getting RBC Dominion Securities' opinion on a potential deal, the Financial Post reported on Monday.

DBS Group, Southeast Asia's biggest lender, has pulled out of the race to buy ING's private banking unit in Asia, as it did not want to pay a premium for the business, a source with knowledge of the deal told Reuters.

Within weeks of taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama rode to the rescue of homeowners resigned to financial ruin.

Move over, Astro Boy and Iron Man -- Bat Boy could be stepping up to the plate soon.

It's hard to imagine a film that's taken a more circuitous route to awards season, or a public screening, than the Canadian heavy-metal documentary Anvil: The Story of Anvil.