IBT Staff Reporter

The victim kept captive for nine months by self proclaimed preacher Brain David Mitchell today testified at Salt Lake City how the homeless preacher raped her daily.

Experiments which mimicked a low-calorie diet by tinkering with genes in mice extended their lives and prevented disease, and a drug that has the same effect could give people longer, healthier lives, scientists said on Thursday.

Congressional approval of an Obama administration plan to create a systemic risk regulator for the U.S. economy looks more likely after lawmakers noted a change in tone by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.

Support for abortion rights has slipped in America this year and now barely edges opposition, while the issue's importance has fallen, according to a new survey released on Thursday.

Bank of America's board of directors is looking at hiring a short-term chief executive from outside the bank to give internal candidates more time to develop, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Stocks suffered their worst one-day loss in 3 months on Thursday as data on jobs and manufacturing data added to recent lackluster economic figures, fueling fears about the recovery's strength.

Arizona Public Service said late Wednesday Starwood Energy Group Global LLC terminated a long-term power purchase agreement on Starwood's proposed 290-megawatt concentrating solar power plant in Arizona.

Fifteen states could run out of hospital beds and 12 more could fill 75 percent of their beds with swine flu sufferers if 35 percent of Americans catch the virus in coming weeks, a report released Thursday said.

The jobless rate does not have to start falling before the Federal Reserve starts tightening monetary policy, a top Fed official said on Thursday.

Congressional leaders on Wednesday pressed General Motors Co and Chrysler to resolve complaints about dealer franchise terminations the automakers pushed through during their brief bankruptcies.

General Motors Co [GM.UL] said on Thursday that its U.S. September auto sales fell 45 percent, pressured by weak consumer confidence, low inventory levels and the end of the U.S. government cash for clunkers incentives.

San Antonio's municipal utility will make a key decision next week on whether to invest billions of dollars to expand Texas' largest nuclear power station, with the city's mayor raising cost concerns.

New automobile sales in Brazil jumped 19.85 percent in September from August, the national dealers' association Fenabrave said on Thursday, as consumers raced to take advantage of an expiring tax break.

Since Wednesday, September 23, natural gas spot prices fell at most market locations, with decreases generally ranging between 10 and 30 cents per million Btu (MMBtu). Prices at the Henry Hub declined by 19 cents per MMBtu, or about 5 percent, to $3.24 per MMBtu.

U.S. consumer spending rose at its fastest pace in nearly 8 years in August, but the number of workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose last week, indicating a weak labor market would weigh on recovery.

Foreign minister S.M. Krishna said on Wednesday China should not object to the Dalai Lama's planned trip to a northeast Indian state, part of which Beijing claims in a festering border dispute between the two Asian powers.

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems struck a deal to buy Norwegian videoconferencing company Tandberg for $3 billion in a bid to dominate the high-growing market of corporate video communications.

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as data on jobs and manufacturing data added to recent lackluster economic figures, fueling fears about the recovery's strength.

The average rate on 30-year U.S. home loans fell in the past week to retest record lows, helping stimulate housing demand, Freddie Mac said on Thursday.

Oil prices slipped on Thursday as weaker-than-expected U.S. manufacturing data and rising jobless claims dampened hopes of a demand rebound in the world's top energy consumer.

Bank of America Corp and former Merrill Lynch & Co brokerage chief Robert McCann have resolved a dispute over his contract, freeing him to take another job in financial services.

Pending home sales have increased for seven straight months, the longest in the series of the index which began in 2001, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

Foreclosures and other distressed property might look like a good deal, but some buyers are discovering that they just don’t have the stomach for the problems that come with it.

Nearly one third of people who applied for a mortgage last year were denied, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.

Bernanke open to sharing; NBC Universal's Owership Talks; Lewis Out

Google Inc is in the early stages of looking at ways to write software that would fully integrate plug-in hybrid vehicles to the power grid, minimize strain on the grid and help utilities manage vehicle charging load.

When Janice Barnwell decided to boost her career by obtaining a master's degree in business, the working mother chose an online university because of the convenience and the low cost.

Automakers and their suppliers must use the breathing space they have been given by bankruptcy and government programs to innovate and to create vehicles consumers want, said Corinne Ball, who led a team of attorneys representing Chrysler during its Chapter 11 reorganization.

Congressional approval of an Obama administration plan to create a systemic risk regulator for the U.S. economy looks more likely after lawmakers noted a change in tone by the Federal Reserve on Thursday.