IBT Staff Reporter

Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart said on Thursday the U.S. economic recovery has started and made a plea for central bank independence to assure global markets the U.S. will pursue responsible monetary policies.

U.S. stocks rose for a fifth straight session on Thursday as a brighter outlook from consumer product company Procter & Gamble and a successful Treasury bond auction encouraged investors about an economic recovery.

U.S. copper futures closed down on Thursday, as prices extended a phase of consolidation below the $3.00 a lb level and fell under the weight of renewed concerns about near-term demand prospects, analysts said.

Acai is often labelled as a superfood with an impressive list of health benefits. Although many claims are unproven it does have a long history as a medicinal plant.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday the economy has regained enough strength to allow a shift in strategy from rescue to preparing for future growth.

Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart said on Thursday the U.S. recovery has started and he made a plea for central bank independence to assure global markets the U.S. will pursue responsible monetary policies.

Kim Phuc Phan Thai, the girl that was photographed in an iconic 1972 image from the Vietnam war linked to a Pulitzer prize, has emerged decades later to speak about her survival story.

If you are a style-conscious young male with a high income living in a big U.S. city, men's lifestyle email newsletters are gunning for your inbox and your wallet.

With global oil consumption having decreased relative to year-earlier levels in every quarter since the middle of last year, we have now experienced four consecutive quarterly declines in world oil use, with another decline expected in the current quarter.

A man who hijacked a Mexican plane is a singing evangelical minister, marksman and martial arts whiz who friends nicknamed Crazy as he turned to religion to escape a life of drug addiction and petty thieving.

Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis Lockhart said on Thursday the U.S. recovery has started and he made a plea for central bank independence to assure global markets the U.S. will pursue responsible monetary policies.

A key U.S. lawmaker on Thursday expressed concern that much of the eastern part of the United States could be disqualified from broadband grants because of the way remote communities are considered.

We all face different challenges these days. Perhaps it's money troubles, an increase in drive time, or the burden of caring for a sick family member.

Time Warner Inc, News Corp and a dozen other top media companies officially announced plans on Thursday to create a coalition to study new ways to measure television audiences.

Motorola said Thursday it would launch a new cell phone that will run on Google's operating system.

Bank of America Corp said on Thursday it named London-based Andrea Orcel an executive chairman for its global banking and markets division, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.

For most of us, managing our weight is a life-long commitment with plenty of ups and downs along the way.

The Canadian billionaire founder of Cirque du Soleil said on Thursday he would fly into space later this month to show a fairy tale dream can come true -- and would put on a show while there.

When the Cartoon Network channel launched in India more than a decade ago, it simply dubbed its shows in regional languages.

The Beatles look set to dominate Britain's pop charts once again this week with the Fab Four predicted to take five of the top 20 album places, the Official Charts Company said Thursday.

Stocks rose on Thursday as a brighter outlook from consumer product company Procter & Gamble and a successful Treasury debt auction put Wall Street on pace for a fifth straight session of gains.

Vitamin D, known as the sunshine vitamin, is readily available, yet up to 40% of Americans over the age of 50, do not get enough of this essential vitamin.

Google Inc, criticized for scanning books without copyright permission, has said it would open its digital library to rivals and bookstores, the search engine giant said on Thursday.

U.S. carmaker General Motors has decided to sell Opel to a group led by Canadian car parts maker Magna, signaling an end to months of uncertainty for the European unit and its 50,000 workers.

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hit back at his critics on Thursday, saying he is far and away the best leader in Italian history and has never considered resigning over scandals concerning his private life.

Nine women tricked into thinking they were reality TV show contestants and lured into an Istanbul villa were rescued by Turkish military police after two months confinement, a police spokesman said Thursday.

Comedian Ellen DeGeneres, one of the top U.S. talk show hosts, was named on Wednesday as the new fourth judge on American Idol, replacing Paula Abdul, who quit the most-watched American television show last month.

Jermaine Jackson said on Thursday he hoped R&B star Mary J. Blige would perform at the concert he planned to stage later this month in memory of his brother Michael, but the line-up was still being checked.

That will ultimately be the question asked about what kind of a future the German carmaker Opel faces.