IBT Staff Reporter

Hijackers seized an AeroMexico passenger plane in Mexico with more than 100 people on board on Wednesday but the incident ended quickly. without bloodshed, and nine suspects were detained.

A frail-looking Steve Jobs stepped back into the spotlight for the first time in nearly a year on Wednesday, unveiling new and cheaper iPods for Apple Inc and drawing a standing ovation.

An Iraqi journalist known by the world as the shoe-thrower to US former president George W. Bush will be released next Monday, according to his lawyer.

China's next iron ore pricing negotiation is now in jeopardy after Rio Tinto suspended this year's talks with Chinese steel mills without agreement just two months before the 2010 round was due to begin.

OPEC was set to keep output targets steady at a meeting late on Wednesday after top exporter Saudi Arabia looked to economic strength to bolster the oil price and dismissed bulging inventories.

Mexico awaits answers to the airplane hijack that shocked the nation Wednesday afternoon.

The Aussie dollar faltered at attempts to reach 87 cents in local trade yesterday running into some strong intraday selling around 0.8650 following worse than expected economic data. With Retail Sales dropping 1% in July, Home Loans and Investment lending also falling the AUD traded below 86 cents to finally find support at 0.8565 during European trading. Risk sentiment once again improved in U.S trade following the Federal Reserve Banks Beige Book report taking the Australian dollar back above ...

The hijack to Mexico's Aeromexico flight 576 from Cancun to Mexico City ended after police captured at least six suspects and regained control of the airplane, Mexican media reported Wednesday.

Bank of America Corp and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday made a third attempt to persuade a skeptical judge to approve their settlement over Merrill Lynch & Co bonuses. But experts said they may not have done enough.

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday the health care system has reached a breaking point and it is the time to end the bickering.

Alfalfa as herbs for arthritis contains an amino acid that can cause symptoms that are similar to systemic lupus. Systemic lupus is an autoimmune disease that can also cause joint pain. There have been some scientific

Several years ago I cooked raw Chinese herbs at home until I learned enough about Chinese herbs to know better. If you've ever had thoughts of cooking your own herbal remedies here's what you need to consider before cooking herbs.

President Barack Obama's drive to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system has created opportunities and risks for members of both political parties in the Democratic-led U.S. Congress.

President Barack Obama prepared a high-stakes plea for healthcare reform on Wednesday as a key Senate Democrat said he was ready to end bipartisan negotiations and move ahead without Republican support.

The itchy dry red skin is well known to eczema sufferers and the painful sores from too much scratching are also well remembered. Science has concluded that eczema is a condition relating to the immune system

A newborn baby boy was born Wednesday morning to Nicole Richie and Joel Madden according to reports.

Do painful menstrual cramps plague you each month? You are not alone, as 50% of menstruating women have the same experience month after month.

Many people think they have no other option than presciption drugs to cure libido problems - but while they can give you an erection,

U.S. stocks closed higher for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 index to its best finish so far this year as industrial and technology companies gained from a weak dollar.

Family values Republican Michael Duvall was unknowingly caught on tape during a state senate hearing discussing, in very graphic terms, affairs he was having with two different women at the same time.

Men's Wearhouse reported a quarterly profit that beat market estimates, helped by lower expenses, but forecast weak third-quarter earnings.

Being overweight can become a matter of life and death. People who are overweight or obese are more likely to develop a number of potentially serious health problems.

Global oil demand through next year will be weaker than previously forecast while petroleum supplies will be higher, the U.S. government said in a revised outlook on Wednesday.

U.S. labor markets could take years to recover from the setbacks of the current recession, which have pushed the unemployment rate to a 26-year high, top Federal Reserve policy-makers said on Wednesday.

Google Inc is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more.

Cell phone chipmaker Skyworks Solutions Inc raised its fourth-quarter earnings and revenue outlook, citing an improvement in order demand due to diversification into new sectors and consolidation of its market share.

Organic Chinese herbs can be effective to treat many different types of diseases. There are still a lot of doubters out there that Chinese herbs can effectively treat certain type of diseases but still plenty of people reply on them to treat illness in preference over the use of pharmaceutical drugs.

Steve Jobs made an appearance at Apple's highly anticipated 09/09/09 event today in San Francisco where several new announcements were made, including a new iPod and iPhone OS 3.1 which is now available and ready to download now for free.

The history of Chinese herbs used for medicinal purposes dates back to sometime between 800 and 200 BC with the publication of Huang Di Nei Jing