IBT Staff Reporter

The mayor of Amsterdam married five American-Dutch gay couples on Saturday in an implicit criticism of the lack of same-sex marriage in many U.S. states.

Aug 02, 2009

President Barack Obama warned on Saturday it would take many more months for the United States to get out of recession even after GDP figures showed the economy shrank only modestly in the second quarter.

Aug 01, 2009

DENVER - Downloadable music didn't kill the album cover. The CD did.

Aug 01, 2009

The U.S. Department of Transportation has released this week the final rules setting forth requirements and procedures for the Cash for Clunkers program under the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009.

Aug 01, 2009

HSBC's Bill Maldonado is a man who loves to mix science with art -- be that in running Halbis's hedge fund business, riding his high-power Ducati motorbike on a race track or piloting a light aircraft.

Aug 01, 2009

Michael Phelps of the U.S. let his swimming do the talking as he beat Milorad Cavic swimming for Serbia to win the Men's 100 Meter Butterfly at the World Championships in Rome.

Aug 01, 2009

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is preparing for an initial public offering for discount retailer Dollar General, a source said, and others are speculated to follow as it looks to take advantage of a recent rise in equity markets.

Aug 01, 2009

Las Vegas Sands, the world's largest casino firm, is seeking $400 million in short-term funding to help boost cash and restart construction of its stalled resort in Macau, local media reported on Saturday.

Aug 01, 2009

United Arab Emirates-based Dana Gas said on Saturday it had made two gas finds in Egypt with reserves totalling an estimated 76 billion cubic feet.

Aug 01, 2009

The downturn in the German car industry has bottomed out but it will take time before sales recover to the levels of recent years, the president of Germany's car industry association (VDA) said on Saturday.

Aug 01, 2009

South Africa's Communications Workers Union said scores of its members will strike for two days next week, in the latest industrial action to hit the country and pile pressure on President Jacob Zuma.

Aug 01, 2009

Kuwait Projects Co, the country's biggest investment company by assets, posted a second-quarter net profit decline of 56.5 percent, but said it was confident about progress for the rest of 2009.

Aug 01, 2009

The research arm of Dutch bancassurer ING has dropped coverage of about 60 major pan-European stocks after changes in research personnel, the company said.

Aug 01, 2009

While the latest report about the overall state of the economy shows the U.S. is doing better than expected, President Barack Obama said the real recovery will come when the number of jobless stops dropping.

Aug 01, 2009

The German state of Lower Saxony sees growing chances to wrest control in the merger of carmakers VW and Porsche from the Porsche and Piech families, a German magazine reported on Saturday.

Aug 01, 2009

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier phoned GM's chief executive to underscore Germany's expectations for the sale of GM's Opel unit, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

Aug 01, 2009

A convoy of campaign workers for Afghan President Hamid Karzai was ambushed five times on Saturday, officials said, as Taliban insurgents step up efforts to disrupt the presidential election.

Aug 01, 2009

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin plunged into the depths of Lake Baikal aboard a mini-submersible on Saturday in a mission that adds a new dimension to his macho image.

Aug 01, 2009

North Korean authorities seized a South Korean fishing boat this week because the vessel illegally intruded into the North's territorial waters, Pyongyang's state media said on Saturday.

Aug 01, 2009

Honduras' de facto leader vowed on Friday that no country will push the small Central American nation around and pledged to resist international pressure to reinstate toppled President Manuel Zelaya.

Aug 01, 2009

Corazon Aquino of the Philippines, who ousted one of the 20th Century's most corrupt dictators to become a global icon of democracy, died on Saturday after a 16-month battle against colon cancer. She was 76.

Aug 01, 2009

The trials began on Saturday of 100 prominent moderates arrested shortly after Iran's disputed June presidential election and charged with trying to overthrow the clerical establishment, Iranian media reported.

Aug 01, 2009

Iran said on Saturday it had arrested three American tourists near the border with Iraq, the country's al-Alam television station reported.

Aug 01, 2009

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is preparing for an initial public offering for discount retailer Dollar General, a source said, and others are speculated to follow as it looks to take advantage of a recent rise in equity markets.

Aug 01, 2009

A China-based cyber attack on Saturday shut down online bookings for a leading Australian film festival, days before a controversial visit by a leading critic of Beijing, organizers said.

Aug 01, 2009

Yahoo Inc is considering developing new real-time search capabilities, even as it outsources its existing Internet search technology to Microsoft Corp.

Jul 31, 2009

Wall Street may have momentum on its side next week as the S&P 500 tries to puncture the 1,000 level, but the rally's staying power will depend on whether U.S. data and corporate earnings provide more signs of economic stabilization.

Jul 31, 2009

Amazon.com ate my homework.That's a legitimate excuse for one high-school student whose notes for a homework assignment vanished when the online retailer remotely deleted digital copies of George Orwell's 1984, off consumers' Kindle devices.

Jul 31, 2009

Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co is preparing up to six companies for initial public offerings in the next year, the Financial Times reported in its Saturday edition.

Jul 31, 2009