IBT Staff Reporter

Four weeks after the military overthrew and expelled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, Central America's worst political crisis in 20 years looks as intractable as ever.

Disheartened supporters of Manuel Zelaya trickled home from the Nicaraguan border on Sunday and the ousted Honduran president complained that U.S. condemnation of his removal from power was waning.

Hotel worker Roshinante has no interest in actively pursuing women, is nonchalant about a career and finds cars a bore -- and he is not alone in opting for a quiet, uncompetitive lifestyle.

LOS ANGELES - A new kids' content company, A Squared Entertainment, has teamed with AOL on a slate of entertainment brands for children.

Apple Inc and four record labels are working on a plan to increase digital sales of albums, while the computer maker is also separately developing a tablet-sized device, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

The U.S. jobless rate is likely to stay high even once the nation exits recession some time in the next few months, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Sunday.

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The U.S. jobless rate is likely to stay high even once the nation exits recession some time in the next few months, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Sunday.

Job woes despite recovery, Accused CEO dies, Top Five at Box Office

Hazem al-Braikan, a Kuwaiti CEO accused last week by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of making suspicious stock trades was found dead in an apparent suicide, a security official at the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry said on Sunday, according to Bloomberg.

Spain's Alberto Contador won this year's Tour de France on Sunday, his second win in cycling's premier event by more than four minutes, ahead of Luxembourg's Andy Schleck and beating out seven-time winner Lance Armstrong of the U.S. who was making a comeback three and a half years after retiring.

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States fell again over the last two weeks, but prices seem to be bottoming out, an industry analyst said.

A brash Kuwaiti financier facing a fraud suit by U.S. authorities was found dead Sunday in an apparent suicide that sent shockwaves through the Gulf Arab financial sector.

MasterCard shares might be a better bargain than Visa Inc , according to a report in Barron's.

Citigroup Inc shares could more than double by 2012, financial weekly Barron's said in its July 27 edition, citing the company's global footprint and earnings power.

The nice thing about a deep recession is that it doesn't take much of a rebound to make the official data look healthy even if the economy is not.

Wall Street may take a breather this week after an earnings-driven rally lifted the major U.S. stock indexes to their highest levels in months.

Wall Street may take a breather this week after an earnings-driven rally lifted the major U.S. stock indexes to their highest levels in months.

RHJ International, a bidder for carmaker Opel, is not ruling out selling Opel back to U.S. parent General Motors after returning it to health, RHJ's chief executive told a German newspaper on Sunday.

Sweden's Ericsson has won an auction for the wireless assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp, paying $1.13 billion for the crown jewels of the one-time Canadian telecom star.

U.S. authorities are targeting client visits by Swiss-based bankers from UBS in their efforts to identify U.S. citizens with accounts at the bank who may have evaded tax, a Swiss newspaper said on Sunday.

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NASA has interrupted its setup of the newly refurbished Hubble Space Telescope to capture the sharpest visible light images yet of a 'scar' discovered last week on the planet caused by the impact of a comet or an asteroid.

Curiosity has triggered horror film lovers - who can't wait to see it - to seek online for the twist at the end of the creepy thriller Orphan which is in theaters this weekend.

Kuwait's Al-Raya Investment Co said on Saturday it has committed no violations after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued its CEO financier Hazem Khalid Al-Braikan over suspicious stock trades.

The 21st and last stage of the 2009 Tour de France is a 102 mile race from Montereau-Fault-Yonne to the Champs-Elysees to end the three week competition that kicked off in Monaco.

Phone maker Ericsson AB has won the auction for part of bankrupt Nortel Networks Corp's wireless unit with a bid of $1.13 billion in cash, the companies said today.

Kuwait's Al Raya Investment said on Saturday it has committed no violations after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued its CEO financier Hazem Khalid Al-Braikan over suspicious stock trades.

High speed trading for stocks is under pressure from a senior Senator who has called on the top U.S. securities regulator to ban a certain type of orders which he says gives and advantage to some traders over others.