IBT Staff Reporter

U2, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, Stevie Wonder and Eric Clapton are some of the bands and singers scheduled to perform at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on October 29 and 30 in New York City's Madison Square Garden, the foundation announced today.

Airlines around the world now spend millions of dollars annually upgrading their inflight entertainment systems, but iPods and other mobile entertainment gadgets could render all that useless.

Israel's venture capital giant Pitango plans to team up with a Chinese partner to launch a $100-$200 million fund with investment focus on China's start-up companies, sources said on Wednesday.

The Beijing municipal government will fully support a bid by Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp (BAIC) for Ford Motor's Volvo car unit if the Chinese automaker fails in its current quest for General Motors' Opel, sources said on Wednesday.

A Chinese worker committed suicide in Shenzhen, South of China on July 16 on learning he was suspected of leaking company secrets. The incident sparked a web firestorm in China and has provoked criticism of Apple's intensely secretive culture.

Canada's Magna is still Germany's preferred bidder for carmaker Opel, a government spokesman said on Wednesday ahead of a meeting with General Motors representatives to discuss the takeover offers.

The Hubble Space Telescope may beam back photos as early as Thursday of the new “scar” generated by the impact of an unknown object on Jupiter's surface, which was first observed on Sunday by amateur Australian astronomer Anthony Wesley.

Delta Air Lines Inc , the world's biggest carrier, said on Wednesday it no longer expects to make money this year, while AirTran Holdings posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and saw its shares jump more than 16 percent.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Wednesday fought hard to protect the independence of the U.S. central bank and keep responsibility for consumer protection on financial products in its hands.

General Electric Co has received approval to step back from a U.S. government-backed debt program, a change that the largest U.S. conglomerate said will allow it to issue some debt more cheaply.

Net Servicos de Comunicacao SA, Brazil's largest cable services provider, said on Wednesday profit more than quadrupled in the second quarter after pay television and broadband Internet subscriptions surged.

Japan's biggest mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo Inc's group operating profit likely fell 16 percent to about 250 billion yen ($2.68 billion) in the April-June quarter as the year-earlier boost from reduced sales costs wore off, the Nikkei business daily said.

The ratings of embattled U.S. lender CIT Group will be downgraded to restricted default if it completes its offer to purchase its floating rate notes due in August, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.

Proteins in spinal fluid accurately detect early-stage Alzheimer's disease in patients and could pave the way for better drug research, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday.

Share of Advanced Micro Devices Inc fell 12.50 percent to $3.57 Wednesday morning as it posted second quarter yesterday evening with another loss deeper than expected.

New studies have found direct evidence of a lung cancer risk from the presence of colorless, odorless radon gas in many homes, a United Nations committee said in a report released Tuesday.

Even among those people who have had pre-cancerous growths on previous colonoscopies, waiting ten years after two negative such tests could be safe, according to a new study.

Moms-to-be who smoke but quit early in pregnancy can sharply reduce their risk of having a premature or too-small baby, new research in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology shows.

Investment gains are likely to boost valuations of U.S. property-casualty insurers when they report second-quarter results, after bruising investment losses marred recent quarters.

A small study suggests that obese adults could improve their balance by shedding pounds and boosting their muscle strength -- with weight loss being especially effective.

The fate of billions of pounds of British commercial property is in the hands of a small group of secretive administrators, leaving investors in the dark about the future returns on their bonds.

Middle East analysts from London-based risk consultancy Exclusive Analysis answer emailed questions about Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Select seasonally adjusted historical data from Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) weekly mortgage application survey

The Nasdaq climbed on Wednesday following Apple's strong earnings, while gains in the Dow industrials and S&P 500 were curbed as top banks' disappointing results sparked renewed concerns about the financial sector's health.

The Watergate Hotel in the U.S. capital, part of a complex made famous by a political scandal which brought down former U.S. President Richard Nixon, has failed to attract bidders at auction.

U.S. mortgage applications rose despite a jump in borrowing costs last week, but still bounced around the year's lows with unemployment fears depressing demand.

The longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century on Wednesday swept across Asia, drawing hundreds of millions of people to the marvelous scene in the sky.

Susan Boyle, the singer who caught media attention worldwide during her performance on the contest Britain's Got Talent, said fame was like a demolition ball for her.

World stocks backed away from nine-month highs on Wednesday as worse-than-expected euro zone industrial figures and a warning about rising unemployment from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke broke a seven-day winning streak.