IBT Staff Reporter

On Wednesday, AMD Inc. introduced the 45nm Quad-Core AMD Opteron EE processor with the company's lowest x86 quad-core server power band.

Amazon has always been very secretive on anything related to cost and sales figures surrounding its Kindle 2 e-reader, however, a new report by market research firm iSuppli may answer speculation.

The U.S. Interior Department issued guidelines on Wednesday for leasing offshore areas to develop wind power generation.

Manhattan office tower bought by property investor Harry Macklowe for $498 million nearly three years ago was taken over on Wednesday by one of its lenders, which made the only bid at an auction -- for $100,000.

A social experiment started seven years ago by an entrepreneur Jonathan Abrams in Mountain View, Calif. is now packed with a 3D scenes allowing user to express creativity in multidimensional environments.

Apple Inc. said Tuesday its second quarter results beats consensus forecasts but shares fell after it gave a conservative outlook for the current quarter.

Japan's Canon Inc is expected to report an operating profit for the January-March quarter on brisk sales of single-lens reflex cameras and a weak yen, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.

The Feds raid the Pennsylvania offices of a unit of Germany's Siemens AG on Wednesday as part of an investigation of a Siemens contract with the U.S. military, a company spokesman said.

EBay Inc on Wednesday reported lower quarterly net profit, sales and margins, but results beat Wall Street expectations and shares of the online auctioneer rose nearly 6 percent.

The United States bears substantial blame for the woes besetting the world economy but it will take a global effort to ease those strains, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.

Amid a debate on whether clean coal is like healthy cigarettes or not, energy secretary Steven Chu said on Wednesday the U.S. must take global leadership in clean coal technologies.

Apple Inc. reported better-than-expected quarterly results on strong iPhone and iPod sales, while Mac computer sales were slightly down.

The International Monetary Fund on Wednesday slashed growth forecasts for every major country and urged governments to take forceful action to ensure the world economy's recovery from a severe recession.

A Congressional panel huddled on Wednesday to consider legislation that would curb high credit card fees and penalties by many banks that have benefited from the federal government's bailout program.

The Dow and S&P fell on Wednesday after Morgan Stanley revived concerns about the banking sector and the wider economy after it posted its second straight quarterly loss and slashed its dividend.

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Apple Inc posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results on strong iPhone sales, and gave a typically conservative outlook for the current quarter, which failed to dampen enthusiasm from investors.

If you’re over 40, it’s natural to worry about age discrimination - after all, that’s the age at which you start to be protected against discrimination by Federal law and even if you don’t look your age, you might be starting to feel it now and then. (Maybe you’ve noticed you can’t stay up as late as you used to, or maybe you caught yourself making that noise your dad makes when he up from the c...

Rather than wait for decent broadband and Internet access to arrive in their war-battered nation, Iraqis can use an abundance of cellphones to exploit the Web, a group of U.S. technology executives urged on Wednesday.

Apple Inc posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results on strong iPhone sales, and gave a typically conservative outlook for the current quarter, which failed to dampen enthusiasm from investors.

With unemployment rising, increasing numbers of applicants for each job, and recruiters struggling to keep up, it can sometimes feel as though you’re sending your resume into a black hole. You send hundreds of applications and never hear back - and what makes it worse is that you know you are qualified for the jobs.

I am a 43-year-old father of two who was recently downsized from my engineering job due to a lack of work in the field. I have a bachelor’s degree in social sciences, but have never been able to use it as a plus in my job search.

President Barack Obama was criticized harshly on Wednesday for leaving the door open to the prosecution of former Bush administration officials who authorized severe CIA interrogation procedures.

The Dow and S&P fell on Wednesday after Morgan Stanley revived concerns about the banking sector and the wider economy after it posted its second straight quarterly loss and slashed its dividend.

Each year on April 22, we celebrate earth day marking the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.

Roche Acquired drug Avastin fails cancer study, shares fall Shares of Roche Holding’s were slammed Tuesday after its acquired Genentech Avastin drug for cancer failed study in an effort to lower the risk of the colon- cancer.

U.S. securities regulators charged a prominent hedge fund industry executive on Wednesday with failing to properly review collapsed hedge fund Bayou Group before recommending that their clients invest.

Operator T-Mobile UK is to offer a BlackBerry phone with a year's unlimited email and Internet access and pay-as-you-go calls in exchange for a one-off fee in its bid to lure more small business and young customers.

The Turks and Caicos Islands consist of 40 islands and cays, eight of which are inhabited. The islands are located 550 miles southeast of Miami, Florida, just below the Bahamas chain and just to the east of Cuba and the island of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti.) Technically, the Turks and Caicos are located in the Atlantic Ocean, not the Caribbean Sea.