IBT Staff Reporter

Cuban authorities accused blogger Yoani Sanchez on Wednesday of staging a provocation against the Cuban Revolution after she and others spoke publicly about censorship during an arts performance in Havana.

Stocks extended gains on Wednesday after factory and home sales data further spurred hopes that the economy was seeing signs of stabilization.

Demonstrators clashed with riot police and smashed the windows of a bank in London's financial center on Wednesday in protest against a system they said had robbed the poor to benefit the rich.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp should be the agency to wind down troubled nonbank financial companies, though perhaps through a legally separate resolution authority, Chairman Sheila Bair said on Wednesday.

Pending sales of existing U.S. homes rose modestly in February but the market is still weak in the face of continued declines in home values and a recession, a realty trade group said on Wednesday.

Stocks rose on Wednesday following factory and home sales data that may point to a healthier economy later in the year, boosting investor optimism.

Massachusetts' top securities regulator charged hedge fund firm Fairfield Greenwich Group with fraud for allegedly lying to investors about confessed swindler Bernard Madoff's phony management business.

Oil fell more than $2 a barrel to below $48 on Wednesday, as U.S. data showed crude stocks grew again last week.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday there was enormous consensus between the largest developed and emerging economies on plans to haul the world out of the deepest downturn since the 1930s.

News Corp has named former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller to supervise the media conglomerate's digital strategy, Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate said on Wednesday.

China, India and other developing nations joined forces on Wednesday to urge rich countries to make far deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions than planned by 2020 to slow global warming.

Malicious software installed on millions of computers has yet to wreak havoc on technology systems worldwide as some fear, but researchers warned that the Conficker worm could still strike in the future.

Stocks added to gains on Wednesday as investors turned to financial stocks following factory and home sales data that showed the economic slump could be moderating.

Ford Motor Co posted a 41 percent drop in U.S. sales in March from a year ago with declines across all its major vehicle segments as the industry continued to feel the impact from a deep recession.

Stocks rose on Wednesday as investors turned to financial stocks following factory and home sales data that showed the economic slump could be moderating.

Millie Sauer did not even know she had suffered a stroke until she tried to read a book as she recovered from surgery and saw only a gray blur for part of the page.

Finnish Nokia Oyj, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said thousands of developers and content providers had registered to sell content in its online store, Ovi, which will be opened in early May.

Borders Group Inc plans to close most of its Waldenbooks stores as it cuts costs and strives to pay down debt amid a bleak environment for U.S. book retailers.

U.S. factory activity shrank in March, though at a slower pace than the previous month, suggesting the sector remains a drag on the economy, according to an industry report released on Wednesday.

Stocks pared losses and briefly turned positive on Wednesday following data that showed an index of manufacturing activity rose more than expected in March, while sales of existing homes rose in February.

Oil fell more than 3 percent to below $48 on Wednesday, pressured by bearish economic news and a 16-year high in U.S. crude inventories.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday there was enormous consensus between the largest developed and emerging economies on plans to haul the world out of the deepest downturn since the 1930s.

The U.S. auto industry struggled to restructure and added deals to get buyers back into their showrooms, hoping to mimic the incentive-driven successes their European rivals started to see during March.

Stocks rose on Wednesday as data on home sales and manufacturing added to hopes that the economic slump was moderating, prompting investors to scoop up bank shares.

Mounting job losses and plans to lay off more workers continued to weigh on the U.S. economy in March, according to private reports that have analysts and investors bracing for more grim U.S. government labor market data from the government on Friday.

Karrie Karahalios can show a child with Asperger's Syndrome when he's lost in a conversational riff or a taciturn spouse when he doesn't speak very much.

U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday there was enormous consensus between the world's largest developed and emerging economies on plans to haul the world out of the deepest downturn since the 1930s.

U.S. President Barack Obama denied rifts between the world's leading economies on the eve of a crisis summit and urged them on Wednesday to act together to find the fastest route out of global recession.

Research In Motion has launched an online store selling entertainment, games, news, and travel applications to its BlackBerry users.