Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) beat earnings and revenue expectations on Tuesday, behind strong numbers in its ESPN and theme park properties.
John Talty
Aug 09, 2011
Grant money is part of healthcare reform.
Cristina Merrill
Aug 09, 2011
Investors pondering a gold investment have a number of alternative routes into the precious metal, several of which are outlined below.
Mike Obel
Aug 09, 2011
Women looking to ease their symptoms of menopause, will get little to no relief from soy supplements, as they appear to do nothing to comfort the symptoms of menopause, scientists say, despite the high hopes of many.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 09, 2011
Shoulder pain, asthma, and rough conditions forced the swimmer to call off the epic crossing
Ellen Killoran
Aug 09, 2011
America is on the fritz.
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Aug 09, 2011
Women looking to ease their symptoms of menopause, will get little to no relief from soy supplements, as they appear to do nothing to comfort the symptoms of menopause, scientists say, despite the high hopes of many.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 09, 2011
Atlanta's Dan Uggla closed in on Major League Baseball's longest hitting streak of the season as the Braves beat the struggling Florida Marlins 8-5 on Monday.
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Aug 09, 2011
Photographs by Austrian photographer Andreas Franke were put along the deck of a former U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship, sunk in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, and opened to divers cum visitors in early August.
Sanskrity Sinha
Aug 09, 2011
House Leaders announced on Monday that they are shutting down the House page program, a nearly 200-year-old institution which allowed high school students to serve as messengers and learn about the Congress
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 09, 2011
Stink bugs did not get their names for no reason - they emit an unbearable smell similar to that of rotting garbage when squashed. And now these stink bugs, which caused $37 million worth of damage last year, are returning with a mission to invade, after waking up from hibernation.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 08, 2011
The siblings told their mother in a text message that "There's a time for all of us to die."
Ellen Killoran
Aug 08, 2011
A majority of states do not approve of President Barack Obama's performance and his national approval rating is hovering just below 50 percent, according to a new Gallup Poll.
Jeremy White
Aug 08, 2011
The latest in a seris of patent lawsuit against Apple has to do with the fast booting feature of Mac OS X.A Florida company Operating Systems Solutions, LCC has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the tech giant for Mac OS X startup process.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 08, 2011
"I also want it to be a moment for thousands, and I dare say millions of people my age, who are going to look and say, '60!'" Diana Nyad, U.S. long-distance swimmer, told CNBC Sunday morning. Nyad's personal test began at 7:45 p.m. ET when she plunged into the ocean and began her 103-mile swim between Cuba and Florida.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 08, 2011
Diana Nyad, 61, is swimming to promote closer ties between the two countries.
Cristina Merrill
Aug 08, 2011
U.S. endurance athlete Diana Nyad, 61, defies age in attempt to swim across Florida Straits.
kiran nikhil
Aug 08, 2011
With every gloomy economic report, debt crisis and mood swing on Wall Street, President Barack Obama's fight for re-election in 2012 gets a little tougher.
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Aug 08, 2011
Once there, Juno orbit 33 times around the Jupiter's poles and collect data that scientists have keen interest in, as the gas giant has an amazing composition, which is said to resemble a star, like the sun.
Laura Matthews
Aug 08, 2011
The downgrade (while perhaps not a total surprise) arrived somewhat unexpectedly ? and during a period when markets are already in an extremely volatile and fragile state.
Palash Ghosh
Aug 07, 2011
Texas Governor Rick Perry has not yet officially announced his candidacy for president. But on Saturday in Houston, at a prayer event he organized, Perry made it clear he's already in the race to become America's next president.
David Magee
Aug 07, 2011
NASA's solar-powered Spacecraft Juno launched on Friday to begin a 5-year journey to Jupiter in order to study the planet for one year.
Laura Matthews
Aug 06, 2011