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Wall Street futures point to slightly weaker start

Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fall 0.1 to 0.3 percent, pointing to a weaker start for equities on Wall Street on Friday.

Uranium ETF provides play on nuclear energy

Cameco's chief geologist Doug McIlveen stands in a tunnel inside the uranium producer's Cigar Lake mine

A growing demand for nuclear energy across much of the globe will undoubtedly make uranium a prized commodity, as new power plants proliferate. Investors seeking to capitalize on this evolving energy trend might consider a new exchange-traded fund, the Global X Uranium ETF (NYSE: URA), one of the very few investment vehicles in the world that can be regarded as a pure play on uranium.

TUI Travel posts full-year loss on weak UK trading

Europe's biggest tour operator TUI Travel reported a full-year pretax loss, blaming weaker trading in the UK, mainly due to increased winter losses resulting from capacity-led volume reductions. However, underlying pretax profit rose 4 percent on good turnaround progress.

'Scream' actress Neve Campbell single again

Neve Campbell to divorce English actor husband

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China says half of rare earth exports go to Japan, admits export quota cuts

EU looks for alternative sources of rare earth minerals

The European Union is attempting to find alternate sources of rare earth mineral after China's exports of the mineral fell drastically last month.

Michelle Obama to hand out Thanksgiving fixings at Martha's Table

First Lady Michelle Obama, in an e-mail message, said she would be handing out turkeys, stuffing, pumpkin pies and all the Thanksgiving fixings with friends and family at Martha's Table, a local non-profit organization on the Thanksgiving Day.

People gear up for shopping marathons on Black Friday, Cyber Monday

Commonly known as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is considered one of the biggest retail days of the year. Most shops in the country start as early as 5 AM and stay open till late, offering massive discounts. Gadgets still top the list among the most sought after category of goods.

Dan Brown's fictitious 'Vatican Antimatter bomb' moves closer to reality

The antimatter bomb described in Dan Brown's book Angels and Demons is close to becoming reality as scientists at CERN have created antimatter.

A father comforts his child who was injured in an explosion during a Medevac mission in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province

Most Afghans don't yet know of 9/11 attacks: Study

Majority of Afghan population from the conflict-mired Helmand and Kandahar province never knew of the 9/11 attacks in New York, a new study suggested on Saturday.

Didymium oxide, a combination of neodymium and praseodymium, two rare earth elements is shown

U.S., Japanese Officials Meet To Talk Rare Earths

U.S. and Japanese officials are meeting to discuss whether the U.S. can supply rare earths to Japan. But uncertainties surrounding the American reserves remain, as there are no active mines in the U.S.

A message welcoming General Motors is seen on the Morgan Stanley stock ticker at their world headquarters in New York

GM Back On Road with Blockbuster IPO; But Is That Enough?

GM will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange beginning today after a landmark intial public offering, from which GM is expected to raise as high as $23.1 billion.

Actors Radcliffe, Watson, Grint and Felton pose at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in New York

New Harry Potter movie leaked to the web ahead of release

The first 36 minutes of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1”, produced by Warner Bros, was leaked on Tuesday on the Internet ahead of the movie’s release this Friday.

Caterpillar deal may spark consolidation in mining equipment sector

Caterpillar Inc.'s (CAT) $7.6 billion-acquisition of rival Bucyrus International is likely to trigger a consolidation of the attractive mining equipment industry.

Obama warns on exports as APEC summit starts

Weakening dollar makes Obama’s export growth target plausible: Lord Abbett

President Obama’s call to make the U.S. an exporting powerhouse (i.e., double their volume within five years), is a plausible goal, according to Milton Ezrati, senior economist and market strategist at Lord Abbett.

General Motors Vice Chairman Tom Stephens speaks in Baltimore, Maryland

GM's IPO could be the world's largest

General Motors Co is inching closer towards returning to the U.S. market in one of the biggest IPOs in the U.S. history and could even become the world's largest.

UK law firm Norton Rose to merge with Canada's Ogilvy and South Africa's Deneys

U.K. law firm Norton Rose has expanded its presence in Canada and South Africa by agreeing to merge with Ogilvy Renault and Deneys Reitz respectively.

Lowe's Q3 profit up 17.4 pct

Home improvement retailer Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW) reported a 17.4 percent growth in third quarter earnings after it controlled labor and other expenses in the housing slump.

U.S. FDA proposes gory warning labels on cigarette packs

The next time you decide to light up a smoke, you may be greeted by an image of a cancer patient or even worse, a corpse, thanks to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to put graphical warning labels on cigarette packs.

Nissan China JV raises 2012 sales target by 50 pct

Nissan to recall 604,500 vehicles in Americas, Africa

Nissan Motor Co is recalling 604,500 vehicles in North and South America and Africa markets over fears that a fault could cause the steering column to crack.

Winners of the SME finance challenge line up at the G20 Seoul Summit media center at the COEX convention center on November 12, 2010.

Canada commits $20 million to SME finance innovation fund

The Group of 20 at its summit in Seoul announced setting up of an SME Finance Innovation Fund with $ 28 million in fresh commitments and another $510 million drawn from their existing commitments in other funds.

G20 to commit millions of dollars for new, innovative SME financing models

The Group of 20 at its summit in Seoul is likely to commit millions of dollars fund to help finance small and medium enterprises and innovative financing models.

Poor healthcare may shorten American lives: study

Americans die sooner than citizens of a dozen other developed nations and the usual suspects -- obesity, traffic accidents and a high murder rate -- are not to blame, researchers reported on Thursday.

Mattel's Fisher-Price to recall 10 million products

Fisher-Price, a unit of toymaker Mattel Inc, on Thursday said it will recall about 10 million toys and other items in the United States and Canada due to the potential for serious injuries.

Canada online job postings jump most in 3 years

Online job postings in Canada registered their biggest gain in three years in August, according to the Conference Board of Canada help-wanted index released on Thursday, reflecting more hiring as the recovery advances.

Treasury may be only seller in GM IPO: sources

The United Auto Workers health care trust and the governments of Canada and Ontario may not participate in General Motors Co's upcoming IPO in order to avoid taking a cut on the price of their shares

Did doctors jumpstart the HIV pandemic?

Perhaps it wasn't sex workers and fast-growing cities that launched HIV onto its deadly global rampage, but well-meaning doctors using dirty needles in the first half of the 20th century.