Brinker International Inc (EAT.N) reported quarterly profit that was slightly higher than Wall Street expectations, as more patrons visited its Chili's Grill & Bar chain, and its shares jumped nearly 7 percent.
The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefits fell to a four-month low last week, a sliver of hope for an economy battered for days by a credit rating downgrade and falling share prices.
Wendy's Co (WEN.N), the third-largest U.S. fast-food hamburger chain, reported quarterly profit from continuing operations that matched Wall Street's view on Thursday, and shares rose nearly 2 percent.
Sarah Palin announced that the One Nation bus tour will be back on the road and headed to the Iowa State Fair before the GOP presidential straw poll.
Poverty, joblessness, and limited education increase HIV risk among heterosexuals, the CDC reported. The agency found that HIV is more prevalent in those with low socioeconomic status in its first survey among heterosexuals
Nokia is getting closer and closer to losing the top spot in terms of phones shipped globally as its share continues to sink.
U.S. banks still wrestling with legal troubles springing from the subprime mortgage crisis are lobbying the new consumer agency for strong legal protection for future home loans.
The attacks are openly denounced by Pakistani military and political leaders.
Gold and silver settled lower Thursday after investors returned to stocks amid encouraging news from the Labor Department and stricter margin requirements from the CME Group Inc., which runs US futures markets.
The Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2, tested by the U.S. Defense Advance Research Projects Agency Thursday, was supposed to be fastest aircraft ever flown.
NBC's "Today" revealed the results of Charla Nash's May full face transplant surgery. Nash was mauled by a chimpanzee in Connecticut in 2009. The middle-aged woman was blinded and lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids in the attack.
A U.S. woman who underwent a full face transplant in May after being mauled by a chimpanzee in 2009 revealed her new face in a photo released on Thursday.
More than three in five Virginia public schools were labeled as failing after falling short of a benchmark established under No Child Left Behind, a drastic increase that led the state's superintendent to call for an overhaul of the education law.
U.S. home mortgage interest rates fell again this week, and the average 30-year fixed rate is now at a low 4.19 percent -- which creates an opportunity for prospective home buyers with good credit histories.
Israel's interior minister has given final approval for a plan to build 1,600 settler homes in East Jerusalem, a project whose announcement last year during a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden caused a diplomatic rift with Washington.
It was supposed to be the fastest plane ever built, the Falcon HTV-2, but instead it proved to be a fast failure.
Syrian forces killed at least five people in an assault on two northern towns on Thursday, activists said, pursuing a military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad despite new U.S. sanctions and regional calls to end bloodshed.
South African stocks added more than 3 percent on Thursday, the biggest daily percentage increase in 15 months, boosted by sentiment generated by better-than-expected U.S. labour market data.
Mortgage rates have fallen to a nine-month low, sending refinancing applications on the rise.
Malawian activists are planning a mass protest for Wednesday after talks with the government on political reforms that could see the United States and Britain resume aid to the country became deadlocked.
The U.N.'s food agency said it has been able to reach more parts of famine-struck Somalia in the last month but there were still significant security challenges in Mogadishu even though Islamist rebels have left the capital.
South Africa's government would act to shield the local economy against the impact of a new global recession, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Thursday, as data pointed to a slowdown in factory output in the second quarter.
