UNITED STATES

General Motors Co on Wednesday said total vehicle sales in May fell slightly from a year ago as sales of its Chevrolet brand, including its top-selling Silverado pickup truck, fell 3.5 percent.

SAC Capital Advisors LP faces an insider trading probe from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the $15 billion takeover of biotechnology firm MedImmune Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Two native Iraqis and alleged former insurgents were arrested and indicted in Kentucky on federal terrorism charges.

Military prosecutors recommended a new set of charges for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shiek Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators.

Dollar General Corp missed Wall Street profit expectations after taking markdowns to clear slow-selling apparel out of its stores, sending shares down about 5 percent.

Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group Ltd's has agreed to buy German electronics retailer Medion AG for around $900 million, boosting its market share in Europe.

Department store operator Macy's Inc posted a 7.4 percent increase in May at stores open at least a year, beating analysts expectations and sending its shares up more than 2 percent.

Private employers in the U.S. created only 38,000 jobs in May, a dramatic drop from the 177,000 jobs created in the prior month, and significantly lower than the 100,000 new jobs that economists had expected, according to a report from ADP.

The United States is warning that a cyber attack -- presumably if it is devastating enough -- could result in real-world military retaliation.

Private-sector payroll growth slowed sharply in May, falling to the lowest level in eight months and prompting some economists to lower forecasts for job growth in Friday's government report.

Barneys New York will ship internationally on e-commerce site Barneys.com.

Stocks were poised for a lower open on Wednesday as weak data on the labor market became the latest in string of soft economic reports.

President Obama will meet with House Republicans at the White House today in an effort to make progress on raising the nation's debt limit.

Space shuttle Endeavour landed for the final time at NASA's Kennedy Space Center after 248 orbits around Earth and a journey of 6,510,221 miles on STS-134, setting the stage for the launch of next space shuttle Atlantis.

Stocks were poised for a lower open on Wednesday as weak data on the labor market became the latest in string of soft economic reports.

U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday after four straight days of gains for the benchmark S&P 500 as investors awaited data on the labor market and manufacturing.

U.S. stock index futures dipped on Wednesday after four straight days of gains for the benchmark S&P 500 as investors awaited data on the labor market and manufacturing.

Sarah Palin is not known to have been generous in her remarks about media; neither has the fourth estate been kind towards her. Quite often she has expressed her frustration, anger and extreme distrust over how media portrays her and the themes that she loves. There is quite something that turns Palin against the media and vice versa. Here is a quick look at some of Palin's attack and snubs on media, mainstream as well as blogging sites:

One policeman was killed when 200 militants crossed into Pakistan’s northwest from Afghanistan and attacked a security check post on Wednesday, reports Reuters quoting police. A local television station reported the death toll at seven.

Shares were set to open slightly lower on Wednesday, after strong gains in the previous session, and as investors awaited further economic data to gauge the strength of recovery in the world's biggest economy At 5:03 a.m. ET, futures for the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq were all down 0.1 percent.

The Pentagon has designed a list of cyber weapons which include viruses that can disrupt important networks belonging to the enemy